f H. K 0-RT;U S.V J A M A I E N S I S. cesxamoJt 



" GinnaiT)oii is baAed in tJjc waods-at,;two<lifferer.t seasons of the year. The Orst is 

 termed thegraiKl han-est, and lasts from Aprii to Avigust ; the second is the small har- 

 vest, and lasts fioni November to the month. of JiUiuary. The barking is performed m 

 the following manner : first, a good cninamon tree is looked out ibr, and caosen by the 

 loaves and other characteiistics. Those branches wtiich are three years old, fire lopped 

 off with a comtpan hooked pruning knife. Secondly, frqm the twigs that have been 

 lopped ofF, the outside pellicle f epidermis J of the bark is scraped off with another 

 knife, which is convex on -ene edgcj, and concave on the other, .with-a sharj)- point au 

 tii^end, and sharp at both edg^s. Tiiirdly, after tlw; bark ha.3 been scraj>ed, tiic twigs 

 are. ripped sip longvifiys with the point of .the knife, and the, bark gradnaily loosciieu 

 from them with the convex edge of the knife, uU it can be entirely taicen olF. ' FourtLi v, 

 the baik l>e)ng peeled off, is gathered iip together, ..several smaller tubes or quills of it 

 arc inserted into the larger, and thus spread out to dry, whenthe bark ot: its ov.rn ac- 

 cord- rolls itself up still closer together,, and is then tied up in bnndles, and finally car- 

 riedoff. Sandy gronnd is best aiiapted of any for cinn^moa trees. After the ciimamoa 

 has been packed np, t!ie distilling'.of it coa\meitGeg. This,, the dearest and most ex- 

 cellent of oils, isdisiiiled from the fragments and smai'l pieces of cinnamon, whiclt 

 break off and fall from it. during the pac.king. This dust and refn-.-e is iuid in laro-Q 

 tubs, and a quantity of water poured upon it suitixieiit^ta cover it coYnpletely. In ttTis 

 manner it is left in several different tubs, which are got ready, in daily succe.ssion, for 

 six or eight days together, to macerate. One of these tubscomm-)n!y.hoiJs one hun- 

 dred pounds wdght of cinnamo.n dust.. AU this i.s poured, a littje at a tjme, into a cop- 

 per alembic, and drawn off with a slow fire. The water, called aqua cinimomi, then 

 comes over quite white, nearly <)f the colour of milk, together witii theoil, which iluats 

 at top in the ope.n glass recipie;it placed underneath, A tub is distilled ok every 

 twenty-four hoiTs. I was at great pains to ascertain how mnch oil is prixmred from 

 one hundred weight of cinnanion dust, but constantly without effect,as it is again.st ths 

 apothecary's interest to let thi-i be known. Thus much however is certain, that cinna- 

 mon does not yield much oil, in proportion toother spices, and that therefore such 

 cinnamon as is useful cannot be employed for this purpose, but only the refuse, which 

 cannot be sent to Europe. The wood of the tree is of a loose and porous texture, and 

 handsome enough : wi>eu sawed into planks it if; sometimes manufactured into caddies 

 and the like, but its scent does not secure it from the attact-s of worms." Thunbero- 



.i'ee AyQC^fiO Pear Bay Trees iBenj.vmix Camphire Cogwood Sassafras. 



CI.NXAMON, WILD. CANELLA. 



Cl. 11, OR. 1. I)QdeoandvLamoaogyma. 'N.CT-. or:.! 



Ge>t C5IAR. Perianth one-leafed, thr^e-lobed ; lobes roundLsh, concave : the co- 

 rolla has five petals, obloug, se,-isi|e, longer than the caiyx, two a h!tt!e narrower 

 tlian the rest ; nectary pitcher-shaped, tiie length of the petals, anthers bearino- 

 the stamens have no filaments; amhers from niue to twenty, or even more, linear 

 parallel, distinct, fastened on the outside to the nectary : the pistil has a superior 

 genu,, within the nectary, ovate ; style cylindric,: the length of the nectary 

 ti<^mas two or threes blunt, convex,, wrinkled; tiie pericarp aa oblong three* 



celled 



