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clusters of fruit at the base and along the stem. Each fruit is 
about 2 inches in diameter, but not eatable. This is figured 
in the Gardeners' Chronicle, 1889 (2), p. 598. Close by is a 
fine specimen of Fic7is nitida, twenty-eight years old, occupying 
a central position, and covering a large area with its wide- 
spreading branches. This species is used generally in gardens 
and squares as a shade tree. It is locally known as the " Indian 
Laurel." Here are also the Cocoa-nut Palm, the Traveller's 
tree {Ravenala madagascariensis), a tall young Dragon tree 
with a simple stem, the Papaw tree, the Calabash tree, and the 
Oil Palm of the West Coast of Africa (Elceis guineensis). As 
might be expected from the climate, there are numerous Aus- 
tralian plants in a flourishing condition. There are about thirty 
species of Eucalyptus, at least the same number of species of 
Acacia, and many characterisic species of Banhsia, Grevillea, 
Hakea, Casuarina, Tristania, and Leptospcrmum. Cape plants 
are also very prominent. Strelitzia augusta attains a height of 
15 feet. S. Nicolai with blue petals, closely allied to the last, 
is a superb plant ; so is S. Begince, with orange and purple 
flowers. Other Cape plants represented are Greyia Sutherlandi, 
many Kaffir-booms or Erythrina, Phoenix spinosa (sometimes 
labelled P. Iconensis), Scholia speciosa, Cape Aloes, the sweet- 
scented Diosma ericoides, known to the Spaniards as Breso 
de olor," the Hottentot Fig [Mesemhryanthemum edule), used 
for edging beds, the familiar white Arum, Bichardia africana 
Melianthus major. Plumbago capensis, now widely naturalised 
along roadsides, species of Ixia, Gladiolus, Watsonia, Pelar- 
gonium, Freesia, Sparaxis, and Monthretia. 
Amongst the plants of Tropical America represented at 
Orotava are the Cabbage Palm [Oreodoxa oleracea), the Royal 
Palm (0. regia), the Trumpet tree {Cecropia peltata), the 
Jamaica Juniper {Juniperus beryyiudiana), the edible Sweet-cups 
and Granadilla {Passijlora spp.), Euphorbia (Poinsettia) 
pulcherrima, the Tree Tomato (Gyphomandra betacea), some- 
times labelled Solanum Wallisil, the West Indian Gcdav [Crdrcla 
odorala), various species of Auona yielding the fruits known as 
Sweet-sop, Sour-sop, and Cherimoyer, numerous species of 
Agave, Furcrosa gigantea, the Poach Palm {Guiliclma speciosa), 
Cocos flexuosa, and the Mexican Dioon cditla. 
The striking plants and those specially worthy of aituntion 
