In Trinidad too, the Clove is extensively cultivated ; and 
it cannot be doubted, but that with the present enlightened 
and truly scientific governor, Sir Ratpn Wooprorp, it will 
there, if it can in any of our West India possessions, be 
rendered a profitable article of commerce. I have received 
from a French gentleman of that island, M. Brearrer, 
several of the Berries or Matrices (mother cloves) as they 
are called, for our Botanic Garden ; but, as has just been 
observed by Mr. Guitpine, they must be planted as soon 
as gathered, or the essential oil escapes, which, perhaps, 
nourishes the Embryo, and-its vegetative property is de- 
stroyed. 
The Clove of merchandize is the unexpanded flower ; the 
corolla forming a ball or sphere on the top, between the 
teeth of the calyx ; thus, with the narrow base or germen 
tapering downwards, giving the appearance of a nail; a 
similarity, indeed, much more striking in the dry, than in 
the fresh state of the bud. Hence, as Sir James informs 
us, “ the Dutch call it Naghel ; the Spaniards, Clavo ; the 
Italians, Chiodo ; and the French, Clou, from which the 
English Clove is evidently derived.” The uses of Cloves 
are sufficiently known, particularly in domestic economy, 
as a Seasoning in various dishes, and to give flavor to wines 
and spirits. In medicine, they are esteemed tonic and ex- 
hilirating, powerfully stimulating on the muscular fibres, 
but dangerous to bilious persons, and those of a sanguine 
temperament. These properties, their acrid and burning — 
taste, -on the essential oil, which is procured by 
distillation, and is hot and caustic, and therefore employed in 
the curing of the tooth ache and other maladies, and by 
perfumers. 
The Cloves are gathered by the hand; or beaten with 
reeds, so as to fall upon cloths placed under the tree ; and 
dried by fire, or, what is better, in the Sun. The fully- 
formed Berries are preserved in sugar, and eaten after 
dinner to promote digestion. 
Tas. 2740, A. Flowering Branch of Caryopnyiivs aromaticus. 
Tas. 2750, B. f. 1. Vertical Section of a Flower. 2. Front view of the top 
of the Germen, seen within the Calyx. 3. Inner view of a Petal, 4, Outer 
view of ditto. 5, Front view, and 6, Back view of a Stamen. 7. Section, of 
the Germen, magnified. 8. Cluster of Fruits, natural size. 9. Section of @ 
Berry, made transyersely above the middle. 10. Vertical Section. 11.The 
Embryo. 12. Embryo, with the Cotyledons laid open.—Magnified. 
