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Fruits from Grenada in New York.—The following extract fro 
Garden and Forest (New York) for November 17, 1897, affords 
an illustration of a possible market for the minor products of the 
lesser West Indian Islands 
n interesting sotlociion of tropical fruits reached this city 
siint from the Botanic Gardens in Grenada, a British possession, 
the southermos island in t tede group. ent 
8 on October 23rd. A delay of ten days in oatitia 
the seh i i this port, due to the init e character of the invoice, 
ant of established rates of duty, proved fatal to many 
t ore eis ow kinds, but enough survived to give 
istinct character to the select stock in one of the fancy fruit 
on Bindodus: These West Todien fruits included especially 
jilet T i excellent pepe The tan epe and mandarins 
were superior, and sold, as did the oranges, at $1.03 a dozen. 
Among sihat ‘Citetia fruits kefin lemons ; these were less attractive, 
ing of uneven size, thick-skinned and rough. The limes were 
remarkably good, and sold for forty cents a dozen. An unusual 
offering in this city were citrons, the fruits of Citrus Mess 
familiar to housekeepers in their candied peel ; there were under 
sized green fruits, and mature ripe specimens ; the latter, bat ith 
a piece of the stem, were lemon-shaped, large as grape-fruits, the 
sapodillas, the fruits of Achras Sapota, were fortunate in showing 
o better advantage for the long time consumed in re ching 
customers, since these are at their best when more than fully 
ripened, and the grayish earth-coloured globular fruits were in 
the juicy sugary stage. They sold for fifteen cents each. A single 
specimen of the brownish i tow fruit of Lucuma Ead Was 
exhibited, and s some of the large brown nuts. Alligator pears 
were peer es the fruits lost Pifotich the d and the few bananas 
vhich were yet edible were remarkably good in quality, the 
yellow fruit of medium size having a Fick. rouny white flesh, 
while the red bananas were of especially fine flavour. The latter, 
one of the most rare of all fruits in this market, since the supply 
was cut off by the Cuban war, found eager pu urchasers at &1. 
a dozen. Several bundles of stick cinnamon also sold readily. 
Victoria Herbarium.—At the close of ar the yide of 
Victoria appointed Mr. J. G. Luehmann F.L.S,, Curator of the 
* Nationa [vernis " at Melbourne, in succession ^ pu late 
Sir Ferdinand Mueller, K.C.M.G., whose death on October 9th, 
1896, was inue e in the Kew Bulletin for that year (pp. 218, 219). 
The Melbourne Herbarium, which is termed national in common 
with other erret under th minister, must always 
the leading botanical sig teni in drwtriisdin. It comprises a: 
collections made during a long series of exploring expeditions on 
the continent of re! tralia, eri innumerable contributions 
from external sources, espec Xew, acquired through the 
indefatigable activity in Sor eapara E of Sir Ferdinand Mueller, 
the late Government Botanist. On the occasion of the Melbourne 
Centennial Exhibition, in 1888, he published an interesting 
account of the Herbarium. A building was erected for its 
reception in 1857, when Sir Ferdinand presented to it all his 
