








oe Oils 
_ “General Melville, who was then. Chief Governor. of the eodbdi 
islands, while he resided in St. Vincent, rise a laudable and patriotic 
0; . Dr. Geor 
the Sh the Miei Medi A Officer stationed in the island, was 
sted with the charge of the ground, which he held for many 
ears, T 1774, the doctor made a report of his progress to the Society _ 
Arts, which the ased to reward with a present of 50 UM 
















|, by: Alexander. Anderson, E 
wi Mie appointed its Superintendent ; 
* At this period the institution was. "taken under the protection of . 
ernm supported it with great. liberality till it was presented. 
e colony in 1822. In 1792 it was increased, but it suffered in some 
degree during our contest with the French and Caribs. Mr. Ande = 
with great pains, collected all the most remarkable of the native. plants, Te 
in his to other islands obtained’ many curious species. ^ 
his travels over | our own. mountains, in 1784, he discovered the crater 
of Morne Soufriére 
-o “ About d the Glove, and several varieties of Cinnamon, were . 
introduced from the French islands, to which they had been brought by 
their a from Asia. The Clov e, ii ie after this period, was culti- 
(Y . In Jamaica the Cinnamon 











esp lee ie Nort erica, 
jurishing veni dispersed over our colonies 
«The: "Superintendent's salary was first taxed by. Government at Mit 
t was afterward increased to 10s., and at spend peii 
bitis with rations, enabled. him to live in comfort ài 
dwelling had. been | dating 1798: 
; and. zea zealous iiend i ibis. esta 
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