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in Java. The Custard Apple is called Seri kaya. Bullock's 

 Heart is well cultivated in the gardens round Malacca, and there 

 it is obtained at its best. In Java it is a very poor worthless 

 fruit. 



Oranges and Lemons, that is, all the different varieties of 

 Citrons, Lemons, Oranges, Shaddocks, &c., are well represented 

 in the Malay Peninsula, though the climate is not favourable to 

 the majority of the species. China is generally regarded as the 

 indigenous home of the orange tribe, for which the Malay language 

 has, however, many names, probably indicating an ancient culti- 

 vation. The following are quoted : — Limau-manis, L. kusturi, L. 

 jamboa, L. japun, L. nipis, L. susu, L. asam (lemon, lime), L. 

 jeruk (citron), Malay, Sundanese, and Javanese. In Borneo, in 

 the wild countries of the Dusuns, near Gaya, T obtained very 

 good oranges and lemons. Probably the orange most consumed in 

 Malaysia is the Shaddock, or Pompelmouse (French), Linau 

 gadang in Malay, Citrus decumana, Willd., the Poor Man's 

 Orange of Europeans, or Pomeloe (from the Dutch Pompelmoes). 

 It is said that the best of these come from Amoy in China ; but 

 they are equalled, if not surpassed, by those produced in Labuan, 

 Borneo. For this the colony owes a debt to Sir Hugh Low, who 

 was for over 20 years a resident on that island. During this time 

 he gave unceasing care to the introduction and cultivation of 

 tropical fruits. His garden and indeed every cultivated plot in 

 the island give evidence of his skill and care. The large extent 

 of the gardens round Gov^ernment House might be likened to 

 those of the Hesperides in the season of this magnificent fruit. 

 It is of the richest kind and with a flavour of the finest quality. 

 The original country of the fruit is not known, but the number of 

 varieties in Malaysia indicates an ancient cultivation. 



Roxburgh says, " that the species was brought to Calcutta from 

 Java" (Roxburgh, "Flora Indica," edit. 1832, III., p. 393), and 

 Rumphius (" Hortus amboinensis," II. p. 98) believed it to be a 

 native of southern China. Neither he nor modern botanists saw 

 it wild in the Malay Archipelago (Miquel, " Flora Indo-Batava," 



