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ST. HELENA. 
gardens, &c. Does not seed, but grows from cuttings. Dot. 
Mag. 1197. — Hab. Japan. 
Curtisia, Ait. 
337. C. faginea, Ait. — The tree from which the Hottentots 
and Caffres of South Africa make their assegai shafts. Two or three 
plants, about twenty-five feet in height, grow in Plantation grounds 
below Constantine’s Cottage, where they blossom and seed well. — 
Hab. Cape of Good Hope. 
57. Capri t'oi.i ACEiE (. Honeysuckle Family). 
Sambucus, Linn. 
339. S. nigra, Linn. — The Elder-tree is rare, but grows at Oak- 
bank, and in Sandy Bay, where there is a cottage taking the name 
of Elder Cottage. It flowers and fruits. — Hab. Europe, 1ST. Africa. 
Lonicera, Linn. 
339. L. P ericlymenum, Linn. — Honeysuckle; grows uncul- 
tivated, almost wild in some places, and is rather common about 
shrubberies. Alt. 3 - 8. Flowers and seeds, but is chiefly propa- 
gated by cuttings.— Hab. Europe, N. Africa. 
58. Eibiacf.'E (. Madder Family). 
Coff’ea, Linn. 
340. C. arabica, Linn. — Coffee is common, and grows unculti- 
vated in some of tbe sheltered parts of the south side of the Island, 
also in the ravines on the eastern and western parts at Mulberry Gut 
and Terrace Knoll. Alt. 3 Several attempts have recently been 
made to cultivate Coffee, but until lately only one plantation existed, 
the property of G. W. Alexander, Esq., called Bamboo Grove; 
some of the Coffee grown there, and exhibited at the London 
Exhibition in 1851, took the prize for first quality. The St. 
Helena Coffee is indeed quite as good as the best Mocha. The 
plant grows to a height of fifteen feet, and blossoming and 
fruiting freely is one of the most ornamental of plants. Its pure 
white blossoms, bright-red berries, and dark, glossy, green leaves, 
