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World, becoming naturalized; with conspicuous white flowers and per- 

 fumed fruit. To the same family belongs the pomegranate, Pimica 

 granativm, cultivated for its pretty flowers and fruit in all warm coun- 

 tries. 



Crescentia cujete, calabash of the English, and giiira of the Cubans, 

 small native tree common in cultivation, although neither handsome 

 nor very useful, wdth spatulate leaves on the spreading undivided 

 branches, and subglobose fruit the size of a lai^ge orange, its hard shell 

 used as dipper, vase, and for ornament. G. cucarhitina, magiiira, is 

 another native but less common species, with oblong leaves and ovoid, 

 brittle fruit. The wood of both species is white, fine-grained, tough 

 and compact. 



Eucalyptus.. Only one species, E. globosas, the blue gum, has been 

 tried in Cuba, and proved a failure; specimens are seen here and there 

 but almost always undergrown, gnarled, and struggling for life. Other 

 species are being planted: E. resinifera, 7'ohitsta, amygdalina, rostrata,, 

 cornuta, etc., and tlie result will be watched with interest. 



Pandanus utilis, screw pine, under several forms; small palm-like 

 tree with ensiform crowded leaves arranged spirally on the woody 

 stems. 



Casuai'ina equisetifolia, Australian pine, tall pyramidal, upright 

 tree, with the aspect of a pine, but having nothing else in common with 

 conifers, the long, drooping, filiform, leafless branchlets giving it a 

 rather dishevelled, mournful appearance, and therefore an appropriate 

 ornament of cemeteries, where it takes the place of the cypress of other 

 climes, being pai'ticularly conspicuous in Colon cemetery. 



The North American visitor here sadly misses the coniferous ever- 

 greens. How many would thrive I cannot tell, but certainly some 

 would repay a trial. With the exception of Araucaria and an occa- 

 sional Thuya or Ciinuinghamia, none are to be seen. 



( To be continued. \ 



