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Along the north road, in many places where it approaches closely 

 to the shore and is exposed to violent winds and salt spray, tall 

 hedges of Tamarisk, called "Spruce" by the Bermndians, have been 

 planted. This shrub grows here to large size. Many of the older 

 ones, having been many times broken and bent by the storms, have 

 acquired a weather-beaten and picturesque appearance. Its delicate, 

 heath-like foliage stands the poisonous action of salt-water spray 

 very well. In May and June it puts out large clusters of small, 

 pink, bell-shaped flowers, much like those of a heath. It is a native 

 of southern Europe. 



Figure 12. — Road Cutting near Hamilton. 



In other places can be seen hedges of Century-plants, or Agave, 

 of several kinds. Some of these flower fi*eely here in early spring, 

 sending up tall branching stalks, sometimes 10 to 15 feet high, 

 covered with a profusion of yellow flowers. In many places there are 

 hedges of the scarlet-flowered Hibiscus, which is very showy when in 

 flower. Hedges of the Pomegranate; Spanish Bayonets {Yucca)', 

 Cycads; Pepper-bushes; Snuff -bushes ; Galba, with its glossy leaves, 

 and other unusual hedge-plants form hedges in certain places. 



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April, 1902. 



