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road cuttings, where moisture filters through the rocky 

 strata. 



Lauxistinus {Virhirnwm tinus). 



Virginia Tobacco {Nicotiana Tabacvm ?). In the wild 

 state, by the sides of roads. 



Eed Lily, of Bermuda (Amaryllis eguestris). 



Guernsey Lily [A. Samiensis). 



Atamasco Lily (A. Atamasco). "White blossom ; fragrant. 



Toumefortia, or Mght - blowing Jasmine [Nyctanthis 



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Crab Grass {Agrostis Yirginicd). A trailing species. 



Apple, of Europe. Occasionally bears fruit. The tree, 

 however, is very little known in the islands. 



Many other trees and plants, natives of the West Indies, 

 and elsewhere, might be enumerated, such as the Olive, 

 Surinam Cherry, Scarlet - blossomed Cordia, Queen of 

 Shrubs, Passion Flower, Myrtles, Yellow and "White Jas- 

 mine, Eoses, of many kinds. Cacti, Lilies, Custard Apples, 

 Shell Platits, Heliotrope, Verbena, and a variety of garden 

 flowers. 



The Fuschia is frequently imported from New York; but 

 the climate appears to be unfavourable to this plant; 

 for although it will blossom in the shade of a northern 

 aspect, it is never known to thrive — a singular fact, con- 

 sidering that hedges are formed of it in Madeira; the 

 latitude of the two islands being the same. 



The Lavender and English "Wallflower both grow very 

 freely, but refuse to blossom ; and yet the German Double 

 Stock, when not destroyed by the aphis, blooms magnifi- 

 cently. 



The English Gooseberry, Currant, and Easpberry, run 



