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was sent to Mr. vi 2 Monro, one of the leading fruit merchants 
in Covent Garden, to obtain an opinion as to prospects * ad 
ments of Mangosteens to this country. Mr. Monro repor 
“Yours to hand. I cut open the fruit and showed it to some of 
my best customers, and they think with me that, if they came in 
good condition, and not too many at first, a business could be 
worked up in them. At any rate I should like to try some, and 
if sent, will do all I can to get a trade for them. They appear to 
be a fruit that would carry well." 
Coffea stenophylla.—The Highland Coffee of Sierra Leone has 
been fully described in the Kew Bulletin (1896, pp. 189-191, with 
plate). Seeds and plants have also been distributed from Kew to 
most tropical "ek The following particulars communicated 
by Mr. J. H. Hart, F.L.S., respecting the success of plants that 
have lately fruited i in Trinidad, only a few feet above the sea-level, 
will be read with interest :— 
* Some four years ago we received a new kind of Coffee from 
Kew. This has now fruited for the first time, four years fr 
seed. The trees are in robust health, and have given for a first 
yield, a very fair return. This Coffee is quite distinct from any- 
thing hitherto grown in the West rui and sopes rs likely to 
develop into a voluble" minor product. e ries instead o: 
being red when ripe, as in the Arabian varieties, are a dark purple, 
and the bean is small and attractive-looking. When dried and 
Cmm it has much the appearance of the finest Mocha. The 
vour when made into a cup of coffee is excellent, being fully 
mik to the finest Arabian, from which there is little to distinguish 
it iu appearance when prepared in the same way. The trees are 
much more vigorous than Arabian Coffee, they have a small, dar 
shiny leaf, but the individual branches are somewhat smaller than 
those of Arabian, and very much less robust than Coffea liberica. 
Our trees are now eight feet in height and would appear to be 
willing to go higher if we would let them. So far as our 
experience has gone with Coffea Se td there i is good reason 
to hope that it will prove a valuable introduction 
At the request of Kew, seed not required in "'rinidad has been 
distributed for experimental cultivation in other portions of the 
British West Indie 
Cashew Spirit.—The singular fruit of the Cashew (asaret 
canny. a native of the New World, is now well : 
m sd € Lii The tree is somewhat like a ERRE in 
pear-like receptac When s nep £ the fruit a i 
kernel is often CUL IN d forms Cashew nut ‘of commer, 
In India and the "p. seii those are ased as a substitute 
