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ally grown with success in conservatories^ vineries, hot- 

 houses, or other glazed structures, along with the more 

 regular or usual inmates. Among these may be men- 

 tioned the Loquat, Eriohotrya japonica ; the Jamro- 

 sadc, Eugenia jamhos; the Purple Granadilla Passiflora 

 edulis; the Granadilla vine, P. quadr angular is ; the 

 May-apple, P. incarnata; the Water-lemon, P. law^i- 

 folia: and the Sweet Calabash, P. maliformis ; the 

 Papaw, Carica Fafaya ; the Baaai^ 3Iusa mpientum ; 

 and M, CavendisMi,- y^hich. last yields its fruit readily, 

 while the plant does not attain an inconvenient size. 

 The Leechee, Ncphelium Litohi^ has occasionally 

 ripened in our stoves ; the Longyen, Euphoria Ion- 

 gajiayhixs yielded its fruit at Syon House; and the 

 .Mango, 3fangifera indiea, at the garden of Earl Powis. 

 The China Guava, Psidium cuttleianum, fruits freely 

 in the vinery of tha Experimental Garden at Edinburgh: 

 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 moBt desirable preserve. The Car- 

 ambola, Aver.rlioa Caramhola^ of the East Indies, has 

 * of late been added to our exotic fruits, by Mr. Bateman 

 of Knypersley, near Congleton: the fruit is of the size 

 and shape of a duck's Qg-g, but with longitudinal ribs 

 on the sides; either in tarts or as preserve, the fla- 

 vor is excellent. It may be noticed that, both from 

 the descriptions of intelligent travelers and from the 

 preserved fi-uit being sent to Britain, we know that va- 

 rious species of exotic fruit-trees exist, which have 

 not yet reached us in a living state ; and the introduc- 

 tion of these might form an object of innocent, pleas- 



