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Plot No. 9. The following varieties of the common 

 Orange, (Citrus Aurantium), are growing in this plot: 

 Washington Navel, Bahia Navel, Jaffa, Florida and Hybrid ; 

 also the Jamaica and Old Bahama varieties of the grapefruit 

 (Citrus decumana, var.). 



Plot No. 10. Growing upon the hedges of Physic Nut, 

 (Jatropha Curcas), are the Mexican vanilla ( Vanilla 

 planifolia), and the Vanillon, ( Vanilla Pompona). The 

 fragrant fruits of both species are well known, and largely 

 used to flavour chocolates, creams, liqueurs, etc. 



Here is also a small collection of the Indian oil grasses, 

 namely, Ginger Grass (Cymbopogon Shoenanthus) , Citronella 

 grass, (Cymbopogon Nardus), Lemon grass, (Cymbopogon 

 citrahis), and Vetiver, ( Vetiveria Zizanioides). The oils 

 obtained from the leaves of the Cymbopogons, and from the 

 roots of the Vetiver are largely used in perfumery, and for 

 scenting soaps. 



Plots Nos. 1 1 and 12. These are devoted to the cultivation 

 of the Nutmeg (Myristica fragrans), a native of the Moluccas. 

 The fruit, a flesh} 7 drupe, of a yellow colour, has the 

 appearance of the European apricot. The fleshy exterior, 

 which is used for making jam, splits open when ripe, disclosing 

 the seed or nutmeg surrounded by the scarlet aril. The 

 latter, known as mace when cured for market, is of a yellow 

 colour. Nutmegs are largely used as a spice. An oil is 

 obtained from the nuts by distillation, and nutmeg butter by 

 pressure. Both substances are used for scenting soaps. 



Plot No. 13. On this plot are plants of hybrid cacao 

 obtained by crossing Alligator cacao, (Theobroma pentagona), 

 and Forastero cacao (Theobroma Cacao). 



Here are also plants of Congo coffee, (Coffea robusta), a 

 free growing prolific species from West Africa, which thrives 

 with considerable vigour at low elevations. The white 

 flowers of the coffee tree are produced in dense clusters in the 

 axils of the leaves, and give the trees a fine appearance during 

 the short time they remain open. They are succeeded by 

 numerous fruits, each of which contains two seeds known as 

 coffee beans. The fruits when ripe are picked from the tree, 

 and passed through a pulping machine in order to remove the 



