THE OaCHILLA WKKU. 



F. Mi'ln, (who siKTulntrs ill orcliilla w(hm1,) 

 sitiiafcil ill tilt! Pla/M, whicli displays tasti' and 

 neatness both in the exterior and interior of its 

 arrtogeuaent * m tte l^wr land, behind tl^e 

 hc^V^t Itus hM GQ.t m^ rAu<^ klicmr an 



tensive ^ardrii, wvW irrigated, and in whicli 

 Eiiro])ean and trojjical vegetables, fruits, and 

 (df'jnni flowering plants, were tliriving in 

 liixuriaiicej and sufficiently proved that even 

 in that isterile spot, mdusti^ mifmm&mM 

 CQuM surmount almost any difficult. At ihe 

 house of this gentleman, I had an opportunity 

 of seeing some execllent specimens of the 

 orchilki weed ; this valuable production of the 



^egetatsle IcixtgdM h vdM^sm^ ta &Lh md 

 ctlier islanda the gifimp^ nkmiSlmi^MM^i 

 tlie Oaiaaties, and the coast of Barbaiy; it is the 

 Rarrclla tmctofia of botanists,* and is held in 

 high estimation for the purplish dye it yields, 

 and 1 believe, excepting the cocliineal, is tlie 

 only dye th«t po^sfis^ # ia il^f* ' Thfo 



* (In JuiiL', 1831.) " Canary orcJiilla fetches in llu> Lon- 

 don market i'roui 270/. to 290/. per ton, while that uhieli is 

 brmtgltt Mia^iTftibtebesrockly 1404 ^ BaHittty tioi: 



inoi L' tluin from ;30/. lo !.'>/, The total quantity imported in 

 W2% mnountud to 1,6 la cwt. or 90^ tons."—'' Archil \» 



mmi t>ulj».* — M'duiliteh'jt I>itt* (f Cmm&re^ 



