6 CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER VIII. 



Page 



The Date 349 



CHAPTER IX. 



The Plantain ..... 363 



The Banana ...... 364 



The Tamarind ..... 369 



The Guava ...... 370 



TheAkee . . . . . 373 



The Negro Peach, or Edible Peach . . .374 



Monkey's Bread . . . . . 375 



CHAPTER X. 



The Pine-apple ..... 376 



The Mammee . . . . . .381 



The Alligator Pear . . . . i 382 



The Anchovy Pear ..... 383 



The Custard Apple ..... 3!i4 



Wild Plums ...... 386 



Star Apple . . '.-If . . 386 

 Melon Thistle, Torch Thistle, Creeping Cereus, Indian Fig, 



or Prickly Pear ..... 387 



The Papaw ...... 90 



Grenadillas . . . . *S , 391 



Cocoa-nut . . , , . . _. . . 393 



The Cashew-nut ..... 396 



The Juvia . . : ^ . ... . 397 



CHAPTER XI. 



The Mango ...... 399 



The Mangostan + 402 



The Durion ' ' . . . . 494 



The Malay Apple . . * , V . 406 



The Jaca ... > . 407 



Litchi. Longan ..... 493 



CHAPTER XII. 



The Bread-Fruit . 4jj 



The Otaheite Hog Plum . . . 4jg 



Limonia Australis . 420 



Cnstanospermum Australe . . . 421 



