278 On the Cultivation of Edible Fruits, 



are objects of curiosity, as novelties ; and therefore deserve a 

 trial, viz. 



Custard-apple, two sorts. 



Bread-fruit, the cut-leaved. 



Do. the entire leaved, or jack-fruit. 



Papaw. N.B., a male and female plant should be placed 

 together. 



Guava and granadilla. 



Litchee, with its varieties, the whongee, \ 



ayee, and chuchee . . . l^i. n -. 



\ 1 ^ / Chmese fruits. 



Loungan, sour and sweet , . I 



Loquat ..... 



Cocoa nut '\ 



Date, and \ supplied as articles of commerce. 



Tamarind I 



I have only to repeat that it is necessary, in trying to bring 

 tropical trees into bearing, they be grafted or budded on them- 

 selves, or on any congenial stock, (such as the rose-apple, per- 

 haps,) in order that they may be brought into a fruitful habit, 

 more expeditiously. The plantain, papaw, and granadilla are 

 excepted. All botanical names and physiological terms have 

 been intentionally omitted. J. M. 



Chelsea, April 28th, 1827. 



The Gold-Headed Cane. Murray. 1827. 

 Small 8vo. pp. 179. 



Some of our readers will be surprised at the apparent incon- 

 gruity of this title with the usual materials of our Journal, 

 and may imagine, for a moment, that we are ambitious of 

 variegating the level scenery of science with some undulating 

 forms of romance. The apprehension is groundless, — since, 

 beneath this sportive mask are concealed some features 

 of sterling and prominent characters; eyes, full of mean- 

 ing, which have been keenly fixed on many remarkable 

 events; and lips that, in their time, have uttered not a little 

 wisdom. The author, indeed, has not followed the prevailing 

 mode of deluding the unsuspicious reader by a certain ma- 

 jestic importance of front : he conducts us through a humble 

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