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logues confuse this plant with Limonia, but so also 
have Botanists confused Limonia. The Genera 
Plantarum makes them in two or three species all 
tropical. Lindley in his vegetable Kingdom 3, p. 
458, speaks of Limonia laureolaon the authority of 
Dr. Royle as being for “some months of the year 
buried under the snow” of the higher Himalayas. 
The newer dictionaries give from one to six spe- 
cies of Limonia and don’t mention laureola under 
the genus at all. Johnson’s Garden Dictionary 
however in its last two editions gives the plant 
with its synomony as Skimmia laureola. I mention 
these facts to show that plant names cannot be 
taken for granted in these days of evolutionary bot- 
any. Some limit should be placed upon Botanists. 
They are terribly misleading to nurserymen 
and gardeners and to each other, and a law to compel 
adherence to some recognized modern standard 
would be useful. 
Ailanthit-s has 4 species in India, China and 
Australia. A. glandulosa in both its sexes has 
been widely distributed in the United States, but is 
often regarded as a nuisance because it suckers 
freely and smells offensively when in flower. A. 
erythrocarpa is also in cultivation. 
Melia is in 12 species from India, Malaysia, 
and tropical Africa. M. Azedarach in variety has 
become naturalized in Mediterranean countries and 
MELIA AZEDARACH. 
the southern United States where it is known as 
the “umbrella tree,” M. Japonica is also in 
gardens. 
The tribe Trichiliese contains a number of 
handsome evergreen trees, such as Aglaia from 
India and China, Ekebergia from tropical and 
South Africa and Trichilea in 1 12 species from 
Africa, the West Indies and other parts of tropical 
America. As these often ascend to considerable 
elevations on the mountains, they should be looked 
after for avenue purposes in Southern California. 
They are often embellished by racemes of fragrant 
white flowers. 
Cedrela is a handsome genus of trees in 20 
or more species from^the mountains of India and 
other Asiatic countries, and also from tropical 
CEDRELA SINENSIS. — From Gardening . 
Australia and America. These again ought to be 
valuable to California for the purpose indicated 
above. A scarce and beautiful species with creamy 
white racemes is the only deciduous tree on the 
mountains of South India. C. Toona is a famous 
Himalayan timber, and C. sinensis of which we 
reproduce a photo from gardening, is hardy to 
central N. Jersey certainly, and has stood several 
winters much farther north. 
Swietenia mahogonia is of a very similar aspect 
and a beautiful tree. It is reputed slow in growth, 
but I remember a specimen in Madras of 30 feet 
high at less than 25 years old. It is found sparingly 
in South Florida; the timber there is less valuable 
than in Centra America or in the West Indies, but a 
Mahogany Avenue is probably a possibility at Key 
West. James MaePherson. 
Trenton, N. J. 
The gigantic lily is perhaps the most magnificent 
of Australian native flowers. From a cluster of grace- 
ful bending leaves rises a stalk to a height of from 
ten to fifteen feet, crowned with about a dozen crim- 
son flowers, forming a kind of natural bouquet 
about a foot in diameter. 
