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(Note: Gamboga is obtained from Garunia morilla Desr. 

 Nat. Ord. Guttiferae.) 



Eugenia Jambos (rose apple) and Chrysophyllum Cainilo 

 (star apple) are to be found in a few gardens onl}-. 



Achras sapota, Linn, (sapodilla. ) At Bellevue; the Trim- 

 ingham grounds; "Rosebauk;" Mount Langton, and elsewhere- 



Sapindus Saponaria (soap berry.) Few gardens only. 



Chrysobalanus icaco, L,. (cow plum. ) Very few only. 



Ixora coccinea (Isora. ) Few gardens, lately introduced. 



Quercus alba (white oak. ) At Rosebank. 



Inglans nigra, (black walnut.) At Rosebank and in one or 

 two other gardens. 



Cassia Florida, (not given by I,efroy but mentioned by 

 Reade, in the Public Gardens) has been put down as Lignum 

 Vitae, and as Ebony. Now the former of these two has blue 

 flowers, and the latter rosy pink flowers, whilst the tree in 

 question much resembling the Poinciana has a flower not un- 

 like that of the Star Apple. It is evidently the Albizzia thibetia, 

 the tree in question being as far as known the only specimen in 

 Bermuda. 



For the following note, I am indebted to Mr. T. J. Harris 

 late Superintendent of the Public Garden: 



" I have seen Lignum Vitae (Guaiacum officinale, L., Nat. 

 Order Zygophylleae) and Ebony (Brya Ebenus, D. C, Nat. 

 Order Leguminoseae) growing side by side in the West Indies; 

 they of course are quite distinct — the former producing dense 

 masses of pretty blue flowers, while the tree itself in outline is 

 dense and heavy and in the distance resembles an umbrella 

 with a very thick and heavy handle; there is also a white 

 variety of it. The ebony tree in comparison bears a distinctly 

 flippant and almost a spooky outline; putting out its few arm- 

 like branches, some up, others out, and down, suggesting a 

 dissipated semiphore. Its flowers are yellow, and resemble 

 little sprigs of gorse. 



