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PORTUGAL, Oporto. Baron de Soutellinho, Feb. 23. Has sent 
grafted plants of Rosa gigantea. 
PORTUGUESE EAST AFRICA , Lourenco Marquez. Mr. 0. W. Barrett. 
Sends an anona and a vangueria; also the Kafir orange 
(Strychnos sp. ) The fruits of this are round and heavy 
and the green shell is so hard that it has to "be "broken 
with a heavy "blow. The spicy aroma of the fruit is per- 
ceptible "before the hard shell is broken and is one of 
its "best characteristics. The taste is like that of a 
"brand! ed peach into which cloves have "been stuck. It is" 
well worth a place in Porto Rico, Florida and Hawaii. 
QUEERS LAND , Brisbane. John Williams, Jan. 26. Has sent to 
North Queensland for seeds of Phaseolus mungo which he 
will forwa.rd. Has gotten hold of a new orange which he 
thinks excellent; offers to send a tree. 
RECENT VISITORS . 
COLOMBIA. Dr. A. E. Heigh way . Has a large tract of land 
just east, of the "boundary of Panama on Gulf of Uraha. 
Is going to ra.ise cocoanuts, "bananas and ivory nut palms. 
Is connected with the McLaughlin Bros., Publishers, of 
New York. 
COLOMBIA, Cartagena. Mr. Chas. J. Latham. His district is 
along coast from Cartagena to Panama. 
