THE BOTANY OF BERMUDA. 61 
the knife, and never manured—a neglect which fully accounts for the 
poor quality of the fruit. 
An interesting example of the diffusion of plants was afforded by the 
foundering of the ship Minnie Breslauer, on January 6, 1873, on the 
south shore. She had a cargo of white Lisbon grapes, many of which 
were washed on shore and germinated at high-water mark. Numbers 
of plants were, from curiosity, taken up and transplanted, some of which 
bore fruit in 1876. 
The vine flowers in February; bears in July. 
The following comparison of the approximate mean temperature of 
the vine-growing region of Madeira (below 2,000 feet) with that of Ber- 
muda (below 200 feet) makes the essential difference of the two climates 
very apparent. 
5 7 ; 
Month. Madeira. Bermuda. Month. | Madeira. | Bermuda 
ae Ra The esa | Pee Pe earl as | | 
{ 
TGR Ga ENA raha Ste es ta a 61. 9t | 63. 3t | ily eles ets ete ile) 64. 4* to 70. IF | 80. 3t 
Hebroaryses--ee eso ac | Psi stasis 62. Tt 63. Of || August....-. -.-.--. 65. 5* to 71. Of 81. 7t 
IMAre heretics sete ocean 64. 0t | 63. 3t || September .....-..-- 65. 8* to 70. 9f 79. 8t 
J. 33 | NER a ees eer | 56.3% to 67. 1t | 66.5 || October. .--.--.-..-- 63. 0* to 68. 7f 73.7% 
MUA ee eet oops se 56. 7* to 68. 4t 70. 4t || November ..-.- .---- 59. 5* to 65. OF 68. 6t 
UNO eee eosin .----| 60. 2* to 68. 2f 76:04 ll Decem beracsaccedaaatcieee ee 62. 67 64. 3f 
*DeCandolle, Géogr. botanique, I, p. 387. These are the approximate temperatures at the upper 
limit of 676", or 2,000 feet. 
tTemperatures toward the sea-level or at the lower limit, from Dr. M. C. Grabham, on the Climate 
and Resources of Madeira, 1870. = 
+ By interpolation. 
Ampelopsis quinquefolia, Michx. Virginian creeper; Sarsaparilla. 
This plant is to be found wild about the caves of Walsingham. 
Ampelopsis tridentata, Thun. 
Introduced in 1875 and doing well at Mount Langton. 
Cissus discolor, Blum. 
This beautiful creeper flourishes with great luxuriance at Mount 
Langton, under glass, losing its leaves regularly in the winter. A 
specimen was also found in a garden at Saint George’s, unprotected, but 
it barely lived through the winters. 
XXX VI.—SAPINDACE.2. 
Cardiospermum Halicacabum, Linn. Small shot. 
This pretty little creeper is common in the Walsingham tract, and 
rarely wet with elsewhere; native. Common to Africa and America. 
Cupania fulva, Mart. 
A single tree is to be found at Spanish Point, where it flowers very 
freely in July; native of the West Indies. IJntroduced. 
