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and which has consequently been arranged to supply a succession of 

 bloom from earliest spring well on into June. Beginning with a supply 

 of crocus, hyacinths, and tulips, which put in an appearance as soon as 

 the first warm days appear, they are followed or accompanied by jonquils 

 of various types ; then comes Forsythia of two species, spiraea in variety, 

 the Japanese Snowball {^Vibiirmim plicatiwi), Kerria japonica, burning- 

 bush in several colors, peonies, and a succession of Iris, from the bright 

 Spanish Iris to the late-flowered and magnificent Japanese Iris. A hardy 

 hedge supplies many native as well as exotic bloomers, from the blood- 

 root, lungwort, and hepatica, which come in earliest spring, to the rho- 

 dodendrons and azaleas, red bud {.Cercis), fringe-tree, and the stately 

 magnolias. From April 1st to June 15th this place is a mass of bloom, 

 but for the next two and a half months but little is in evidence, when 

 the fall bloomers begin their succession, such as hydrangea, blue spiraea, 

 and the host of composites. 



The; dwarf banana of Bermuda first came from the Canaries. The 

 fruit is little larger than a man's finger, and is compact in texture and 

 rich in flavor. The fruit grown in summer is of higher quality than that 

 grown in winter — if the word winter can be applied to a land in which 

 the mercury rarely registers as low as fifty degrees and in which frost is 

 unknown. The single bunch that the tree bears should weigh, of this 

 dwarf sort, from twenty-five to sixty or even seventy pounds. There is 

 almost no expense required in maintaining the plantation after it is once 

 established, and the gross annual income should be from four hundred 

 dollars to five hundred dollars per acre. The little bananas are consumed 

 entirely by the local markets, for Bermuda is visited by tourists, it has a 

 large garrison, and the resident people — some over seventeen thousand 

 all told — are fond of the fruit. — Country Life in America. 



An Appreciative Comment. — The March number of The Plant 

 World, which is the official organ of the Wild Flower Preservation So- 

 ciety of America, is especially noteworthy for its popular presentation of 

 out-of-the-way botanical matters. Frederick H . Blodgett describes ' ' Frost 

 Weeds and Other Winter Notes " ; C. E. Waters discusses ' ' Plant Wounds 

 and Natural Pruning ' ' ; the ' ' Extracts from the Note-Book of a Naturalist 

 on the Island of Guam ' ' are continued, and there is an abundance of brief, 

 direct, and valuable miscellaneous matter. — Boston Tratiscript. 



