132 THE NATURALIST IN BERMUDA. 



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gales of wind which so frequently occur during the winter 

 cultivation of the solL It is also admirably adapted, by 

 its resinous, unshriniuig, and durable qualities, for building 

 vessels of moderate tonnage. 



In the following list, six species of Citrus are mentioned 

 as growing in the Bermudas ; a seventh, called the " Grape 

 Fruit," — almost twice the size of an orange — is also found 

 there, the specific name of which we are unacquainted with. 

 They are aU cultivated in gardens, with the exception of the 

 Lemon, which grows spontaneously everywhere, adorning the 

 roads and hill sides with the abundance of its golden yellow 

 fruit, of which thousands of bushels annually fall only to 

 rot upon the ground. 



Delicious beyond description is the perfume emitted 

 from the expanded blossoms of these fruit-bearing trees, 

 and more particularly of a calm evening, after a copious 

 fall of rain, when the sun reappearing in subdued brightness 

 and splendour, gilds each cedar-crowned hill and white- 

 washed cot with its fading beams, the powerful scent of 

 the citron tribe, mingled with that of the cedar, is exhaled 

 in such copious quantity, as forcibly to impress the 

 imagination with a realization of those fairy lands of 

 ancient fable, where gorgeous palaces, inhabited by rich 

 and happy priaces, were fanned each live-long day by 

 balmy breezes, heavy laden with odorous incense. 



The following brief account of the trees, shrubs, &c., now 

 growiag on the Islands, emanates, with but few exceptions; 

 from the pen of Mr. Hurdis. It is not intended by any 

 means to represent a complete list, but will be found to 

 contain the names of those species best known to the 

 inhabitants. 



