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THIS handfom 
two in circumferen 
myr 
rows 
above thirty feet in height, aiid 
the branches near the top 
much divided 
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give the tree a beautiful appearance 
nally, and of a grey colour ; the 
but are commonly about four inches long, veined, pointed, elliptic 
bark is very fmooth, exter- 
vary in fhap 
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and of a deep fhinmg g 
the flowers are produced in 
bunches, or panicles, and ftand upon fubdividing or trichotomous 
llalks, which ufually terminate the branches ; the calyx is cut into 
four roundifh fegments ; the petals are alfo four, white, fmall, refl 
oval, and placed oppofite to each other between the fegments of the 
lyx i the filaments are numerous, longer than the petals, fpreading 
of a greenilh wh 
of the gerrhen 
th 
d rife from the calyx and upper part 
antherse are roundifh, and of a pal 
yellow 
colour ; the ftyle is fmooth, fimpl 
d ered: 
ftigma is obtufe 
germen becomes a round fucculent berry, containing two kidney- 
ihaped flattiih feeds. This tree is a native of New Spain and the 
Well-India iflands. In Jamaica it grows very plentifully, and in 
every 
July, and Auguft puts forth its flowers, which, with 
part of the 
breathes an aromatic frag 
The Pimento tree was firll introduced and 
ntry by Mr. Phil. Miller in ] 
vated 
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this 
739, and the figure we have annexed 
was drawn from a recent fpecimen, obtained from the garden of his 
Grace theDuke of Northumberland at Sion-Houfe, where the plant is 
now in full bloom. Pimento, or the berries of this fpecies of myrtle, are 
imaica, and hence the name 
chiefly imported into England from J 
y 
Jamaica Pepper, 
pofed to refemble 
It is alfo named All-fpice from its tafl;e b 
of many diffe 
fup 
maxed together 
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When the berries arrive at their full growth, but before they begin 
to ripeUj^ they are picked from the branches, and expofed to the fun 
The 
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for 
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which make them (the plan- 
where, 
fhould 
runs with great fury/' Brownej L c. 
'' " Such of the berries as come to full maturity do, like many other feeds, lofe that 
arornatic warmth for which they are efteemed, and acquire a tafte perfe6lly like that of 
Juniper berries, which renders them a very agreeable food for the birds, the moft induf- 
trious planters of thefe trees.'' Browne, 1. c. « The berries when ripe are of a 
dark 
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