336 FORCING GARDEN. 
Calabash, P. maliformis; the Papaw, Carica Papaya, 
the Banana, Musa sapientum ; and M. Cavendishit, which 
last yields its fruit readily, while the plant does not attain 
an inconvenient size. The Leechee, Nephelium Litcht, 
has occasionally ripened in our stoves ; the Longyen, 
Euphoria longana, bas yielded its fruit at Syon House; 
and the Mango, Mangifera indica, at the garden of Earl 
Powis. The China Guava, Psidiwm cattleianumt, fruits 
freely in the vinery of the Experimental Garden at Edin- 
burgh: 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 most desirable preserve. The Carambola, 
Averrhoa Carambola, of the: East Indies, has of late been 
added to our exotic fruits, by Mr. Batemen of Knypersley, 
near Congleton: the fruit is of the size and shape of a 
duck’s egg, but with longitudinal ribs on the sides; either 
in tarts or as preserves, the flavor is excellent. It may 
be noticed that, both from the descriptions of intelligent 
travelers and from the preserved fruit being sent to Brit- 
ain, we know that various species of exotic fruit-trees 
exist, which have not yet reached us in a living state; and 
the introduction of these might form an object of innocent, 
pleasing, and commendable ambition to enterprising and 
wealthy horticulturists, 
The Currry-Hovsz, m its general arrangements, re- 
sembles the peach-house, with the exception of the front 
trellis, the place of which is commonly occupied by a stage 
for pots of early. strawberries or kidney-beans. The cherry- 
trees are trained against the back wall; the house should 
therefore be narrow, and the roof steep. The operation of 
forcing generally commences early in January, with a very 
