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introduction and pres- 
ervation, and has 
grown into trees of 
great size, appearing 
ata distance like well- 
trimmed orangetrees. 
The male trees, in 
February, were just 
flowering, while the 
female trees hung 
thick with nuts re- 
sembling our walnuts 
before they burst their 
husk. Some of these 
nuts had burst their 
outer covering, dis- 
closing the mace ly- 
ing between the out- 
er shell and an inner 
one inclosing the nut, 
of a rich vermilion focoa PaLMm, BREAD-FRUIT. 
hue, and possessing 
a warm, spicy taste. There are several nutmeg groves 
throughout the island, though but little attention is 
paid to their cultivation. The income from each 
nutmeg tree in bearing is estimated at five dollars per 
year — a pound sterling per season. 
The clove did not prove so successful as the nut- 
meg, though its cultivation is attended with little labor 
and the profits sure. A very instructive account of 
experiments in clove culture is that of a gentleman 
in Dominica, who wrote in 1796. For several years 
he persevered on his estate, Montpelier, in the hills 
