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Indies ; d, hog, large, but good flavour. 6. Granadilla, two varieties, 

 one laurel-leaved. 7. Papaw, two varieties. 8. Sour-sop. 9. Sweet- 

 sop. 10. Spondias, several species, " Hog Plums." 11. Custard Apple, 

 rare. 12. " Damson Plum." 13. Guava, two varieties. 14. Avocado 



Pears. 



Wolofs: 16. Eose 



Apple. 17. Cashew-nut. 18. Inga biglobosa. 19. Bialium Guine- 

 ense. 20. " Kruman's Papaw," called Taba by the Wolofs, and Ta- 

 banana by the Mandengas. 21. Chrysobalanus Icaco. 22. Orange, two 

 varieties, one smaller, bright-yellow, and thin rind, the other large, 

 green when quite ripe, with thick rind, but well-flavoured. 23. Lime. 

 24. Shaddock. 25. Cocoa-nut. 26. Pine-apple, two or three varieties, 

 the finest called the " Black Pine." 



II. Fruits observed in Fernando To. — 1. Cocoa-nut. 2. Plantain. 

 3. Banana. 4. Guava. 5. Mango. 6. Pine-apple. 7. Papaw. 8. 

 Orange. 9. Lime. 10. Avocado Pear'. 11. Bread-fruit. 12. Sweet- 

 sop. 13. Sour-sop. 14. Pomegranate. 1-9 are abundant. 



(The arrival of the cases of plants is daily expected per the steamer 

 •Niger. 5 — Ed.] 



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A valued friend and correspondent, a mercantile gentleman in Sin- 

 gapore (Charles Wilsone, Esq.), has given us the following interesting 

 particulars relative to the destruction of the trees of Gutta Percha 

 (Isonandra Gutta) in that island. 



" Your letter of the 3rd of October reached me by last mail, and I 

 assure you it will give me much pleasure if I can be of use to you in 

 any way out here, either in collecting any information you may require 

 about our vegetable substances in Singapore and the neighbouring 

 countries, or in procuring specimens of them for your museum at Kew. 



" I have commenced to collect all the different Guttas that are 

 brought to Singapore in the Malay and Bugis prahus, and when I 

 have succeeded in procuring specimens of the principal part of them, 

 I will send them to you. 



