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ation is located, contains many fine old trees, among them 
grove of St. John’s bread (Ceratonia siliqua), native of fe 
Mediterranean region, Litchis, of eastern Asia, and avocado see 
Central American in ea the latter may, however, be seen 
larger gies elsewhere. The public garden at St. Cae 
contains a fine and see collection. It is a level, openly 
ee lawn einer by a nearly continuous mixed bor 
planted against a wall which is covered by many kinds of flower- 
ing vines from the tropics of the Old World and the New. The 
centerpiece is a large tree of the sand-box, or monkey puzzle as 
it is here called (Hura crepitans), of a pene a bearing 
fruits which explode noisily when mature; two elegant and 
perfect screw-pines at once attract the attention of visitors. 
A group of very old and tall date palms is a feature of one en 
of the garden; the date is commonly planted throughout the 
islands for ornament and interest, but it does not bear very good 
fruit, though individual trees fruit quite abundantly. Many 
herbaceous plants are grown in the front of this highly interesting 
border. Our inspection of this garden was under the guidance of 
r. . Swainson, who has it in charge 
ee penne of the ea Station in Paget contain the 
greatest number of species to be seen in any one Bermuda 
es sees a brought ee during the last ten or twelve 
years. The area of soil available for planting here is too limited 
and the soil mostly of insufficient depth to permit either agri- 
cultural experimentation or horticultural work to be carried on 
in a very effective way. any plants rare in cultivation may 
here be seen, among them a fine young tree of the West Indian 
ae longissima, flowering at the time of our visit; the cocaine 
tree of Peru, also in flower; camphor trees, not often grown out- 
side of the Old World tropics; the mountain pride of Jamaica, a 
tree which dies soon after flowering; and a large variety of inter- 
esting shrubs and herbaceous perennials. 
The grounds of Government House at Mt. Langton, where 
we were hospitably received and guided by His Excellency 
General Sir George M. Bullock, governor of Bermuda, are open 
to visitors at times. The collections contain many specimens of 
