ESSAY 



EUROPEAN OLIVE-TREE 



SINCE the introduction of the Vine, the Olive 

 seems principally wanting to complete the 

 vegetable riches of the United States ; and , 

 probably, it might be cultivated with success 

 on some portion of their soil. 



The genus of the Olives, of which one 

 species only is found in North America , is 

 more diversified in the eastern hemisphere : 

 fourteen species are mentioned by botanical 

 writers , which are natives of the remote ex- 

 tremities of the Old World. The Oka fra- 

 grans grows in China and Japan : its flowers 

 are impregnated with the sweetest odour, 

 and are employed by the Chinese to perfume 

 their tea. 



1 OLEA EUROP^A. Foliis lanceolalis, integerrimis ; 

 racemis paniculatis. 



DiANDRIA MONOGYNIA , Lin. JASMINE/E , Jus. 



