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THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. CHALLENGER. 



Lupine is planted in geometrical patterns amongst the corn, to be ploughed in as manure 

 after the crop is reaped. 



There are many fine flower gardens containing a large variety of Australian, New- 

 Zealand, and South American plants. On the road to Furnas numerous hills, small 

 volcanic cones, were passed, planted with firs and various timber trees with great care. 

 The appearance of the island has been remarkably modified by careful plantation, most 

 of the work having been done by Mr. Brown, a gardener from Kew, who was brought 

 to the island by Don Jose" do Canto to superintend the laying out of his garden. Most 



Fig. 75. — Cryptmneria japonica, in the garden of 



Don Jose' do Canto, San Miguel. 



(From a Photograph.) 



Fig 



VO. — Araucaria excelsa, in the garden of 

 Don Jose - do Canto, San Miguel. 

 (From a Photograph.) 



curious is the markedly Australian feature which the general aspect of the vegetation 

 has assumed in many places. Clumps of blue Gum Trees (Eucalyptus) abound, and the 

 gardens by the roadside are full of Banksias and Melaleucas ; but when once the higher 

 plateaus of the island are reached, the foreign element disappears, and the moorland is 

 covered with Bog Myrtle (Myrica fciya), Heath (Erica azorica), and the splendid Fern 

 Dicksonia ctilcita, which almost forms a tree. The beautiful golden brown silky substance 

 covering its shoots is gathered, as elsewhere from tree ferns, for stuffing cushions. The moor 

 looks very much like a Scotch moor, and stretches far and wide over the flat hill tops. In 



