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Sunday at 5.30 PM. We drove around the grounds 

 a bit before starting back to town. Dick called 

 my attention to the aqueduct which carries water 

 from Hope River for use in the Gardens* It was 

 first constructed by the Spaniards and has stood 

 the years so well that it was necessary only to 

 top it with a concrete trough to make it quite 

 serviceable* The water stream is about 18 inches 



Old Spanish aqueduct still in use at Hope Gardens* 



wide and 6 to 8 inches deep. It flows very swiftly 

 and must pass a large quantity of water in 24 hours* 



On our way back to town we were caught in the 

 worst storm of the season* The rain came down so hard 

 that the road filled above the curbs in spite of the 

 storm sewers. The rain lasted for just a few minutes 

 and we then took the car to Masterton to have the 

 plugs dried. Aftar dinner we went out with flash 

 light and took a good series of cricket, some Black 

 Widows, a few specimens of an ant (Cryptocerus sp. ) 

 which were running up and down the trunk of a Lignum 

 Vitae. The shade trees along Cargill Ave. are mostly 

 Lignum Vitaes and are very beautiful. They flower 

 branch by branch, rather than all over at once; the 

 flowers are about an inch across, pale bluish laven- 

 der with orange center, and with not much odor. 

 Lignum Vitae honey is well spoken of; we did not have 

 any. One of the trees in the side yard was dying and 

 Boydie cut off one of the larger branches so that I 

 could have an 18 in. section to take home. 



