16 PLANTS OF JERSEY. [January, 



I then went to visit the nurseries in the vicinity, and first, the 

 very respectable establishment of Mr. Bernard Saunders, which, 

 although in so remote a place, I found as well conducted as a 

 first-rate London nursery. Mr. S. has paid much attention 

 to the indigenous botany of the island ; but what 1 consider to 

 be the thing in v/hich he most excels, is the cultivation of Cape 

 bulbs in open borders. He is very sanguine in his opinion that 

 they may be grown in the same manner in England ; and no 

 doubt they may in the extreme south and west ; but I fear that 

 in the vicinity of London there would be many difiiculties to 

 surmount before they could be grown to anything like the per- 

 fection which they attain in the Channel Islands. Certainly 

 much may be done, as we are very far behind in the cultivation of 

 these beautiful plants. 



I next paid a visit to the nursery of M. L'Angelier, and saw 

 the most extensive collection of Pears which I had ever seen. 

 He professes to have, and I suppose has, upwards of a thousand 

 varieties, all grown upon Quince stocks. I here observed Yucca 

 aloifolia, Hedychium coronarium, and Eucomis 'punctata, grown 

 as common border plants. I visited other smaller nurseries, but 

 saw nothing in them worth recording. In returning towards the 

 town, I observed Agave americana planted out, and growing 

 luxuriantly in tbe open air. The Fuchsias are here large bushes ; 

 their branches survive the winter, and they were a mass of scarlet 

 bloom. The Hydrangeas are also large shrubs ; their flowers are 

 all blue, perhaps from the quantity of iron in the soil. 



At an early hour upon the following morning I started for 

 Rozel, which is situated at the north-east corner of the island, 

 and is somewhat more than five miles from St. Helier's. In 

 passing along St. Saviour's road, and near to the Government 

 House, I came to a bank on the right-hand, with Seclum rupestre 

 growing upon it abundantly, as well as Sedum anglicum, which 

 latter appears to be the most plentiful species upon the island ; I 

 saw also ErythrcBa Centaurimn, Umbilicus pendulus ,Qxidi the follow- 

 ing Ferns : — Polypodium vulgare, Lastrea Filix-mas, Asplenium 

 Trichonianes, and A. Adiantum-nigrum. Passing through St. 

 Saviour's churchyard, I observed that nearly all the gravestones 

 erected in the last century and the early part of the present one, 

 bore French inscriptions, whilst those of more recent date had 

 English ones. A little past the church, I came to Polystichum 



