i^rFEft vines* 



tlxat three thousand pepper-viiiL'S will produce 



fifty peotik of pci>iter sstrKatUy* 



ctistance apart one from the otlier^ atidwcrc, in 

 this instance, trailed up split pieces of dead 

 wood, which served as a prop to the vines ; some 

 were H^A to their support ; biit generally they 



eiculi of roots fma iim jdil£s> at oert@& distances. 



Plantain trees were occasionally seen in the 

 pepper plantations, probably for the certain 

 degree of shade and moisture they may have 

 aiSc^rdbd. It is edd^.thit ^ ptip^ p^tsiim 

 nielli not thrive unless it be near one of the Gam- 

 bir slirnbs, or rather npon an estate where the 

 Gainbir extract is prepared. This was con- 

 |id0|^d ta result from the refuse leaves of tlie 

 6amBb, dl^ei* liofllnf^ i?iii|iii$it% ii$ manure 

 for the vines. From my'6^ofcsi^mtion, I ascer- 

 tained this not to be the precise reason of tlie 

 pepper-vines thriving- better where (lambir- 

 boiling houses and plantations existed, but 

 fr(»m ikt Q$mbk leaves, nft^ tliejr Md mde^ 

 tlie Ib^iling process In tlie mstirii&cture of 

 the extract from them, being strewn thicltly 

 over the surface of the ground between tlie vines, 

 for the purpose of preserving it in a cool and 



