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loped in mucilaginous pulp. The seeds of this species are not bitter 

 to the taste. 



Theobroma sp. No. 2. — A small, slender tree, with branches clustered 

 at the top of the stem, and leaves at the end of the branches. The 

 leaves are large, digitate, each leaflet being about the size of the leaf 

 of T. Cacao. The pods which are produced in abundance along the 

 main stem, are 4" long, about 5" in circumference at the middle 

 gradually narrowing to a point at the apex, very prominently 10-ribbed 

 with lateral transverse ribs in the deep furrows, orange-yellow in colour, 

 about 12-seeded, the seeds embedded in mucilaginous pulp. The seeds 

 of this species are very bitter. 



AUSTRALIAN BRAZILETTO. 



Peltophorum ferruginetjm, Benth 



This handsome tree has lately been a mass of bloom in the Nursery 

 at Hope Gardens. It is a native of the islands in the Malay Archipelago 

 from Timor to the Philippines, and of North Australia. 



It has beautiful dark-green, fern-like foliage, resembling somewhat 

 our Wild Tamarind (Pithecolobium filicifolium), and large, branched, 

 terminal paDicles of fragrant flowers, the petals being crisped, and of 

 a very showy yellow colour. 



The tree has flowered regularly for a few years, and although 

 pods are produced, good seeds have not yet been secured ; we hope to 

 be more fortunate this year, as such a fine, handsome tree should be 

 propagated and widely distributed. In addition to being a beautiful 

 flowering tree, it is also a very desirable shade tree. It is always in 

 leaf, and its graceful foliage affords a grateful shade, not too dense, 

 but just sufficient to be cool and refreshing. 



The colour of the flowers does not agree very well with the plate in 

 Trimen's Flora of Ceylon, inasmuch as the petals are a pure yellow 

 with a touch of purplish-brown quite at the base. 



JAMAICA BRAZILETTO. 



P. Linn^ei, Benth. 



This is also a handsome tree growing in dry rocky soil. The 

 flowers are small compared with its Australian sister. The timber is 

 sometimes large, the tree growing 50 or 60 ft. high, and 3 ft. in 

 diameter, but at other places giving planks not wider than 8 or 10 

 inches. It is an excellent cabinet wood, elastic, tough and durable, of 

 a beautiful orange colour, and takes a fine polish. It is used also for 

 spokes of wheels, and for carriage ouilding generally. 



AN INCH OF RAIN. 



What does an inch of rain mean ? Few persons have a definite 

 idea. An acre, if calculated out, will prove to be 6,272,640 square 

 inches. An inch deep of water on this acre will be as many cubic inches 

 of water, which at 231 to the gallon, is equal to 27,154 gallons. This 

 immense quantity of water will weigh 228,1901bs., or 101 tons. One 

 hundredth of an inch (.01) alone is equal to over 1 ton of water to 

 the acre. One inch of rain is equal to 4£ gallons a square yard, or 

 101 tons per acre. 



