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Rev. Lewis Hughes in 1C15 rather refers to them as plants which may 

 be introduced than as if they existed ; on the other hand he sjjeaks of 

 "fences of figge and pomegranite trees " in 1621, and they are mentioned 

 in a proclamation of very early date, probably IGIG. In 1023 they were 

 abundant enough to be dried for food. This abundance continued down 

 to the present century. It seems probable that they were among the 

 fruit trees introduced by the first settlers in 1G12 or 1616, but they may 

 have found the tree already naturalized from seed left by earlier visit- 

 ors. There are several varieties of fig cultivated at St. George's, the only 

 place where the fruit is tolerably abundant. It did not succeed at Mount 

 Langton, where many trees of different varieties from the United States 

 were planted about 1872. 



J'^. elastica, Koxb. India-rubber tree. 



Introduced from South America by the lady of Sir Hildebrand Turner, 

 about 1826 ; now common. It grows to a very large size ; a tree in Ham- 

 ilton is 12 feet in girth. 



F. aurata, .Aliq. 

 Introduced at Mount Langton 1875, and very healthy in 1877. 



Morns rubra, Linn. Eed mulberry. 



There is a large tree, wild, among the rocks at Walsingham, and this is 

 the species commonly found in gardens; whether J/, nigra, the common 

 mulberry, is to be found, is uncertain. The mulberry is uientioned in tLc 

 earliest narratives, but the writers gave this name to the fruit of Cono- 

 carpus crectus. The Bermuda Company sent out mulberry seeds in 1616. 



M. mnlticaulis, Perrot. Silkworm mlilberry. 



Introduced from America by Mr. Daniel Vaughan, about 1841, for 

 feeding silkworms, and planted in many places. 



ilf. macrophyUa, Hort. Paper mulberry. 



Artoc-arpus incisa, Linn. Bread fruit. 



Introduced at Mount Langton 1874. One or two young trees ap- 

 peared likely to thrive. Name from artos, bread; Tcarpos, fruit, Gr. 



A. integrifoUa, Linn. Jack fruit. 

 To be found in the garden at Par-la-ville. 



Madura aurantiaca, Xutt. Osage orange. 



Introduced by Captain EoUo, Forty second Eegiment, about 1851, by 

 eeed from the IVIississippi ; now naturalized, but uncommon. 



