. The Bermuda islands. An account of their scenery, climate, productions, physiography, natural history and geology, with sketches of their discovery and early history, and the changes in their flora and fauna due to man. Natural history. 433 A. E. Verrill—The Bermuda Islands. 21 Along the north road, in many places where it approaches closely to the shore and is exposed to violent winds and salt spray, tall hedges of Tamarisk, called " Spruce " by the Bermudians, have been planted. This shrub grows here to large size. Many of the older ones, having been many times broken and bent by
. The Bermuda islands. An account of their scenery, climate, productions, physiography, natural history and geology, with sketches of their discovery and early history, and the changes in their flora and fauna due to man. Natural history. 433 A. E. Verrill—The Bermuda Islands. 21 Along the north road, in many places where it approaches closely to the shore and is exposed to violent winds and salt spray, tall hedges of Tamarisk, called " Spruce " by the Bermudians, have been planted. This shrub grows here to large size. Many of the older ones, having been many times broken and bent by the stoi'ms, have acquired a weather-beaten and picturesque appearance. Its delicate, heath-like foliage stands the poisonous action of salt-water spray very well. In May and June it puts out large clusters of small, pink, bell-shaped flowers, much like those of a heath. It is a native of southern Figure 12.—Eoad Cutting near Hamilton. In other places can be seen hedges of Century-plants, or Agave, of several kinds. Some of these flower freely here in early spring, sending up tall branching stalks, sometimes 10 to 15 feet high, covered with a profusion of yellow flowers. In many places there are hedges of the scarlet-flowered Hibiscus, which is very showy when in flower. Hedges of the Pomegranate; Spanish Bayonets (Yucca); Cycads; Pepper-bushes; Snuff-bushes; Galba, with its glossy leaves, and other unusual hedge-plants form hedges in certain places. Trans. Conn. Acad., Vol. XI. 28 April, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Verrill, A. E. (Addison Emery), 1839-1926. New Haven, Conn. , The author
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