BERMUDA'S LITTLE TREES 



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A Screw Palm. 



THE ODD FEATURE OF THIS LITTLE TREE, SO NUMEROUS IN THE BERMUDA ISLANDS, IS THE DOWN SHOOTING ROOTS. 



to America; but one feels that he must 

 have been greatly helped by timbers 

 out of his wrecked vessel. A peculiarity 

 of the wood, however, was well known 

 to pirates and privateers who built 

 here; it does not shrink in seasoning 

 and can be used for planking when it is 

 green. It was found to splinter badly 

 by cannon ball. 



The berries of this cedar can be 

 eaten. What is said to be the oldest 

 tree on the island is shown in one of the 

 accompanying photographs. 



Of the multitudinous importations, 

 the most striking are avenues of royal, 

 date or cocoanut palm. A thicket of 

 Bamboo gives an atmosphere of the 

 Far East or a cabin thatched with the 



