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out of my hands, and very likely were neglected. 
Malvaviscits has 6 species, all Mexican and 
Central American. They are scarlet flowered 
shrubs for the most part, and are so far as our 
garden species go, mostly winter flowering. 
Hibiscus has 1 8o species. They are well distributed 
over the temperate and warm regions, a few being 
HIBISCUS MOSCHEUTOS. 
tropical. Some are trees, but they are mostly 
shrubs, and perennial and annual herbs. II.Trionum 
is an annual well known and found in all the warm- 
er parts of the old world, and in Australia; it has 
naturalized in America- H. moscheutos is our 
“swamp mallow,” there are several varieties, some 
of which have naturalized in S. Europe. They 
make handsome herbaceous bushes on a lawn, 
flowering in August. H. Syriacus, “Shrubby 
Hibiscus,” shows a decided disposition to become 
wild in New Jersey where the competition of the 
native trees or shrubs is not too strong. There are 
many handsome varieties, and they are capable of 
better use. They should be pruned hard in spring 
or after the leaves have fallen, in this way they can 
be kept compact, well furn- 
ished with foliage to the 
ground, and they will flow- 
er handsomely and abun- 
dantly. The variegated 
leaved kinds make good 
ornamental hedges. Sever- 
al of the tropical kinds of 
H. rosa-sinensis are used in 
HIBISCUS TRIONUM. 
impatient of severe frost, in Florida however, the 
grow up again from the roots. H. elatus is the 
Cuba-Bast tree. 
Gosscypiiim “Cotton” has 32 species, all natives 
of warm regions. The seeds if sown at the same 
time as lima beans will make good flowering plants 
North. 
There are a number of other genera in the 
foregoing affinities which contain annual and other 
species of great beauty which are rarely or never 
met with in gardens. Among these many be ment- 
ioned Malope, Kitaibelia, Palava, Malvastrum, 
Cristaria, Modiola, the shrubby Plagianthus from 
Australasia, the Kydias which are white flowered 
small trees from the lower Himalayas, and a few of 
the shrubby Brazilian Pavonias. The Thespesias 
also it might be expected would flower out doors 
during our summers if plunged in their tubs, but 
they become good sized trees, and can only be in- 
dulged in where there is ample warm winter stor- 
age. 
Beyond these are several tropical genera con- 
taining plants of great interest to be noted for ex- 
periment in our extreme Southern climates. Ad- 
ansonia is the “baobab,” a tree of greatest girth 
in the world and used in Africa as a mauso- 
leum. Bonibax in 27 species are the “Silk Cot- 
tons,” they are natives of the tropics of Asia, Africa 
and America, and make stuffing for the most 
luxurious beds in existence. Durio has 7 species 
in the Malay Islands, one of which yields a fruit of 
great repute. 
Thcohroma is a genus of i 5 species all natives of 
the warm parts of the West Indies and Central and 
South America. T. cacao is a small tree of 12 or 
TILIA LEAF OF LIME TREE INFESTED 
ARGENTEA. BY PHYTOPTUS TILIZE. 
15 feet high from whose seeds the various kinds of 
chocolate and cocoa are produced. Its area of 
profitable production is limited for the best grades; 
it is exacting as to soil and climate, and those who 
own good plantations have one of the most certain 
sources of income known to the cultivator, for the 
supply is never equal to the demand. This of course 
is a great stimulus to adulteration. The plants 
come into profitable bearing in about 5 years, yeild- 
ing about 1 lb. per tree, and on good soil they en- 
dure for a half century or more. It costs from $250 
