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I found away from an 5' house, on the road to 

 Hungry Bay. 



Sweet Bay (Laurus Nobilis)— Mostly found 

 in gardens' with an occasional escape, is a 

 handsome aromatic evergreen. 



Castor Oil Tree (Ricinus Communis)— This 

 plant assumes here the size of a small tree, 

 ten to fifteen feet high; its stem is often pur- 

 plish, its leaves one foot in diameter, flowers 

 on branched divisions, with prickly casing. 

 Its flowers are green with purplish tinge. Tt 

 delights in old disused quarries and stony 

 ground, where it attains its full height. 



Tulip Tree — (Liliodendron Tulipifera) is a 

 hnndsome tree, twenty to thirty feet high, 

 bearing large, handsome flowers not unlike a 

 tulip — hence its name. A very fine specimen 

 is in the gi-ounds of Ppmbroke Hall. 



Box Elder (Nf^gundo Americaniim) — This 

 trep belongs peculiarly to the northwest 

 wheiP it is known as Manitoba Maple It is 

 a handsomp tree when properly trained 

 young, but its stem without that is apt to 

 grow twisted and gnarled. In the northwest 

 the Indians tap this tree and make maple 

 sugar from its sap. 



/?aw?/aw— The only tree of this species on 

 the island is on thp Tucker Estate, near the 

 npw Public Gardens. As it stands well out 

 in the open its peculiar form of growth is 

 well seen. 



Weepinq Willow (Salix Rabaloniea) — This 

 tree was first brought here in 1832 by Lady 

 Turner, and although it has not spread to 

 ary extent, vet it may be seen in the Pem- 

 broke Valley and other moist situations. 



Siiq^r Apple (Anona Muricata) Oustard 

 Apple (A. Reticulata) S-mrsop (A, Squamosa) 

 have all been introduced from the West 



