116 THE BOTANY OF BERMUDA. 



|)nr[)ose. At present the seed is imported annually, cliiefly from Ma- 

 deira. Cultivation of the plant on a large scale only dates from about 

 1645. Seeds of all the best varieties cultivated in Europe were sent 

 from the Eoyal Gardens, Kew, in 1873, and widely distributed ; KJ sorts 

 Avere tried at Mount Langton. The writer could never ascertain that 

 any of them commended themselves to the growers as superior to the 

 sorts they were accustomed to sow. 



Onions iu Bermuda are sown in October and November, set out in 

 l!^ovember or December, and pulled for market in April and May. The 

 <export reached the large quantity (for the area of the islands) of 4,180 

 tons iu 1875, which has not since been exceeded. 



Aloe vulgaris, Lam. 



Locally called, from its flower stalk, bamboo j very common ; proba- 

 bly native. 



A. soccotrina, Lam. Barbadoes or bitter aloe. 

 Naturalized and common. 



Agave Amerieana, Linn. Golden aloe. 



Not common, but found in many gardens in Paget and Warwick 

 Parishes. 



A. Mexicana, Lam. Blue aloe. 

 At Spanish Point ; not common. 



A. variegata, Hort. 

 Common in gardens. 



A. striata, Zucc. 



Introduced from Kew, 1872. 



A. xj/lonacantha, Salm. 



Introduced from Kew, 1872. 



A. Jaquiniana, Sch. 



Introduced from Cambridge, Mass., 1874. 



Yucca serrulata, Haw. Spanish bayonet. 



Very common ; its tall white spikes of flowers are highly ornamental 

 in May and June {Y. aloijblia, Linn., in Dr. Kein's list). Y. filamentosa, 

 Linn., and Y. Whipplei, Torry, were among plants received from the 

 Botanical Gardens, Cambridge, Mass., iu 1874, which survived and 

 were established at Mount Langton. 



