BOTANY: Faz 
French frigate, “Hermione,” wrecked on the Bermuda 
Reefs. It also grows well, and produces fruit in Provost 
“Marshall Trott’s grounds, at Verdmont. 
Round-leaved Sea-side Grape (Coccoloba unifera). 
Papaw (Carica papaya). Male and female. 
Oleander (Neriwm Oleander). The double - flowering 
variety, very common, and very handsome. It is known 
to the natives by the name of “South-sea Rose.” 
Palma Christi, Castor-oil plant (Ricinus communis). Wild. 
Fiddle-wood tree (Cytharexylum cinereuwm). 
~ Banana (Musa sapientum). There is also a dwarf variety. 
The common banana is frequently stewed for dessert, and is 
delicious eating in that state. 
Plantain (M. paradisiaca). 
Prickly Lantana, or large red Sage Bush (Lantana acu- 
leata). Common in garden hedges. 
Barbadoes Flower Fence (Cwsalpinia pulcherrima). In 
gardens. 
' Red, or sweet-scented Jasmine (Plumeria rubra). In 
gardens. 
Poison Weed (Huphorbia lawrocerasifolius ?). A hand- 
some creeping plant, not unlike the American creeper in 
appearance, climbing trees to the height of thirty feet or 
more. , 
Changeable Rose (Hibiscus mutabilis). 
China Rose Hibiscus (H. rosa Sinensis). The “coral 
flower” of Bermuda. 
Syrian Hibiscus (H. Syrianus). In gardens. Sometimes 
called “ Althcea.” 
Common Ivy (Hedera helix). Recently introduced. Grows 
freely on northern aspects, and among trees. 
