beyond the boundary of Eden. The sacred 
volume alone can be authority in this case, 
and it is wholly silent, as no notice is taken 
of this among the various plants and trees 
which we there read of. Perhaps it was 
brought in after ages from the East, in most 
parts of which it abounds, as it does in the 
numerous islands of the Pacific Ocean. It 
is about eighteen months coming to perfec- 
tion, though Forster says, that by putting 
wood ashes and lime into the hole in which 
it is planted, as is done by some of the 
islanders, it is accelerated so as to bear in 
six months or less. Our plant was about 
four years from the root, the whole height 
upwards of thirty feet, and the leaves fifteen 
or sixteen feet long: it threw out its flowers 
in July, and the fruit is expected to ripen 
by the end of the year. 
Few plants present a more imposing as- 
pect when there is room for it to display 
itself. It must be kept in the stove, and 
propagates itself fast by suckers: the svil 
should be rich loam, and it must be plenti- 
fully supplied with water. 
It is usual to cut the fruit before it is quite 
ripe, when it is roasted, and is of a meally 
consistence, deemed very nutritious. 
