“ Magnesia 
THE BOTANY OF BERMUDA. 
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The following table, extracted from an agricultural report drawn up 
by the writer in 1873, and based on analyses by Mr. F. A. Manning and 
others, gives a concise view of the mineral elements of the Bermuda 
soils: 
TABLE I.—Relative proportions of the component parts of Bermuda soils, omitting water. 
Water (not included) 
Organic substance 
Lime 
Lime, carbonate of 
Lime, sulphate of 
Magnesia, carbonate of 
Alumina 
Sand and insoluble clay 
Silica 
Oxide of iron and alumina 
Oxide of iron 
Oxide of protoxide 
Oxide of sesqui or peroxide 
Potash 
SIGH doco nn cce SD ICOb ae BOD OSBSeUEOEOoE 
(Cai tytn, BVOTG a eas Spe DER aOBIBEoere 
Sulphuric acid 
Silicic acid 
Phosphoric acid ..--... 
Chlorine 
Chlorides, phosphates, &c., not deter- 
mined 
102. 01 
White soil. Red soils. 
Manning. Mr. Manning. 
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100. 00 
0.17316. 155! 0. 120124. 850| 0.105, 9.474 
Waa ied |47. 380|.....-/21. 910|.....-/40. 670 
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20. 058'79. 945/19. 075 80. 931/36. 012 64. 030 
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100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 
Notwithstanding, however, this want of natural fertility due to the 
geological origin of the group, and to a cause, perhaps, remotely con- 
nected with the stormy character of the region, the abundance of rain 
and the genial temperature make up for many disadvatages. 
There 
appear to be few West India plants or fruits which could not be grown 
in the islands with a proper selection of localities. 
It is otherwise, 
however, as Dr. Rein has remarked* with many fruits belonging to 
northern temperate regions; many American species which on the con- 
tinent descend to much lower latitude refuse to flourish or die out in Ber- 
muda, not so much, probably, from the heat of the summer as from the 
“Strawberries, grapes, figs, peaches, ripening in March and April, grow in Bermuda, 
but not the ordinary kernel and stone fruits.—Rein. 
