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and Lentiscus. reminders of former splendour. For fifteen 

 centuries did the monks remain masters of these islands, 

 as \\'ell as ot part of the opposite mainland. The\' now 

 devote themselves to an Orphan Asylum which stands 

 near the monastery There the boys learn various crafts. 

 The building also contains a printing press, in whicli old 

 ecclesiastical works are reproduced. This press presented 

 Pope Leo XIII, on the occasion of his jubilee, with a 

 richh- ornamented work containing the "Magnificat" 

 translated into "a hundred and fift\'" different tongues. 

 The monks have recently begun to manufacture a Lii[ueur, 

 made from herbs, which is called '"Lerina" after the 

 ancient name of the island. 



As the giant Feruias predominate in the ^'egetation 

 of tlie He Ste. Marguerite, so does the Cistns in St. I louorat. 

 There is no lack of Pine trees either oil this island, indeed 

 they cover the greater part of it; but it is the rich 

 colouring of the Cistus \\hich leaves the strongest im- 

 pression on m\- memor\-. The folli)wing species of Cistus: 

 C alhidits (Fig. p. S.-i), iiioiifpc/i'riisis (Fig. p. iS')), saliii- 

 foliiis (Fig p. '1.5), are represented here in countless 

 numbers, and were in such prollision of bloom as I had 

 never before seen. These plants e\er delighted me anew, 

 especialh- the siK■er^- C. albidiis with its large soft satiny 

 pink blossoms. Here also the remarkable fiery-coloured 

 parasite. Cyiiims Uypocis/is, which grows on the roots 

 of the Cistuses. \\-as so abundant that one could easil}' 

 have gathered large biniches of it. On these islands, 

 with their luxuriant gnnvth, one revels in the Mediterranean 

 vegetation and enjoys the incomparable beaut}' of Nature. 



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