320 BOTANICAL GAZETTE. 
ar off.” is garden prospered under his loving care, and h 0 enthusias- 
tically of his flower beds noted accurately the yield of his fruit t A 
w days ago our Mango tree yielded the last of its fruit, giving us in all 426 
angoes Pe about hal a ach.” At another time h ‘The M 
ve man up to August 11, and more to ripe ange 
n. One or 
tree Rested 1,006 sweet oranges. Fewer in number were the Plantains and 
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ond. 
is time was given to botanical excursions and collections, often 
giving him much pleasure. 
e writes to Dr. Gray: “Let me give you an account of one of these ex- 
ursions. As the railroad train which is to take me to St. Josephs (six miles 
east of Port of Spain) does not start before 7 A. M., I need not rise earlier than 
4 o'clock. Then preparing breakfast, and getting things all right, I pers ee 
i i t, an 
times i 
utter a doleful whisper, and from afar come Hl, yee i 
L sup the hollow, dull, y 
moan of the distant surf from some of the peat iy the coast, which beste he 
e questi 
Suggests itself more than once—what time of the night? Whenever ae 
second time the subdued voice of the owl is heard answering one another, t 
there is reason to hope that dawn of day is not far off. ** * * Assoow 
