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THE TROPICAL FRI'IT STOVE. 



In regard to calture, no plant requii-es less, provided they have room 

 to develope their beautiful and delicate foUage. To afford them this, and 

 also as theu' roots are long, thick, and fleshy, they had better be planted 

 Qut in the border of the house in rich, loamy soil, laid upon a perfectly 

 dry, "well-drained bottom. 



The Musa Cavendishii is a variety, probably a new species, lately dis- 

 covered, and named in compliment to his Grace the Duke of Devonshire, 

 who is the most munificent patron and hberal encourager of horticulture 

 and botany of the day. The great merits of this latter sort is, that it is 

 of humble growth compared to its near associates, and is capable on that 

 account of being cultivated in pine pits with as much success and cer- 

 tainty as the Ananas or pine-apple. It is, however, still rare, the demand 

 for it being more than the supply has hitherto been able to meet. 



HOG PLUM, ou YELLOW PLUM {Spondlas myroholanus), gingerbread 

 PLUM {Parinariujn macrophyllum), country plum {Spmdias, various 

 species), small pigeox plum {ChrysobaJanus eUipticm) yellow 

 piGEOX PLUM (Chrysobalanus luteurn), rough skixxed, or grey 

 plum {Parimrium excelsum), black plum {Jltejv umhrosa). 



These are chiefly natives of Sierra Leone. The first produces its fruit 

 at the extremity of the branches : it is of the size of a walnut, of an oval 

 shape and yellowish colour ; the flesh is tender, and in taste and appeai*- 



ance much resembhng the plums of our gardens. 



The second is a shrub of only a few feet in height, producing fruit 

 about the size of oui' Orleans plums, which is very weU tasted. 



The two varieties of pigeon plums are esteemed for their finiit, but 

 the latter species has not, we beheve, been introduced as yet into this 

 country. The trees on which both are produced are of no great magni- 

 tude, and from that circumstance, and the profusion in which their fruit 

 is produced, there can be little doubt but that it could be cultivated in 

 great perfection in our stoves. The fruit of the smaU kind is in size and 

 colour similar to om- damson, and that of the yellowish sort is similar in 

 all respects, except colour, to om- Orleans plum. 



The rough-skinned, or grey plum, is the least interesting as a fruit of 

 any of the others. It is, however, much esteemed by the natives, and 

 by them brought in gi'eat quantities to the mai'kets. In size and shape 

 it resembles om- Imperatrice plum, but is of a greyish colour. 



The black plum is the produce of a large and elegant tree, not unhke 

 the horse chestnut : the finiit is produced in abundance, but is not so 



