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DURION. (Durio zibetJiinus.) Loudon. 



A lofty East Indian tree, with leaves like a cherry, the 

 flowers in clusters of a pale yellow color ; the fruit the size 

 of a man's head, roundish or oblong ; it resembles a rolled- 

 up hedgehog, with a hard skin or rind ; the pulp is of a 

 creamy substance, of a delicate taste. Rumphius says it 

 is much the most excellent fruit of India. Its smell is at 

 first heavy and unpleasant, but those accustomed to this 

 fruit consider it the most excellent of all. 



MANGO TREE. (Mangifera Indica.) 



A large, spreading East Indian tree, with lanceolate, 

 shining green leaves, of a resinous smell ; the fruit is a 

 drupe, kidney-shaped, some as large as a man's fist ; covered 

 with a smooth, softish, pale green, yellow, or half-red skin, 

 and containing an ovate, woody, fibrous, compressed nut 

 or stone, within which is an ovate kernel, soft and pulpy, 

 like a Damascene plum. " When ripe, it is replete with 

 a fine, agreeable juice. It eats like an apple, but is more 

 juicy. It is esteemed very wholesome, and, except pine- 

 apples, it is preferred to any other fruit in India." 



Raised from cuttings or from seeds. 



MANGOSTAN. (Gardnia mangostana.) Loudon. 



A native of the Molucca Islands, but cultivated in Java 

 and Malacca. An elegant tree, rising twenty feet, with a 

 parabolic head, a taper stem, branching like a fir tree, with 

 oval leaves seven or eight inches long; the flower like a 

 single rose ; the fruit round, the size of an orange, the 

 shell like the pomegranate ; the seeds are disposed like 

 those of the orange, and surrounded by a soft, juicy pulp, of 

 a rose color, of a delicious flavor, partaking of the straw- 

 berry and the grape, and esteemed the richest fruit in the 

 world. It is wholesome alike for those in health or in 

 sickness. 



MAMMEA. (Mammee Americana.) 



A native of the Caribbee Islands. The tree grows tall 



and handsome ; the leaves are oval, shining, of a coriaceous 



consistence ; the flowers, in peduncles, are large, white, 



of a sweet odor; the fruit is roundish, of the size of an 



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