BERMUDA'S LITTLE TREES 



By W. R. Brown 



THREE things impressed the 

 writer on a reeent trip to the 

 Bermuda Islands. Their acces- 

 sibiHty, for they are but two 

 days from New York; their equitable 

 climate the year around of from 55° to 

 85° Fahrenheit; and the opportunity 

 they afford for a visitor to become 

 acquainted with the flora and fauna of 

 the tropics. 



The little group — one for every day 



in the year — form a glorified letter C 

 seven hundred miles out in the midst 

 of the Atlantic Ocean directly East of 

 Charlestown. They are perhaps thirty 

 miles in circumference and one can 

 bicycle or ride the whole distance from 

 land's end to land's end on fine hard 

 white coral roads reaching one island 

 after another by the aid of connecting 

 bridges. 



Here a Northerner can get a glimpse 



The Paw-Paw Tree. 



these trees thrive in the balmy air and in the semi-tropical sunshine and are to be found in all 



parts of the islands. 



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