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leaved barringtonia, B. speciosa, from the East 

 Indies, a tree of the myrtle family, remarkable 

 for its shape, size, beautiful flowers, and fruit, 

 which is known in cabinets by the name of 

 square cap ; the morinda umbellata, an Indian- 

 tree, the roots of which yield a yellow dye ; 

 the dyer's oleander, nerium tinctorium, a tree 

 also of India, analogous to the rose-bay, whose 

 leaves furnish a fecula resembling indigo and 

 used for the same purpose ; the cavanillea phi- 

 lippensis (Lam. 111.), whose fruit is eaten in the 

 Philippine islands ; a shrub not yet determined, 

 but believed to be a cookia 7 all the parts of 

 which are impregnated with an odour resem- 

 bling that of the Chinese aniseed-tree, whose 

 seeds are employed in making cordials ; with 

 many other plants hitherto unknown in our 

 gardens. 



These hot-houses, though far preferable in 

 structure and position to those we shall next visit, 

 do not correspond with the grandeur and beauty 

 of the establishment. That of Buffon has fre- 

 quent need of repairs, and as it is only i5 feet in 

 height, it is necessary to lop the branches and 

 retrench the summit of the trees,, which some- 

 times prevents their fructifying. The other two 

 are excellent in their place, but a receptacle is 

 still wanting for trees whose increasing deve- 



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