136 THE NATURALIST IN BERMUDA. 
Cocoa nut (Cocos nucifera). 
Date palm (Phenix dactylifera). 
Cabbage palm (Areca oleracea). 
Palmetto (Chamerops excelsa ?) This is the tall growing 
species. Grows well in the marsh near Brackish Pond 
Church.—[See woodcut at the commencement of this paper.| — 
Dwarf palmetto of the West Indies (C. glabra). Grows 
very freely in most situations. It is from the leaf of this 
tree that the celebrated “ Bermuda plait ” is made. 
Mangrove (Rhizophora Mangle). Common near the 
shores, and in marshy tracts containing brackish water. 
Avocada Pear (Persea gratissima). 
Weeping willow (Salix Babylonica). 3 
Butter nut (Juglans ?) Called by the inhabitants 
the “Otaheite walnut.” 
Mulberry (Morus alba). Planted for silkworms. There 
is another species planted in the low part of the Court- 
house inclosure at Hamilton. 
Tamarisk (Tamarix gallica), called in the Bermudas, 
“Spruce.” | 
Pomegranite (Punica granatum). The double-flowering 
variety is also common. 
Common purple Fig (Ficus virens). 

Small white early Fig (F. nympheifolia 2). 
Peach (Amygdalus 2), said to be an importation 
from Madeira. A hard fleshy variety is known as the 
“cling stone peach.” 
Loquat Tree (Amygdalus 2). Recently introduced 
from China. It thrives and bears fruit admirably. 
Mango (Mangifera Indica). In My. Ballinghall’s garden, 
where the fruit ripened in 1851. Trees imported in the 


