THE PLANT WORLD. 
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parlor, admiring the family photographs, a negro maid-servant 
in neat calico gown, gorgeous bandana, and bare feet, brought in 
a steaming tray. We still remember with singular pleasure that 
cup of Blue Mountain coffee on “ Strawberry Hill ”! 
(To be concluded.) 
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AN UNUSUAL BEGONIA. 
In a recent number of the Bulletin of the Missouri Botanical 
Garden Professor Trelease describes a peculiar species of Begonia 
which he found growing on the sides of a deep canon in Mexico. 
Fig. 4. Begonia Unifolia. (Courtesy of Professor Wm. Trelease.) 
When identified the plant was found to be Begonia unifolia Rose, 
a species only recently discovered and never before described. 
This Begonia is of particular interest for two reasons: first, 
