INODOROUS CANDLE TREE. 
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trees for the purpose of shelter from the cutting sea 
breezes, which would otherwise abridge their height and 
retard their growth. All the gardens of the island 
require the same shelter for which the evergreen Faya 
is so well calculated, being perfectly hardy and indige- 
nous to the Azores. 
Plate XIV. 
A branch of the natural size. a. The berry. 
