young plants develop, so that the pole presents a rather odd appearance, with the small plants growing out in the places usually occupied by the flowers. When these young plants have attained a height of from three to four inches, they fall to the ground and take root. The old plants also reproduce themselves by means of suckers, and hence, when old and neglected, are often seen surrounded by numerous smaller ones, as in the common houseleek (Sempervivum).
Agave rigida, var. sisalana, in Blossom, near Nassau, N. P.
Such is briefly a general description of the plant that seems destined to occupy the capital and energies of the people of the Bahamas; for it was this plant that was introduced there a few years ago by Sir Henry Blake,[1] then governor of the colony.
- ↑ Governor Blake is generally credited with having introduced the plants. But as early as 1854 an agave was sent by the British vice-consul Baldwin from Florida to the Bahamas. It is not unlikely that this plant was the same as those introduced by Dr. Perrine into Florida.
