January i, 1892.] THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
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jnst before reaching the open ooankry» I came upon a 
tree with both flowers and fruit npon it. The flowers 
were eiaotly the same as the flowers a oaltivatod 
orange tree. The fruit, which was green, was about the 
size of a marble. Oa catting through it with a knife I 
found it had the same divinious as an ordiuary orange, 
but each division was fall of small seeds, wbioh were 
very bitter and aromatic. On reaching Kmin'a Pro- 
vince I told him a')Out it, and he regretted very much 
that I bad not brought a speoimea with me, for he was 
a good botanist and wiihed to add it to hU oollcotion of 
dried pUntn. He told me my discovery was doubly 
intoresting, as many years before a Qermin bad peoC' 
trated the forest ou the west coast of Afrfes, and re- 
ported that he had fouud wild ornngo trees. His story 
was discredited, and now oor discovering the orange 
tree in the forest pointed that bis report wa after 
all true. 
I have not space to speak much shout the flowers 
we saw in the open country, but will say a few words 
about those flowers which we found at a high altitude 
on the slopes of Ruvenzori, or the Mountains of the 
Mooo, L’oufenant Stairs who m«de the accent of the 
mountains, gives the following facts in bis report 
**‘T . arumeter stood at 21 10, thermometer 70*^ F. 
A'' of u<$ and rising m one even slope stood a peak, 
inn tale 1,200 fef*t h’gber than wo were. This we 
uow 8 «rtod to climb, and aft'^r going no a short dis- 
tance c«ime upon three heaths. Some of these must 
have benn 20 feet high, audaewehad to cut our way 
fo)t by foot through them our progress w.\s ueceosarilv 
slow. Here and there were patches of inferior barn- 
bo >s, almost every stem having holes in it made by 
some boring insect, and quUe destroying its usefulness 
Under footwasa th ck spongy carpet of wet moss, 
and the heaths on all sidi-a of us we notic-'d were 
coverei with ‘ Old .Man’s Beard ' {Vsn<i<l). We found 
great numbers of blue violets which had no smell, aad 
from this spot I brought away some sp'*oimon8 of plants 
for Emin Pasha to classify. The alMtu le was 8,500 
feet. We fou id blUPberrie*" id blackberries (n) at an 
altitude of 10,000 foot. Tne following (o) are the 
geneiio names of the plants collected as namet hw 
Emin Pasha:— 
Clematis, 
Viola. 
Hibiscus. 
Impatiens. 
Tephrosia. 
Glycine. 
Kobus. 
Vaccinium. 
Begonia. 
Pence lanum. 
Onaphalium. 
Heliohrysum. 
Seqecio. 
Sonohus. 
Erica arborea, 
Landolphia. 
Heliotropium. 
Lantana. 
Moschnsma. 
TJs’toohilus. 
Luznla. 
Our«‘X. 
Anthintiria. 
Adiantum. 
Pel Ire V. 
Eteris aquxlina* 
A^plenmm. 
Aspidinra. 
Polypodium. 
L>copodium. 
Selaginelia. 
Marobantia. 
PArmolia. 
Dracreoa. 
Uanea. 
Tree Fern.* 
** Ihese wore juit a fe v specimens Lieutenant 
«t»ir« brought dowa with him. But tha slopes of 
ttuwenzori will, when prop-irly explored, yield uum- 
bers of unknowQ tressuras t) bosddedtothe Botanical 
^noyclopredia. 
“ For msuy weeks we drank ooffse wbioh we mado 
, (»i) It would be wery interesting to have these 
I'leutified. The two highest-known species of Rubus 
are pinnatus and rigidus, at 6.000-6,1)90 foet. 
d '“k. i" inStanley’s book. The Viola is no 
uouDt oijyssiHiVa, oommoii to tha mountains of Mada- 
RiMOsr, Abyssmia. IhoCimoroouB, and Fernando Po. 
ore are thrsabosths known on tbe high mouutains 
l^i'icaarboria, ErioineUa Man- 
Tluro is no Vaccinium kco»n 
nlenur *!*■ Afiioa ; though fhree or four are 
M*dagasoor, and there ia one on tho Dra- 
fnrno ocourrenoe is most probable. Tbe 
snread i Africa are nearly all speoies widely 
spread mother ooutinents. ’ 
from the berries of the wild ooiT'je-treea which abound 
on the highlands round the great lakes of Central 
Africa. The Arabian coffee was originally snpnosod to 
have oome from Kaffs, in Abyssinia. That which we 
found in Karagvvo; Aokori, and Uganda is equal in 
flavour to the finest Arabian ooffee, and will, when 
Central Africt is opened up, be another of the chief 
articles of commerce. •• i. a, jt. JppasoN.” 
