BOTANY. 



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mudas. Eice has been grown, by way of experiment, in 

 w.et and swampy ground, with success. 



Capsicums, and peppers, of various kinds, do well The 

 edible Cassava (Janipha maTdhot), is common ia gardens. 



A species of Sanfoin, sometimes grown in the Bermudas, 

 is the Spanish variety (Hedysarwm ondbrychis), introduced 

 from Malta ; it is deeper coloured than the common British 

 species. It blossoms in the beginning of April 



The vignette below represents the inscription carved on 

 the smooth indurated crust of a low rocky cliff on the 

 South-shore, near Peniston's ponds, better known as 

 " Spanish Eock." Tradition asserts it, with what truth we 

 know not, to be the work of one Ferdinand Camelo, who 

 is said to have paid the island a visit at the date marked on 

 the stone. We are indebted to Mr. Hurdis for the copy of 

 the inscription. 



* See page 1V8. 



