CHAPTER X. 



Fruits of the West India Islands, and the South American Continent. 

 Pine-Apple; Mammee; Alligator-Pear; Anchovy Pear; Custard -Apples ; 

 Wild Plums; Star-Apple; Cactus; Papaw; Grenadillas ; Cocoa- 

 Nut; Cashew-Nut; Juvia. 



THE PINE-APPLE Bromelia. 



THE earliest exchanges of tropical plants that took 

 place between the Portuguese in the east, and the 

 Spaniards in the west, have not been recorded with 



