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Ogilvie and the Directors of the Georgia Colony at 
Savannah. 
Musscenda, in 42 species, from the mountains 
of tropical Asia, the Pacific Islands and Africa, 
have bracts reminding us of the dogwoods. Some 
species ascend to the frost line in South India, as 
does also a species with pinkish crimson bracts on 
the Cameroon mountains in West Africa. Seeds 
were received in Europe in 1863, but the plants 
were coddled to death, and I cannot learn that the 
species has flowered in cultivation. 
Hamelia, in 6 or 8 species, is from the sub- 
tropical and tropical parts of America. H. patens, 
with orange, red and yel- 
low flowers, extends from 
Brazil through the West 
Indies to the islands and 
shore lands of Eastern 
Florida, and is a promising 
garden shrub for those re- 
gions. 
Posoquena , in ^spec- 
ies, are tropical American, 
and not unknown to South 
California gardens. 
Burchellia capensis is a monotypic shrub from 
South Africa, with handsome orange scarlet flowers. 
It varies somewhat, in size more than anything, 
and used to be in collections, but is now rarely seen. 
Gardenia has 70 species, widely distributed 
over the sub-tropical and tropical parts of the 
world. G. Florida and its variety Fortunei (from 
some Cape in China?); Florida simplici and its 
variegated variety, and G. radicans and its variegated 
form, do well at many points at the south but not 
so well in S. California. There, however, the 
South African species Thunbergii and Rothmanii, 
with long tubular flowers, do better. 
Gcnipa, in 8 species, is a closely allied genus 
HAMELIA PATENS. 
C0FFEA ARABICA. 
from the West Indies and tropical America. G. 
clusiaefolia, with good sized white flowers, is found 
on the islands of South Florida. 
Mitriostigma is the name now given to the 
deliciously fragrant plant known in greenhouses as 
Gardenia citriodora. This M. axillare has much 
A FIELD OF YOUNG COFFEE. 
the aspect of the coffee tree, and is said to do very 
well around Santa Barbara, Cal. There are two or 
three other species natives of Fernando Po. 
Several species of the Guettardeae, Chiococcese, 
Morindeae and Ixoreie tribes are found wild in S. 
Florida, and the coffee tree has fruited as a garden 
plant both there and in Southern California. It is 
essentially a mountain plant, yet, the finest field I 
ever knew was capable of irrigation, and some- 
times yielded more than one ton per acre. The 
illustration shows a field kept down to about five 
feet high for convenience of picking, but naturally 
the tree grows to about twenty feet. The fire seen 
on the mountain side is a felled forest being burned 
to make way for a new plantation. 
Plectronia ventosa and Psychotria Eckloniana 
are small South African trees of this affinity, whose 
wood is useful for many purposes. 
Mitchella is credited with 2 species, the native 
“partridge berry” and a Japanese form. They 
have but little to distinguish them, but are pretty 
little evergreen trailers for rich shady woodland. 
Ncrtcra has 
about half a doz- 
en species from 
South America, 
Aust r a 1 i a and 
New Zealand. N. 
depres s a , with 
beautiful berries, 
is perhaps the 
NERTERA DEPRESSA. 
