SPANISH GARDENS 
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surveyor-general's description of the town says: “At 
the time the Spaniards left the town, all the gardens 
were well stocked with fruit trees, viz: figs, guavas, 
plantain (banana), pomegranate, lemons, limes, cit¬ 
rons, shaddock, bergamot, China and Seville oranges, 
the latter full of fruit throughout the whole winter 
season.” Natural inference would therefore indicate 
that tradition is correct when it names the “pomegra¬ 
nate, plantain, pineapple, pawpaw, olive and sugar 
cane, orange and lemon trees,” as being in the Gov¬ 
ernor’s garden. These are to be found in the old 
dooryards and indeed everywhere, to this day. Many 
of course are native, but even the exotics are so thor¬ 
oughly naturalized that they grow in the wild as freely 
as the natives. 
De Brahm further explains that “The Governour’s 
residence has on both sides piazzas, viz., a double one 
on the south and a single on to the north; also a Belve¬ 
dere and a grand portico decorated with Doric pillars 
and entablatures.” Stork’s plan (facing page 24) does 
not give us these details of the residence, but as he shows 
its width to be thirty-five feet, he doubtless includes 
within the lines he gives, the piazzas on both sides. 
And the wing at the rear corresponds to his written lo¬ 
cation of the Belvedere which De Brahm mentions but 
does not locate. Stork’s description says: “In the 
middle of the town is a spacious square called the 
