exotic and owes its introduction to Mr. M. Wallen (a), who 
brought it from Ilispaniola, ami first planted it in the parish of 
St. Thomas-in-the-East (ft). For the oherimoyer we are indebted 
to Mr. Hinton East, who introduced it from South America 
in 1786(c); to Mr. East and his magnificent garden we also owe 
the jasmines and many species of lilies ; many eonvolvuli ; the 
oleander; the horse radish tree: numerous roses; the trumpet 
flower; monkey bread; the camellia; GaUa cethiopirn ; the 
weeping willow; the mulberry tree; the arbor ritrr, and the 
sweet scented mimosa (d). Dr. Clarke, on his arrival as Island 
Botanist in 1777, brought with him the jujube tree ; and the litehi ; 
the purple dracaena ; the sago palm and the valuable camphor tree; 
at the same time there came the now common 'almond ' tree ; the 
tea tree, and the ' sunn ' hemp plant (e). The wanglo or zezegary 
was sent by Sir Simon I [aughton Clarke in ISiil (/). The nutmeg 
tree, first brought by Lord Rodney in 1782, was re-introduced by 
Dr. Marter in 1788, together with the clove and black pepper, for 
which he received the thanks of the House of Assembly and an 
honorarium of £1,000. The seeds of the valuable and now 
indispensable Guinea-grass were accidentally introduced from the 
West Coast of Africa as bird food in 1745 (g). Scotch grass 
received its name from having been first brought from Scotland 
to Barbados. 
" Pindars were brought to Mr. East from South America ; the 
afou, the acorn and Guinea yam, and indeed all but one of 
the cultivated yams are from the Coast of Africa or East Indies {h). 
The seeds of the guango were brought over from the mainland by 
Spanish cattle (i). Cacao is indigenous to Central America. The 
shaddock was brought to the West Indies from China by Captain 
Shaddock, hence its name (j). The genip was brought to Jamaica 
from Surinam by one Guaf, a Jew. The ginger is a native of the 
East Indies, introduced to Jamaica by a Spaniard, Francisco de 
Mendiza. The locust tree and blimbing were brought to Jamaica 
from the South Seas in His Majesty's ship Providence in the year 
1793. The orange, both sweet and Seville, the lime, the lemon and 
citron, were brought hither by the Spaniards. The Jerusalem 
thorn is from the Spanish Main (&). The prickly pear is a Mexican 
« O) Bryan Edwards' History, 5th Ed., Vol. III., p. 371. 
" (£) To Mr. Wallen, formerly owner of Cold»Spring and Wallenford, the friend 
of Swartz and ; 4 ire, no doubt, indebted for fchi 
of the water-cress, chick-weed, wild pansy, groundsel, dead nettles, dandelion, 
common honey-suckle, black-berried elder, evening primrose, nasturtium, common 
myrtle, the English oak, white clover and the sweet violet, now common on the 
Port Royal and Blue Mountains, being, possibly, escapes from his garden at Cold 
Spring, which even in 1793 was well stocked with choice selections of introduced 
flowers and European trees and shrubs. Bryan Edwar I 
p. 243. 
» O) Bryan F L, Vol. III., pp. 367-107. 
" Id) Bryan Edwards' // p. 367-407. 
« (e) Bryan 1 . Vol. III., pp. 3<>7-4o7. 
■ 
•■( o ii, ■ - .i i ■■ v v v. '. ir.. p. 3io. 
-( i V,i '■!.'. t - . Vol. I., p. 308. 
• . -i .7/-: /;-,/.„■■ j-,.-,. Vol. I., p. i:;i. 
" U » Trans. Rov. Soc. Arts. Jamaica, Vol. I., p. 114. 
