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which is so rare and of so great a price even in India, that it is scarce ever imported into Europe. The Camphire with which Europe is supplied is of a coarser kind and produced from the Laurus Camphora, Linn. or the Camphire Tree of Japan which is thought by several Botanists to be a different species from this of Sumatra.
Commelin informs us that a young Camphire Tree was brought from the East Indies and placed in the Amsterdam Garden, An.1687 where it continued to grow and in the year 1697, was about six feet high. During that time, it never flowered, but continued Evergreen, and all its parts, especially its Roots, smelled strong of Camphire.A This shows the translation of the Tree to be extremely practicable, and its success, was it removed to its proper Climate unquestionable.
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Cycas. Linn. The Sagu Tree.
Sagu which is now so frequent an Article in the Diet of Europeans, is the farinaceous pith of this Palm Tree.
It grows in the Molucca Islands, in Japan, and upon the Coast of Malabar, from which last place, it would be most properly and easily transplanted to Jamaica.
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Piper longum. Linn. Long Pepper
Bengal and Ceylon are the only Countries in the East Indies which produce long Pepper, and from thence it is received into Europe.
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Croton lacciferum. Linn. - The Gum-Lac Tree.
It
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A. Commelin. host. Amst. 1697 p.185