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WEST INDIES. 
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To the preceding Extract it is thought necessary to add 
the following letter to the Earl of Liverpool. 
Soho Square, August 11 , 1796 . 
MY LORD, 
I Beg leave to acquaint your lordship, that I have read 
with attention the paper on the successful culture of the 
clove tree in Dominica, which your lordship did me the 
honour of referring to me, and am of opinion, that it 
ought to be printed for the information of His Majesty’s 
subject s m the Wbst Indies, and other mtcrtropical colo¬ 
nies. 
Mr. Bu6e, is, as far as I know, the first person who has 
observed, that the piemento tree prospers best in those sterile 
soils, where trees whose wood is of a hard texture abound, 
and that sugar cannot be cultivated to advantage in such 
places ; also, on the other hand, that where trees whose 
wood is soft, are naturally found, piemento trees rarely are 
met with, and sugar plantations will succeed; on such 
sterile soils he has tried clove trees, and found them conge¬ 
nial to its nature. 
These observations open to the cultivators of hot climates 
a new source of wealth, which will not probably be con¬ 
fined to the growth of cloves; other spices may also pros¬ 
per best in the barren soils of the West Indies, as lavender, 
thyme, and other aromatic plants, are known to do in those 
of Europe. 
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