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The Grasses, mosses (very few) lichens, and 

 cryptogamous plants will form a separate bul- 

 letin. It may be remarked en passant that 

 the ordinary f?rasses of the island are not as 

 nutritious for feeding purposes as those of 

 more northern climes, and an occasional extra 

 feed is necessary for dairy pHrpos♦^s. 



Seaweeds, forming a dil'lVrent class of veg^e- 

 table gr(.)wth are not dealt with in a work of 

 this nature. 



With tlie exception of the Pride of India, 

 the Poiriciana and the Pomegranate, there 

 are no trnes that may be styled deciduous on 

 the islands. Ali hough not evei'greens in the 

 true sense in which that term is applied in the 

 north, they yet retain such a proportion of fo- 

 liage during the winter season that the leaves 

 they shed are ^-caicelv noticeable. The rub- 

 ber tree, although always green, sheds a largd 

 portion of its leaves in March, perhaps more 

 noticeable froui their size than in other trees, 

 yet the new growth either forcing oiT the 

 matured leaf or supplying its place before the 

 latter is shed, fills up the gap. Northern 

 trees which require by nature or from habitat 

 a period of rest do not thrive here, and either 

 degenerate or become so straggling that they 

 cease to be either useful or ornamental 

 Several curious indlvidu.il trees are to be 

 seen in the Public Gard«>ns St. George's, and 

 in the Park, Hamilton, but they may be called 

 solitary specimens, and not ranked among 

 the regular trees of the islands. 



Actual garden flowers and shrubs are not 

 in the above list, neither are the cultivated 

 vegetables, as being scarcely botanical speci- 

 mens. 



Omitted in Escapes: Morning Glory, (Con- 

 volvolus) and Narcissus; and in Specially 



