Fruit and Vegetables. 101 



Chrysophyllum cainitum Star Apple. 

 C. olivifonne The Damson Star Apple. 

 Dillenia speciosa Indian Green Apple, 

 Diospyros Kaki Date Plum. 

 Eugenia Jambosa Malay Apple, 

 Falcourtia Ramontehi Governor's Plum. 

 Mammea americana Mammee Apple, 

 Nephelium Lichi The Lichee, 

 Persea graiissima Avacado Pear. 

 Tamarindas indica Tamarind. 



VEGETABLES. 



It is generally admitted that the ordinary vegetables 

 are cheaper to buy than to grow, but some of the better 

 kinds might well be cultivated if there is sufficient space 

 in the garden. 



Agaricum campestris - - Mushrooms. - - Several 

 attempts have from time to time been made to cultivate 

 the mushroom in Egypt ; but owing partly to the want 

 of knowledge and a suitable place to grow them in, 

 and partly from the difficulty in obtaining the spawn, 

 the efforts have generally proved unsuccessful, although, 

 if their culture could be carried out with success, the 

 undertaking might be looked upon as a profitable one, 



The following directions for their culture are given by 

 Mr. P. W. Gibson, late of the Garden Department, Hyde 

 Park, London, who has had several years of horticultural 

 experience in Egypt : 



To make the beds, fresh horse-droppings should be 

 collected and placed in a heap to ferment ; after a 

 few days these should be turned over and a little 

 water added if dry, and in a day or two they should 

 be taken into a dark shed and made into beds, 2ft. 

 wide and ift. thick, the top of the beds being slightly 

 smaller than the bottom. These beds should be looked 

 to occasionally until the temperature remains stationary 

 at 7jdeg. Fahr., when the spawn, in pieces the size of 

 hens' eggs, should be inserted just below the surface, 

 As soon as the thread-like filaments appear, an inch 

 of light sandy soil should be spread over the beds, 



