242 TRAVELS IN THE CONFEDERATION 



the cabbage, the undeveloped, tender, white leaves at 

 the top of the tree. This sort of palm grows tall. The 

 edible part is brought into the town by negroes and 

 sold at 6 pence to i shilling sterling. 



In this southern region spring really begins hardly 

 before the middle of March. A few trees and shrubs 

 begin then to show leaves ; the evergreen oak, the 

 cassio-berry, and other winter-green plants let fall at 

 this time their last year's, but still green leaves, since 

 the new are then developing. 



In the woods and swampy places there were bloom- 

 ing at the time, among smaller plants : Orontium aqua- 

 ticum, Drosera rotundifolia, Hypoxis erecta, Viola lan- 

 ceolata, palmata, and primulifolia, Rhexia virginica, 

 Hydrocotyle umbellata, Utricularia subulata and gibba 

 &c. All, plants which are found as well in the 

 provinces to the north, where however they come out 

 much later. Acorus Calamus was plentiful in the 

 swamps but not yet in bloom. On drier, sandy soils, 

 and protected by palm-bush or garden fences, w r ere 

 found blooming : Jatropha urens, Houstonia caerulea, 

 Cistus canadensis, Veronica marilandica, Rhexia mari- 

 landica, Plantago virginica, Lobelia inflata, Antirr- 

 hinum canadense, Tradescantia virginica, Commelina 

 communis, Oxalis stricta, Veronica serpillifolia, Ver- 

 bena Aubletia, Argemone mexicana, Salvia urticifolia. 



Among the smaller bush near the town several va- 

 rieties of the species Andromeda, Vaccinium, the 

 Myrica cerifera, Bignonia sempervirens, Rubus his- 

 pidus, Mespilus arbutifolia &c, were beginning to 

 develope blooms or were already blooming. 



Prunus lusitanica, which is very common here, 

 showed sporadic masculine and hybridous blooms. 



