Some writers have claimed that it is a child of Nature, and that it defies cultivation, but this is a mistake, as may be seen by comparing the illustrations of the garden berry (Fig. 1) with those of the wild berry (Fig. 2). It is seldom cultivated, however, and it is found at its best growing wild 6,000 feet above the sea and very near the coast line, on a poor rocky lime or chalky soil, with a very shallow surface mold. The tree will not do well in a clay or sandy or marshy soil, but the soil must be kept well drained, and a hot, dry climate is the best. Since the pimento seeds are scattered by birds, the trees are found in greater or less numbers in many parts of the Island of Jamaica. They sometimes are found in groups of from five to twenty, and again in great forests. It is the predominating tree on the island and is seldom found alone. After the tree has obtained a certain growth the underbrush and other wood, with some of the pimento trees, are cut out, leaving the trees from twenty to twenty-five feet apart, as they will not yield so well if left closer. It is in this way that the beautiful pimento walks (Pi-men-to-wak) are formed which we read of in Jamaica. The pimento tree flowers twice each year, in July and April, but it bears only one crop annually and begins to bear when three years old, and arrives at maturity at seven years, when it abundantly repays the patience of the planter. In July the tree is covered with small greenish-white fragrant flowers of four reflected petals. The flowers are in bunches or trichotomous panicles at the extremities of the branches with a calyx divided into four roundish segments. The filaments are numerous and longer than the corolla, spreading, and of the same color as the petals, supporting roundish white anthers. The style is short and single and erect with an obtuse stigma. As the tree branches symmetrically, and has a very luxuriant foliage, its rich green leaves and profusion of small white flowers give a very handsome appearance. The air is freighted with its fragrance for quite a long distance, and every breeze which disturbs its branches conveys the delicious odor. The fruit which appears soon after the blossoms, is a smooth, glossy, succulent, globular berry, from two-tenths to three-tenths of an inch in diameter, or about the size of a small pea. Planters do not allow the berries to ripen fully, because in that case they would be difficult to cure and would become black and tasteless, losing their aromatic property. When the berries have their full size in the month of August, though yet green in color, they are gathered.