From my copy of ³An Account of the Botanical Garden in the Island of Saint Vincent² published in 1825² - ³Dr. Alexander Anderson, however, had the honour of introducing the Nutmeg into Saint Vincent, as appears from his two letters inserted in the 21st and 22nd volumes of the Transactions of the Society of Arts: both of which, as they show the great zeal which this excellent man evinced in furthering the objects of the Institution, are here inserted.² The letters note that Dr. Anderson obtained two Myristica officinalis (true Nutmeg) plants from Cayenne (courtesy of the Governor Victor Hugues) immediately following the ³cessation of hostilities² and transferred them along with several other ³useful plants² via Trinidad to ³his Majesty¹s Botanical Garden in the Island of Saint Vincent, from 24 December 1801 to 24 June 1802.² By 1809 ³considerable nurseries of nutmegs are established both here (Saint Vincent) and in Trinidad.² The nutmeg plants were obviously well established in Cayenne, if they were prepared to give away two healthy plants. There is another note that during the same period Mimosa Catechu (Terra Japonica) were established in the Garden courtesy Sir J. Banks, which appears to confirm that Joseph Banks was instrumental in arranging for various exotic plants to be sent to the islands but not necessarily to all of them. I have more info available if anybody is interested, but won¹t clutter up the newsgroup. Neil