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Show 12 SANTA <.;RUZ. E I l and America, arc culti-h 1 tscs of ng an< ' t e green 1ot f S ta Cruz; and the d . tl , little gardens o an ' vate m le l 1 s attractive. Amongst "I d fl vers are scarce y es . wt 0 ' I k" ds of convolvolus, whtte I observed argr. 111 t 1em, we .. rlct creepers, bright l . 1 ellow bell-flowers, sea am P111 <, Y • d to crown all the blue eas of singular beauty, an '. . , : "!)ridPe of Barba<l o es, , so mc·t imes crnnson, sometim. es cllow with butterf l Y pc ta' ls ' long pendent s. tamma, Y d ac'a ct. a-l•tk e leaves, a darning the hedges m great anro fn' s.w n. Th e tt.e es are ' for the most p. art, bear.e rs Po f fruit, and many 0 f" t1 let1 1 'a re covered wtth luxurmnt folt.a ge. T o se· Ie,c t a few of the most remarka(b le, 1I would J.U St menti.O n t11 e 1dantain and banana, n.c ar .y the sam· e m. appeara. n ce) with pendent. leav. es. of .v as,t d1. mens.w n, an d a pro fusion of finger-ltke trmt, gt Oll· ing in clusters-th c wz· za oranue tree covered at the b , • I. h same ti.m e wt. tI 1 fir m" t 'a nd flowers-the lmte, w II.C lines the hedges, and is equally fragrant, product~tg . l , 11 kind of lemon-the guava, wtth 111 abum ance a sma . . . 1· '·l ssoms and pear-like fruit, also trcqnent tn the pm ' u 0 • I f" r 'C ll e(I ere rows-the mmwo o ' heavily laden wtt 1 o t.a.g ' . lb "th fruit in its season-the mamrnee, growmg ,Ill( lVI d . l I d to a great st·.z e, an d profusely c6verc . wtt 1 g. aI ze-, 1. dark green foliage-lastly, the tamarmd, wt: 1 I' light feathery leaves an d I ong po d s, w hich con tam thf e fruit used for a preserve, spreading its branches 31 and wide like the British oak. h The sw' eet orange, and those large. r spect·e s o f t .e same genus, the" forbidden fruit," and the shaddock, are produced only by cultivation; but they gro_w tn Santa Cruz very plentifully. In company wtth a young friend, I rode one mornm. g to vt·s t· t the bo-'a rdcn! SANTA CRUZ. uf Prosperity estate, which, for want of some of that labor, now monopolized by the sugar cane, are left in wild confusion; but these delightful fmits are still produced there in luxuriant profusion ; and a visit to Prosperity, is an easy method of gratifying the sight, the smell, and the taste. Of these three senses, however, the first perhaps is the best pleased on the occasion; for nothing scarcely can he more beautiful than those rows of orange and shaddock trees, laden with fruit, green and gold. The branches of the cocoa-nut tree diverge like the ribs of an umbrella, from one common centre; and just at that centre, far out of reach, hang the clusters of cocoa-nuts. In their half ripe state, they often supplied us with a delicious beverage of sweet milky water, a provision of nature admirably adapted to a hot climate. But valuable as is the cocoa-nut tree in tropical climates, it is much inferior in beauty to the cabbage palm, or mountain cabbage, which may be regarded as the greatest ornament of this delightful island. Its straight hranchltss trunk, from 80 to 50 feet high, bulges out a little in the middle, and is covered with a smooth grey bark, neatly divided into ringlets which mark the periods of its growth. Out of the top of the trunk, rises a second stem equally straight, of bright green, which contains the cabbage so much esteemed as a delicacy at table; above this green stem, the palm branches spring forth like those of the cocoa-nut, but with greater luxuriance; finally a thin spiral rod forms the summit of the tree. The high road between West End or Fredericksted, and Bassin or Christiansted, the seat of government, (about |