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young twigs of this and the Olea americana, although both, and es- 

 pecially the latter, have a bitterish taste. 



Pyrola maculata, Mitchella repens, Vinca lutea?, Cassine Peragua. 

 Rhododendron maximum, Andromeda mariana, and Myrica cerifera, 

 all keep very beautiful. 



Cactus opuntia shrivels a little; but Yucca gloriosa, Yucca fila- 

 mentosa, 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 them- 

 selves 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 L.?) 

 both of which occur only along the coast. 



Besides the plants noticed here, there are to be seen many others 

 which keep their leaves a part of the winter, but more or less dis- 

 colored or changed, and therefore not to be counted among those men- 

 tioned. With so fine a store of lasting plants, it will be very easy to 

 have the pleasure of a continual green in the gardens, and to make 

 famous winter-gardens. Alany of the European annual plants keep 

 green and in bloom throughout the winter, but in the heat of summer 

 die away, at which time the indigenous annuals begin to shoot, and 

 last through the hot season into September. But gardening is not 

 very much in vogue and is generally left to ignorant negroes. Nor 

 is it very long since all cabbages, pot-herbs, cauliflowers, and other 

 garden-vegetables, were brought from the Bermuda islands to the 

 Charleston market. A skilful English gardener, Mr. Squibb, had 

 first to show the inhabitants that they could abundantly supply them- 

 selves if they would only make the necessary changes in the culture of 

 vegetables, which the nature of the climate demanded. For these 

 do not thrive so well throughout the summer as in the spring and the 

 fall, and are to be kept in the open the winter through, green and 

 growing. Root-plants, as radishes and yellow and white turnips, hold 

 their own and grow even during the summer, but far less well than in 

 the spring and the fall. 



Of fruit-trees they have pears, apples, peaches, plums, and cherries. 

 Apples and peaches, which are not particularly good, are ripe in June. 

 These and other transplanted fruits mature so rapidly that they have 

 not, it may be for that reason, so good a taste as in the northern 

 country. Most of these fruits bloom twice a year ; but seldom ripen the 

 second time. The fig-tree bears 3 and 4 times, in May and June, 



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