INTRODUCTIONS VS 
various caufes, and affigned each to the purpofe and 
life determined. 
it is difficult to pronounce which divifion of the 
earth* between the polar circles* produces thegreateft 
variety. The tropical divifion certainly affords 
thofe whicfi, principally contribute to the more 
luxurious fcenes of fplendour* as Myrtus communis** 
Myrt. caryophyllata, Myrt. pimenta* Caryophyllus 
aromaticus* Lauras cinnam. Lauras camphor. Lau- 
rus Perfica* Nux mofch. Illicium* Camellia* Pu~ 
nica* Cadus melo-cadus* Cactus grandiflora, Glo- 
riofa fuperba* Tbfobroma* Adanfonia digitata, 
Nydanthes, Pfidium* Mnfa paradifica* Mufa fa~ 
pientum, Garcinia mangoftana, Cocos nucifera, Ci- 
trus, Citrus aurantium, Cucurbita citrullus* Hya- 
cinthus, Amaryllis* Narciffus* Poinciana pulcherri- 
ma* Crinum* Cadus cochinellifer. 
But the temperate zone (including by far the 
greater portion of the earth* and a climate the mod: 
favourable to the increafe and fupport of animal 
life, as well as for the exercife and adivity of the 
human faculties) exhibits fcenes of infinitely greater 
Variety* magnificence* and confequence, with refped 
to human economy, in regard to the various ufes or 
vegetables. 
For inflance* Triticum Cereale, which affords 
us bread, and is termed* by way of eminence, the 
ftaff of life* the mod pleafant and nourifhing food 
to all terreftrial animals. Yitis vinifera, whole ex- 
hilarating juice is faid to cheer the hearts of gods 
and men. Oryza* Zea* Pyrus* Pyrus mains* Prim 
nils, Pr. cerafus. Ficus, Nedarin, Apricot* Cydo- 
nia. Next follow the illuilrious families of foreil- 
trees, as the Magnolia grandiflora and Quercus 
fempervirens* which form the venerated groves and 
folemn ihades, on the Mifiiflippi* Alatamaha and 
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