﻿THE 
  NATIONAL 
  GEOGRAPHIC 
  MAGAZINE 
  

  

  Photograph 
  by 
  Emit 
  P. 
  Albrecht 
  

  

  SAWING 
  STONE) 
  E0R 
  HOUSES 
  IN 
  BERMUDA 
  

  

  "One 
  has 
  but 
  to 
  saw 
  a 
  hole 
  in 
  his 
  back 
  yard 
  and 
  take 
  out 
  a 
  house 
  of 
  creamy 
  sandstone 
  and 
  

   set 
  it 
  up 
  and 
  go 
  to 
  living 
  in 
  it" 
  (see 
  page 
  26). 
  

  

  edge 
  and 
  their 
  ingenuity 
  and 
  imagination 
  

   are 
  stimulated 
  to 
  explain 
  how 
  these 
  new 
  

   plants 
  got 
  there. 
  Their 
  enthusiasm 
  in 
  

   finding 
  and 
  formulating 
  the 
  problem 
  and 
  

   their 
  ardor 
  in 
  propounding 
  explanatory 
  

   theories 
  are 
  only 
  exceeded 
  by 
  their 
  joy 
  

   over 
  some 
  new 
  discovery 
  which 
  solves 
  the 
  

   problem 
  and 
  sustains, 
  it 
  may 
  be, 
  some 
  of 
  

   their 
  theories. 
  

  

  BERMUDA, 
  THP 
  OLEANDER 
  ISLANDS 
  

  

  The 
  glory 
  of 
  the 
  trees, 
  shrubs, 
  and 
  

   flowers 
  of 
  the 
  Bermudas 
  I 
  need 
  not 
  dwell 
  

   on. 
  In 
  the 
  landscape, 
  the 
  Bermuda 
  cedar 
  

   furnishes 
  the 
  prevailing 
  green. 
  It 
  is 
  the 
  

   most 
  abundant 
  and 
  characteristic 
  tree 
  of 
  

   Bermuda. 
  It 
  is 
  the 
  Bermudian 
  juniper, 
  

   with 
  berries 
  which 
  are 
  edible 
  but 
  not 
  

   nourishing. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  no 
  good 
  evidence 
  that 
  this 
  tree 
  

   has 
  grown 
  elsewhere. 
  The 
  wood 
  is 
  soft 
  

   and 
  easily 
  worked, 
  but 
  fades 
  on 
  exposure. 
  

   It 
  was 
  used 
  for 
  houses 
  in 
  early 
  days, 
  and 
  

   then, 
  in 
  the 
  maritime 
  glory 
  of 
  Bermuda, 
  

   when 
  the 
  laws 
  permitted, 
  it 
  was 
  used 
  to 
  

   build 
  ships. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  good 
  for 
  ships 
  of 
  

   war, 
  as 
  the 
  Bermudians 
  found 
  to 
  their 
  

  

  cost, 
  because 
  it 
  splinters 
  too 
  much. 
  It 
  is 
  

   planted 
  along 
  streets 
  and 
  approaches 
  and 
  

   can 
  be 
  clipped 
  into 
  arbor 
  arches 
  and 
  

   hedges. 
  It 
  covers 
  all 
  the 
  hills. 
  

  

  The 
  luxuriance 
  and 
  wealth 
  of 
  color 
  of 
  

   the 
  flora 
  of 
  the 
  Bermudas 
  have 
  attracted 
  

   the 
  poets, 
  who 
  have 
  sung 
  their 
  beauties. 
  

  

  The 
  purple 
  Bougainvillea, 
  with 
  its 
  

   varying 
  shades 
  in 
  and 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  sunlight, 
  

   is 
  entrancing 
  in 
  its 
  beauty 
  and 
  welcomes 
  

   one 
  into 
  the 
  grounds 
  of 
  the 
  Government 
  

   House, 
  climbing 
  over 
  the 
  smoothly 
  cut 
  

   walls 
  of 
  coral 
  through 
  which 
  the 
  white 
  

   road 
  makes 
  its 
  way 
  to 
  the 
  home 
  of 
  the 
  

   Governor. 
  

  

  The 
  oleanders 
  are 
  so 
  fine 
  and 
  so 
  gor- 
  

   geous 
  in 
  their 
  hues 
  that 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  sug- 
  

   gested 
  that 
  these 
  be 
  called 
  the 
  Oleander 
  

   Islands. 
  CofTee, 
  indigo, 
  cotton, 
  and 
  to- 
  

   bacco 
  are 
  of 
  spontaneous 
  growth. 
  

  

  It 
  may 
  not 
  recall 
  pleasant 
  associations 
  

   in 
  the 
  minds 
  of 
  the 
  youthful 
  to 
  say 
  that 
  

   in 
  no 
  place 
  in 
  the 
  world 
  does 
  the 
  castor- 
  

   oil 
  plant 
  grow 
  more 
  perfectly 
  than 
  here. 
  

  

  The 
  climate 
  of 
  Bermuda 
  has 
  a 
  maxi- 
  

   mum 
  temperature 
  of 
  about 
  88°, 
  a 
  mini- 
  

   mum 
  of 
  about 
  48, 
  and 
  a 
  mean 
  of 
  about 
  

  

  