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A 



A. 



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Nyd 

 Nydfc 



Caule volubili^ foliis fubov, 



L. H. C. & 



Folt 



nferioribus cordatis obtu/is, fuperioribus ovatis acutis 



ejufdem. H. Up. & Sp. PI 



The Arabian Jeffamin 



JaC 



mm. 



This plant is cultivated and thrives in moil of the gardens of Jamaica ; 

 ihady pleafant arbour, and its delicate flowers afford a very agreeable fcent 



forms 



JASMINUM 



Volubile, foliolis pinnatis oppofi< 



Jafminum. Foliis oppofitis pinnatis. L. H. C. & Sp. PI. 



The Spanijh Jeffamine, or Jafmin. 



This plant is cultivated in the gardens of Jamaica like the foregoing, an 

 for the fame purpofes ; it climbs pretty fafl, and forms a mady and pleafant arbour : 

 it thrives very well in all thofe colonies. 



JASMINUM 2. Fruticulofum, foliis ovato-acuminatis mi 'nor i bus 



ferves 





oppofitis. 



The fmall fhruby dwarf- Jeffamine, or Jafi 





This is a native of Ji 



and grows very plentifully in the parim of P 



land -, it moots in fmall tufts, and feldom rifes above a foot or two from the ground 

 Its leaves are very fmooth and fhining. 





O L E A i . Foliis lanceolatis> ramis teretiufculis. L. H. C. 



Olea 



Foliis lanceolatis, L. Sp. PI. 



The Olive-tree. 





This plant has been introduced here fome years ago, and cultivated at Mr. Ell 



the Cay 



where it now grows to the height of fifteen or twenty feet, but 



has not yet bore any fr 



It is a pity that the gentlemen of this Ifland have 



been equally indufrrious in procuring fome of thole valuable vegetables that grow Co 



antly on the neighbouring coaft, and add fo much to the riches and trade of 



e Spatii/h fettlements upon the main. 

 When this tree does not bear, or grows lefs fruitful, Cato advifes to dig the earth 

 from about the roots, placeing fome ftraw or litter in its room; and then to put 



fome rich manure over this (a). 



VERBENA 



i. 



ErecJa divifa, Jpicis e dharicationibus fupremis affurgen- 



tibus. 



(a) Where 



ffibly be done, either from the ground or a fcaffold j for 

 inininrpd. and this Droduees eauallv the following vear 



duce a lefs tainted oil. 



both the fruit 



ferved to pro- 



ry weather, and prefcrved 



from moid are as much as pofllble : they are pafled upon clofe hurdles to cleanfe them from naftinefs, 

 and forted, if neceflary, thro' large fieves ; the leaves, ftalks, and cups (if any adhere) picked out, then 

 pafled through the mill, which is fet fo as to break the pulp only, and fent to the prefs, where the oil 

 is exprefled with the other juices, and fmaller loofe particles of the fruit : thefe admixtures are what they 

 call lees, and come off more plentifully towards the end of the operation i but the oil feparates gradually 

 from them, and to quicken the feparation in what comes off laft, which is generally received in feparate 

 veflels, they frequently throw in proportionate quantities of fait, which mixes very eafily with the aqueous 

 parts, and carries them with the adherent particles to the bottom ; great care fhould, however, be taken, 

 that all ;he veflels in which the oil is received, be well tinned or waxed i for otherwife it is apt to ac- 

 quire both a colour, and a foreign tafte from the wood 



ftomach 



frequently ufed in mixtures, fomem 



known to need any further notice* 



Its diethetical and mechanical ufes are too well 



Verbena 







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