1227. Vanilla (Vanilla aromatica), the fruit of which forms the well-known aromatic, grows wild principally in Mexico.
1228. Peruvian bark (Cinchona officinalis), a forest tree, of which there are several species, furnishing the valuable medicine so called. It is exclusively confined to South America, and grows chiefly on the Andes of Loxa and Venezuela.
1229. Pepper (Piper nigrum) belongs exclusively to the Malabar coast, where it has been found wild, Sumatra, which produces the greatest quantity, Borneo, the Malay peninsula, and Siam. Other species of Piperaceœ occur in tropical America.
1230. Cinnamon (Laurus Cinnamomum), a small tree yielding the aromatic bark, is found native only in the island of Ceylon; but another species occurs in Cochin China.
"I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman."—John xv.
1231. Clove (Myrtus caryophyllus), an evergreen small tree, the dried flower-buds of which form the celebrated aromatic, grows naturally in the Moluccas, whence it has been conveyed to other tropical districts. The island of Amboyna, one of that group, is the principal seat of its cultivation. The lowest temperature there is 72 degs.; the mean temperature of the year 82 degs.
1232. Nutmeg (Myrstica moschata) grows naturally in several islands of the eastern archipelago, but is principally cultivated in the Banda Isles.