eame on board ^ ihey rushed aft, but the maid brand ieshiof 

 her spear wounded aeveral of Uiem. The pirates feU back, 

 and said to each other, How it Is that she has got the Bug- 

 gucsc mode of brandishing the a pear. Oti whicli the alave- 

 girl bawled out, I also am a Bugguefic, come and Itit have 

 another round. The iJiievtiB were however alartoed, aad 

 retreated In confu&ioa. 

 I ON FRUITS iJSD FLOWERS, 



TME |_Lf ^ SAN-TAN (iXORa). 



Of the San tan flower some are of a deep red, others of a 

 light red, and others a^ain white ; these latter are somewhat 

 fragranl. The branqhea of the tree are weak, and han^ down 

 lo the ground, while the leaves are lariceolated and flexible ; 

 each kind opens out in all seasons, and the tree is never with- 

 out a bloom* Iseteaii from Amoy in the close of the year, 

 kand in tlie first month of the next year I arrived at Bntavia ; 

 "when 1 6 aw ev pry where ^ in all the gardens, the ^ hibia- 

 cns, and ^ ^ crysanihemum, the ^ ^ holfy-hccka, 

 ^ geraniums. ^ ^ jasmines, ^ |||| balaaina and ^ 

 ^ epidendrmns, all beautifully in flower. On first observ- 

 ing it, / was astonished ; and enquiring" of (he people of 

 Baiavia, they all said, that continnally tlirougbout the year, 

 these flowers successively blossom without any cesaation. 



^ ^ THE R03B. 



The roses here are wliite. and not equal to thoae of China 

 in fragrance ; indeed the frairrauceof all the Javanese flowers 

 falls far short of those in China. For in the sweet scents of 

 China there is a pureiiess and a freehness, while io thoae of 

 maritime countries there is a heaviness and a sicklineas, 

 which is perhaps occasioned by the soil, otherwise we cannot 

 account for it, \ 



THE GOMPHRENA GLOBOSA ^ ^ ^ TBODSAHD-DAIf-ilED 



FLOWER. 



This )3 called the flower of perpetual bloom, because its 

 rednesi rarely fadei ; but in thes^ refiion* the flower is white ' 



