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hybrids. There are now growing in 
many places in our country several spe¬ 
cies and varieties of wistarias and, no 
doubt, they hybridize. In fact, the one 
called JV. magnified, and to be found in 
many nursery lists, is said to be a hybrid. 
It has far more of the character of the 
W. frutescens, our native species, than 
any others.— Florists ' 1 Exchange. 
ARCHITECTURAL RUINS IN SOUTH 
AFRICA 
'T'HE London correspondent of the 
“Birmingham Post” says that 
the formation of an Ancient Ruins Pros¬ 
pecting Company in Rhodesia, which 
encountered some criticism from archae¬ 
ologists, has had one result which will 
be heard of with interest by those who 
regarded the scheme as the work of com¬ 
mercial vandals, for the travellers em¬ 
ployed by the company have discovered 
a number of hitherto unknown ruins. 
Messrs. Neale and Johnson, who knew 
of no fewer than 200 separate ruins 
altogether, have on a recent expedition 
located eighty-five. One is particularly 
interesting, as, though it resembles Zim- 
babye in shape, its walls, about fifteen 
inches thick and fifteen feet high, are 
made in a novel manner. They do not 
consist of bricks or tiles, but seem to be 
in one solid piece of glazed material, 
which looks as if it had been burnt after 
being placed in position. This strange 
style of architecture suggests, Messrs. 
Neale and Johnson think, a different 
race of people from the ordinary ancient 
workers. It is clear from the character 
of the ruins that they had attained a 
high standard of excellence in building. 
Even more remarkable than the news of 
this find is the report of Messrs. Neale 
and Johnson that they have verified the 
story which has been always current 
among the natives as to the existence of 
an ancient building, which possesses 
massive stone doors, still in position and 
unopened. The explorers state that 
this extraordinary ruin is in an un¬ 
healthy district, and that lack of water 
made it necessary for them to postpone 
visiting it. There will be no difficulty 
in returning, so far as the natives are 
concerned, for they are perfectly sub¬ 
missive. The region visited by Messrs. 
Neale and Johnson embraced the Lower 
Shanghani, the Lower Umvumgue, the 
Lower Sebakgue, the Lower Gwelo, and 
the Lower Invati. 
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