IY. 
<£t)e testable Ehtgbom. 
A N inhabitant of tlie temperate zones can hardly conceive 
how rich Hayti is in every species of vegetable wealth. 
She has every tree and frnit and flower of the tropics in her 
plains; and there .is nothing that grows in the States or in 
Canada, that cannot be successfully cultivated on her high¬ 
lands. Land alike of the pine and the palm, of the bread-fruit 
and the strawberry, of the gigantic cactus and the lowly violet, 
for richness of verdure and variety of vegetable products, Hayti 
is not excelled — perhaps not equalled —by any other country 
in the world. Folio volumes have been written on her flora; 
but the briefest notes must suffice us here. 
STAPLES. 
Cotton grows with extraordinary facility, requiring no cul¬ 
ture whatever. It is of a fine and silky quality. It does 
not grow on bushes, but trees, which produce two crops an¬ 
nually and last several years. Its culture might be made 
exceedingly profitable, as no country is better adapted for its 
growth. 
Coffee flourishes on the highlands. The principal crop' is 
gathered in December and January; -but in May there is a 
second crop called “ grapillage.” If properly cultivated,— 
one plant for every ten feet, or 1,225 bushes per carreau,—reck¬ 
oning four pounds from each tree annually, (the minimum 
result,) every carreau would thus produce 4,900 pounds of 
