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ship Frovidence in the year 1793. The orange, both sweet and 
Seville, the lime, the lemon and citron, were brought hither by 
the Spaniards. Ahe > Jerusalem thorn is from the Spanish Main. 
The prickly pear is a Mexican plant. 
Returning to the history of the Department under review, it 
appears that the first public Garden established in the island was 
the old Botanic Garden at Bath. In the Journals of the House 
of Assembly, Vol. VIII., 1784-91, p. 602, mention is made of 
Dr. Thomas Clarke, “ Practitioner in Physic and Surgery,” who 
came to the island in 1777, at the particular instance and request 
of the late Sir Basil Keith, to superintend two Botanic Gardens, 
then intended to be established in the islan 
European Garden, which, lowever, was never established, and the 
other was the “ Tropical Garden ” at Bath. 
A private garden possessing many rare and valuable plants had 
d by 
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it to ~ Assembly of Jamaica for the use of the public at their 
wn pri 
an poa Ae in the ae y of the Bi itish, West Indies, 
mbl f erati i 
Indies), purchased in 1792-93 the magnificent Botanical Garden 
of Mr. East and a it on the public establishment, under the 
car ilful gardeners, one of whom, Mr. James Wiles, had 
circumnavigated ni globe with Captain Blig oh.” 
An i Narra catalogue of the plants in this Garden, at the 
time of Mr. East’s decease, was prepared by Dr. A. Broughton, and 
forms an eae under the title of “ Hortus Eastensis” to 
Bryan Edwards’ History of the British West Indies, Vol. 1. p. 475. 
From it we gather that as early as 1782 m mango, akee, cinnamon, 
a ie jack tree, bichy or kola, date palm, rose apple, litchi, 
turmeric and many valuable plants, numbering nearly 600, had 
already been introduced into the island and. were becoming 
on acclimatis 
a letter PE to Sir Joseph Banks by the Botanic 
acd es, Jamaica, 1793, we gather that we breadfruit > 
leaves 
Epari in 17 88) “were upwards of 1 t high, wit 
36 inches long, and the success in ea eater este has penser fe 
the most sanguine expectations; the cinnamon tree is become 
very common, and mangoes are in such plenty as to be planted in 
the negro grounds. There are, also, several bearing trees of the 
eset Or bastard breadfruit . and we have one nutmeg 
pia 
The Botanic Garden at Liguanea continued to be under 
Mr. Wiles’ care (superintended by a Committee of the House 
of Assembly) for many years, while that at Bath was entrusted to 
* For services in introducing the Bread Fruit Tree 1,000 guineas were granted 
in 1793 to Captain Bligh and 500 guineas to Lieutenant Portlock, 
