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most of altered circumstances. I have many useful plants to 

 recommend for this purpose before closing this report, whereby 

 large tracts of waste land may be re-opened advantageously at 

 little outlay. 



' 'The importation of plants last year has been unusually 

 large, and of a varied description, comprising the following 

 genera, viz. : — 



*Bheea. 



Bcehmeria nivea. 

 Antiaris saccidora. 

 Datura sanguinea. 

 Jatropha panduraefolia. 

 ,Clerodendron macrophylluni. 

 Hoya grandiflora. 

 Ardisia acuminata. 

 Pom ci ana GKlliesii. 

 Plumbago Capensis. 

 Van-Houttia calcarata. 

 Medinilla speciosa. 

 Nematanthus longipes. 

 Habrothamus Schottii. 

 Dipteracantlius affinis. 

 Abutilion Van-Houttii. 



Gardenia Thunbergii. 

 Bhodo^toma gardenioides. 

 Groethea strictiflora. 

 Coleus Blumei. 

 Maranta sanguinea. 

 Ixora coccinea, superba. 

 Dipladenia splendens. 

 Dipladenia urophylla. 

 Hexacentris Mysorensis, 

 Bhynchospermum jasmini- 



florum. 

 Dracaena ferrea, var. 

 Pterocarpus sp. from Pulo 



Penang. 

 Boncleletia speciosa, major. 

 Pandanus variegatas, &c, &c. 



' ' The first mentioned in the list is the celebrated grass-cloth 

 plant, extensively cultivated in China, and whose fibres make 

 the finest cloth the Chinese can boast of. I have not the 

 slightest doubt as to its perfect adaptability to this climate and 

 soil, and in the course of a few years it may become a weed. 

 The Antiaris is the notorious Upas tree of Java, about whose 

 virulent properties so many fabulous statements have appeared 

 from time to time. The Pandanus variegatus is another 

 addition to our textile plants, and one of the most noble and 

 beautiful plants that ever adorned a garden; the others on 

 the list are chieflly new and interesting, collected in many 

 parts of the world, and selected for this climate. 



" By the acquisition of these plants, we can now boast of 



* Rheea cau be grown in Jamaica and delivered in London in four month's 

 from the day the order is received in J amaica. 



