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Calabash, P. maliformis ; the Papaw, Carica Papaya , 

 the Banana, Musa sapientum ; and M. Cavendishii, which 

 last yields its fruit readily, while the plant does not attain 

 an inconvenient size. The Leechee, Nephelium Litchi, 

 has occasionally ripened in our stoves ; the Longyen, 

 Euphoria longana, has yielded its fruit at Syon House ; 

 and the Mango, Mangifera indica, at the garden of Earl 

 Powis. The China Guava, Psidium cattleianum, fruits 

 freely in the vinery of the Experimental Garden at Edin- 

 burgh : the fruit is round, about the size of a small plum; 

 of a fine claret color ; the pulp soft, only a little firmer 

 than that of a strawberry, and of a pleasant subacid flavor, 

 making a most desirable preserve. The Carambola, 

 Averrhoa Carambola, of the East Indies, has of late been 

 added to our exotic fruits, by Mr. Batemen of Knypersley, 

 near Congleton : the fruit is of the size and shape of a 

 duck's egg, but with longitudinal ribs on the sides ; either 

 iu tarts or as preserves, the flavor is excellent. It may 

 be noticed that, both from the descriptions of intelligent 

 travelers and from the preserved fruit being sent to Brit- 

 ain, we know that various species of exotic fruit-trees 

 exist, which have not yet reached us in a living state ; and 

 the introduction of these might form an object of innocent, 

 pleasing, and commendable ambition to enterprising and 

 wealthy horticulturists. 



The Cherry-House, in its general arrangements, re- 

 sembles the peach-house, with the exception of the front 

 trellis, the place of which is commonly occupied by a stage 

 for pots of early strawberries or kidney-beans. The cherry- 

 trees are trained against the back wall ; the house should 

 therefore be narrow, and the roof steep. The operation of 

 forcing generally commences early in January, with a very 



