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region, as well for its considerable growth, (trunks 

 40-50 ft. high and more than 2 feet thick), as for its 

 magnificent, fragrant blooms, and its continually green 

 appearance. 



Gordonia Lasianthus. Alee a floridana, Catesb. I, 

 44, here called Gardenia commonly holds excellently 

 well. 



Hopea tinctoria. Arbor lauri folio. Cat. I. 54. 

 Keeps its leaves green, but somewhat hanging, and 

 shifts them only at the blooming-season. The black 

 cattle in the woods browse most on the leaves and 

 young twigs of this and the Olea americana, although 

 both, and especially the latter, have a bitterish taste. 



Pyrola maculata, Mitchella repens, Vinca lute a? 

 Cassine Peragua, Rhododendron maximum, Andro- 

 meda mariana, and Myrica cerifera, all keep very 

 beautiful. 



Cactus opuntia shrivels a little; but Yucca gloriosa, 

 Yucca filament osa, and Agave virginica continue full 

 of sap. 



Orange-trees, planted in the gardens and in the 

 houses, are not originally indigenous, but they hold 

 their leaves although not very fresh. Twenty to thirty 

 miles from the coast they let fall the most or all of 

 their leaves in the winter, as is the case with the lemon- 

 tree even here. Orange-trees left to themselves and 

 gone half wild, arm themselves with long thorns, and 

 are used here and there as hedges. 



Among the evergreen plants here, belong also the 

 cabbage-palm (Areca oleracea L.) and the small 

 dwarf-palm (Corypha minor?) both of which occur 

 only along the coast. + 



