122 EFFECTS OF FORESTS ON MOISTURE. 



English Gooseberry does not thrive well here, but runs into an un 

 fruitful shrub. 



" The trees most cultivated in Jamestown are the Margossa and 

 the Banian, neither of which are of any great use except for a little 

 shelter from the sun; the Banian is more curious than beautiful. 

 The Date, Cocoa Nut, and Cypress are seen in some of the gardens, and 

 the long leaf of the Plantain mostly accompanies them wherever 

 water can be obtained. 



" A great variety of plants, the natives of different regions, may 

 be seen growing equally well on St. Helena, the configuration of which 

 affords a considerable range of climate. The following list of the 

 exotic trees and shrubs now growing on the island may prove not 

 uninteresting : — 



" Common Oak, Mosscup Oak, Evergreen Oak, Cork Tree, Abele 

 Tree, Weeping Willow, Pineaster Fir, Spreading Fir, Dwarf Fir, 

 Norfolk Island Pine, Chili Fir, Cape Yew, Casuarina, Cypress (two 

 kinds), Arbor Vitce, Eucalyptus, Banian (four kinds), Indian Rubber 

 Tree, Eiythrina Cape Coral Tree (three kinds), Sophora, Margossa, 

 Gamboge, Terminalia (Bengal Almond), Pittisporum, Wild Olive, 

 Black Fruited Olive, Magnolia, Liliodendron, Silk-worm Mulberry, 

 Cliiua Weeping Birch, Mun-aya, Sago Palm, Palmetto, Dragon Palm, 

 Fan Palm, Iron Wood, Holy Thorn, Myrtle (three kinds), Bauhinia, 

 Locust, Bois Noir, Teak, Cinnamon, Laurel, Bay, Barberry, Protea, 

 Gum Benzion, Coffee Shade, Wild Fig, Wattle of New Holland, 

 Gelega, Altheea Frutex, Chinese Rose Hibiscus (^Shoe Black), Change- 

 able Rose (two kinds), Single Red Hibiscus, Single Purple Hibiscus, 

 White Flowered Hibiscus, Yellow Tahitian Hibiscus, Mimosa 

 (various,) Acacia (various), Port Jackson Willow, Buddlea, Candle 

 Nut Tree, Yansheu, China Rose Apple, Spice Tree, Psoralea, English 

 Privet, Sea Grape, Coral Tree (Jatrapa), Rock Rose, Travellers Joy, 

 Oleander, Fiddle Wood, Pola Gola, Spanish Broom, Velvet Thorn, 

 Cassia, Grewia, Datura Arborea, Scarlet Cordea, Soap Berry, Screw 

 Pine, Date Plum, Sweet Olea, Tea, Coffee, China Privet, Jasmine 

 (2 kinds). Holly, Banksia, (3 kinds), Elder, Cotton (2 kinds), Cytisus, 

 Ash, Barbados Pride, Lion's Tail, Osteospernum, Castor Oil, May, 

 Azalea, Gardenia (Cape Jasmine), Tutsan, Verbena, Furze, Wild 

 Bringal, Bamboo (3 kinds). Bamboo Reed, Plumbago, Camellia, 

 Fuschia, Madagascar Creeper, Passion Flower (5 kinds). Ivy, Wood- 

 bine, Melostroma. 



" Fruit-bearing Plants : — Peach, Apple, Pear, Cape Plum, Mango, 

 Chirimoya, Orange (Sweet), Orange (Seville), Lemon, Lime, Shaddock, 



