The gardens produce the black and green muſcadine grapes, figs, muſk melons, water melons, cucumbers, gourds, pompions, Engliſh, American, and Weſt India beans and peas, cabbages, carrots, turnips, parſnips, lettuces, radiſhes, horſe-radiſh, aſparagus, artichokes, ſpinage, celery, onions, eſchallots, thyme, ſage, mint, rue, balm, parſley, and all ſorts of vegetables and herbs, all which grow in this iſland in great perfection.
The flowers are, roſes, tuberoſes, pinks, jeſſamines, and ſeveral other ſorts peculiar to the iſland; which latter grow ſpontaneouſly; ſome are very curious, and moſt of them have a very odoriferous ſmell.
The ſenſitive plant grows there ſpontaneouſly, and in great abundance; alſo the ipecacuanha, and the latter is often fatal to horſes, cattle, and ſheep, who chance to bite of it in feed-
