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Royal Pnlmfi or Cabbage. Palm (Oreodoxa 

 Oleracoa)— of which a splendid row graces 

 Pembroke Hall, is a most handsome tree, its 

 stem risins: like a marble monolith, fifcy or 

 sixty feet, terminating in graceful feather-like 

 plumes. This tree was imported from the 

 Wost Indies and a few spocimfMis are to be 

 seen in privat^^ grounds. The cocoa-nut palm 

 is similar in growth, but more frequently on 

 marshy ground, whilst the Gru-pru Palm, 

 Caferhu and Date a.ve also occasionally to be 

 seen. 



Palmetto (Sabal Umbraculifera)— Eight to 

 ton feet high, has already been described 

 under the head <^f the indigenous trees. 



Shell Plant (Alpinia Nutans)— An elegant 

 lancp-leavod plant bears a nodding bunch of 

 pink white llowers, nire, 



Arrowrtof (Maranta Arundinacea) is largely 

 cultivated and manufactured on the islands, 

 the Bermuda arrowT-oot being highly esteem- 

 ed. Thn stem of this plant is from two to 

 three feet high, bearing large, lanceolate 

 leaves and white tiowers. It requires con- 

 stant attention in its manufacture, the starch 

 requiring continual washing, and being 

 finally dried and bleached in the sun. 



There are numerous individual specimens 

 of other trees and plmt'it-hat require point- 

 ing out before they aro noticed, such as the 

 Caper Bufih, Star Apple, Lignum Vit(E, Bit- 

 ter wood. Bean Caper, Lucerne, Saintfoil, Sad- 

 dle- floiver, and some others. Especially 

 noticeable among them is the Sanseveria 

 Zealandica with long, ribbon-like leaves, mot- 

 tled like the bark of a snake and presenting 

 a remarkable appearance. 



The Eaater Lily, of which there are two 

 species, Lilium Harrissi and L. Longiflora is 



