Note 1863 — I.—PHÆNOGAMOUS OR FLOWERING PLANTS. (continued 15)
Reading edition
How tempting the cultivation must have appeared, may be judged from the price of mace, which we find quoted on the 3rd January 1806, in the London Price Current (which gives only import prices), as 85s. to 90s. per lb.;—to these rates must be added the duty of 7s. 1d. per lb.