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the road-sides, lending a fragrance all their own, suggestive of 

 English lanes and road-side hedges. The Morning Glory 

 [Convoluolus major) is abundant both wild and cultivated, and 

 its purple flowers two or three inches in diameter are pioduced 

 in profusion all the year round. Many a rugged corner or way- 

 side copse is festooned with this beautiful creeper, and its grace- 

 ful hangings of nature's tapestry hide many an unsightly corner 

 or debris of a ruin. 



The most important flower, and cultivated to a very large 

 extent for exportation, is the Easter Lily {Liliuni Harrisii), and 

 a dwarf species {L. longifloruni) both bearing numerous large 

 flowers of the purest white. A specimen of the latter grown by 

 the late Harvey Trott, Esq., at Waterloo in Pembroke parish 

 produced on one stem 145 flowers. This was exhibited in May 

 1883 at the St. Nicholas Hotel, New York, and an illustration of 

 it appeared in the London Graphic. A field of several acres in 

 extent planted with these lilies pnsents a strikingly beautiful 

 appearance, not only when in full bloom, but when maturing 

 their bud; ; the latter are carefully cut and boxed for shipment, 

 blossoming after arrival at their destination, and keeping fresh 

 for some days. Besides the Easter Lily, the Blue Lily {Agapan- 

 thus 2-imbellatus) and the Egyptian Lily, or more properly Arum 

 {Calla Ethiopica) grow luxuriantly, and where escaped they seem 

 to flower better than in cultivation. The Cane Shot {Canna 

 coccima) from 3 to 5 feet high, with showy flowers two or more 

 inches long, yellow, red and with lip variegated with yellow, has 

 taken well to waste places, and with its leaves 10 inches long 

 and 4 wide it is a very noticeable plant. A lily species known as 

 Elephant's Ears (Ci:Ai;^/«w) remarkable for its large-sized leaves, 

 is abundant in moist valleys. 



A very abundant and attractive plant miscalled Heath, 

 {Russelia juncea) with rush-like pointed branchlets and long 

 scarlet tubular flowers, giving the idea of brilliant red coral, 

 grows by the way sides and edges of private grounds, delighting 

 in stony and rocky localities. The Poppy {Papaver diibiuvi) 

 with scarlet flower, and (/'. soinniferuin) are common on waste 



