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road cuttings, where moisture filters through the rocky 
_ strata. 
Lauristinus (Virburnum tinus). 
Virginia Tobacco (Nicotiana Tabacum ?). In the wild 
state, by the sides of roads. | 
Red Lily, of Bermuda (Amaryllis equestris). 
Guernsey Lily (A. Sarniensis). 
Atamasco Lily (A. Atamasco). White blossom ; fragrant. 
Tournefortia, or Night-blowing Jasmine (Nyctanthis 
). 
Crab Grass (Agrostis Virginica). A trailing species. 
Apple, of Europe. Occasionally bears fruit. The tree, 
however, is very little known in the islands. 
Many other trees and plants, natives of the West Indies, 
and elsewhere, might be enumerated, such as the Olive, 
Surinam Cherry, Scarlet-blossomed Cordia, Queen of 
Shrubs, Passion Flower, Myrtles, Yellow and White Jas- 
mine, Roses, of many kinds, Cacti, Lilies, Custard Apples, 
Shell Plants, Helotrope, Verbena, and a variety of garden 
flowers. 
The Fuschia is frequently imported from New York; but 
the climate appears to be unfavourable to this plant; 
for although it will blossom in the shade of a northern 


aspect, it is never known to thrive—a singular fact, con- 
sidering that hedges are formed of it in Madeira; the 
latitude of the two islands being the same. 
The Lavender and English Wallflower both grow very 
freely, but refuse to blossom ; and yet the German Double 
Stock, when not destroyed by the aphis, blooms magnifi- 
cently. 
The English Gooseberry, Currant, and Raspberry, run 
