tJ£ SPICKS. 



fallen so low as they have clout* had the Amboyna 

 plantations been, like those of Deneouh n and Fenang, 

 in Hie hands of/jritwfc planters—tor ihe eultivation 

 at Anihoyna, too, is expend «e — and there* is perb*|»S no 

 other transportable vegetable prod net" of the tr^picw 

 which requires so main years to reach muiwriu . The 

 gap — as Dr. Johnson once observed pf jriaoting in ge- 

 neral — is a fearful one betwixt planting b.nd gaping. 



The cultivation of spice* is the next subject for con- 

 sideration ; although it is not my intention to enter 

 into all its minor details Mb ich may be left to the 

 planter's judgment and practice. 



The valuable account published by Dr. Lumsdaine 

 in the year 1820, and lately republished in the -Singa- 

 pore Chronicle, of the mode of cultivating spices at 

 Deneooleu may ht consulted with advantage, the Si raits 

 planter making due allowances for the differenc es iu 

 the two localities and the appliances available at each * 



He w ho would euter the arena as a spice planter 

 should have the bump of perseverance myrhticativalhj 

 develnpcd; he should Ik? impervious to compunctious 



NOTE. 



♦ The follow im* are the most essential perhaps v of the remarks 

 made on spice cultivation by Dr. Lumsdaine, 



1. The beds of U> tfeea are kept free from grass and noxious 

 weeds by the hoe, and the plough is occasionally run along the in- 

 terjacent spaces to eradicate the lallang grass. 



The trees are generally manured once ft year in tha rainy season, 

 with cow flung and burnt earth ; in the proportion of two-thirds of 

 the Jailer to one of the former. The pruning knife should not he too 

 sparingly used. The plantation must be protected from prevailing 

 ninds— as the trees are liable to be uprooted by them. No large 

 i.ees should be suffered to grow in a Bpice plantation. 



2. In originating a plantation ripe uuls must be selected, and ?et 

 one foot apart in a rich soil, with a slight cove rin- of mould. Tlity 

 are to the protected from the sun, and in dry weather to be water- 

 ed every other day. 