— Nature, Nov. 5th. 
THA AND COFFEE FOR PAT PERSONS. 
We have rcoeived from Messrs. Ohstto * 
Windua of London a oopy of the third edition 
of “ Foods for tha Fat : A Treatise of Corpulence, 
and its Soientifio Dietary Cure," by Mr. N. E. 
Yorke-Davies, n.R o.p., m r.o.s., Ao. The fact that 
this work is in its third edition within the ooutso 
of a couple of years is a proof of its usefalness 
and aooeptability among those troubled with 
obensity. It ia written in a popular style, and 
gives valuable information as to diet, dross, ex- 
ercise, Ao., for those who wish to reduce their 
weight without injury to thoir health. The sooond 
port aootains a large number of menus, — soups 
fish, moats, vegetables, fruits, jellies, beverages 
and saaoea. The author is a strong advocate of 
Ceylon tea. Wa quote what be saya regarding tea 
and ooffee : — 
TBA: ITS DiB. 
Tea is not food, and should not be taken as snob 
Tea taken three or fonr hours after dinner is valuable' 
for this IS the time that corresponds with the com’ 
pletion of digestion, when, the food having been con- 
veyed away iron tha stomsoh, nothiug remains bnt 
the acid jmoes employed in digestion. These sold 
juices create an uneasy se nation in the sfomaoh, nnd 
a oall ia made for something to relieve this uneasi- 
ness. Tea fulfils this object bettHr than stimulants; 
more than th’s, it satisdes som ■ unknown want iu 
the system. This refers to the moderate use and 
enjoyment of tea, but there is a large class who 
drink an rnormous quantity of this hevorage. to the 
undoubted impairment oftheir health. 
Those who take it to excess are found princinallv 
among the poor.* They beoonio pale nnd bloodless^ 
rnuoh given to faintness, nervonsness, and depression 
of spirits, and suffer eioessively from flatulence and 
loss of appetite. Ibis is no doubt partly due to 
poifOUB used to colour and adulterate it, One form 
of ipdigestioo by tea deservos speeiul notice, 
as it^ is Qommonly observed by medic. 1 men: the 
appetite is unimpaired, and no partioularly nnples- 
aant sensations are felt after meals ; but almost as 
sum as food is taken it seems to pass out of the 
stomsoh into the bowels, oausing flatulent, oolioky 
pains, speedily followed by diarrhest. Hence there 
IS a coustant craving for food, and a feeling of sink 
mg and prostration. 
In moderate rpiantily, tea exerts a very dooidedly 
stiinulaut and restorative aotioii on the nervous 
syatora, wbioh is aided by the warmth of tbe 
infusion, auu is particularly useful Iu over-fatiiruod 
ooiiditions of the system, and uuder these oircam- 
stances It is luflnitely preferable to alooholio drinks, 
Lor I Woheley ootisidera it is tiia best drink for ex- 
hausted soldiers after a loopj march. 
The harmful effects of tea depend a great deal on 
the way it is made. If it is allowed to iiifnae too long 
the tanoin and other injurious iRgredieuts of evoo the 
best tea are drawn out and the infusion becomes 
bitter and astringent, and u'lpleasant to the taste. 
To make tea properly, the teapot abould be warmed, 
and tbe wator poured over the tea immediately it boils. 
Five teaspoonfuis of pore Ceylon tea shoold be pat 
to each quart of boiling water, and it should draw for 
eight muiQtefl. ProfessioDal tealasters are very par- 
ticular to use only water wbioh is freshly boiled. 
* ^WJ 08 e sufferings, as dweribed, may be due to 
want of nourishing food, mainly. — B d. T.A, 
