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And I am also persuaded that the calamities of scalding, shrivelling, shrinking, and scorching, 
will become of less frequency by the substitution of a process which cannot decompose, 
although it may chasten, the perfect ray. 
To bring this article to its close, consistently with the general object of the proposed 
series, I assume that every phenomenon in meteorology and natural philosophy is 
dependent upon the decomposition and disturbing influence of the sun’s light. The 
electric element is distributed throughout the earth’s surface ; light is imparted and stored 
up in every species of matter which is susceptible of combustion. Magnetism and heat, if 
not directiy imparted by the solar beams, are induced within the earth, and so, in a 
word, are those processes which effect the decomposition of water, and of every organic 
substance which constitutes manure. 
ON GROWING THE LANSEH AND CARAUNDA AS TABLE-FRUIT. 
The Lanseh, orLangsat of the Malayans and natives of Java, is the Lansium domesticum 
of Jack and our Botanical Catalogues, and the Cipadessa fruticosa of Blume and Don’s 
Syst. It grows abundantly in the Indian Archipelago, being found both in a wild and 
cultivated state in Java, Malacca, Borneo, and many other of the warmer parts of Asia. 
It is associated with the Natural Order Meliacece or Bead Trees, a tribe of plants not 
generally remarkable for wholesome properties ; nor are many of them safe even adminis- 
tered as medicine ; yet the fruit of the present species, that of Milnea edidis, and a few 
others, are free from any deleterious qualities. 
In its native habitats, the plant forms a tree-like shrub, from 10 to 15 feet high, 
with a moderate-sized stem, and brown bark. The leaves are alternate, pinnated, each 
consisting of from three to four pairs of leaflets, with an odd one ; pinnce ovate-acuminate. 
Flowers produced in short racemes, issuing from the naked stems and branches below 
the leaves. Calyx small, five-toothed. Corolla larger than the calyx, consisting of 
five petals. Filaments ten, nearly as long as the petals, emarginate, connected into a 
tube at the base. Anthers adnate inside. Ovary surrounded with a disk or ring, five- 
celled. Ovules ten, two in each cell. Style short. Stigma capitate, five-toothed. Fruit 
firm, fleshy, globose, five-furrowed, five-celled, five-seeded. 
Next to the Mangosteen, perhaps no fruit is more universally eaten and esteemed than 
this; the pulp is of a somewhat firm consistence, but contains a deal of juice, very 
cooling and refreshing in a hot climate, being delicate and delicious, with a remarkably 
fine aroma. On the tables of India it forms one of the chief fruits in the dessert. 
The growth of the tree is ornamental, particularly so when covered with blossoms and 
fruit ; and although of a moderate height, it forms a fine spreading head, with light and 
graceful foliage, which renders it a very desirable garden object. 
The temperature for the growth and fruiting of this plant, should be a pretty strong 
but moist stove-heat, and its roots should have access to a little bottom-warmth, but not 
in such a manner or degree as to parch and dry the soil. 
During the season of torpidity, the temperature should not be allowed to fall very low ; 
about 60° or 65° would be a fair average. 
If grown in pots or tubs, abundance of root-room should be given, otherwise the 
growth may become stunted ; but it would no doubt be better to plant it out, in a prepared 
border, in a rich loamy soil mixed with coarse sand to keep it open ; but if grown in pots, 
a mixture of peat, loam, and sand, with a little well-rotted manure, is requisite, taking 
care that the drainage is good. Cuttings will strike in sand plunged in heat. 
The Caraunda or Caranda is the Carissa Carandas of Linn, and our Botanical 
Catalogues, the Capparis Carandas of Gmel, Syst., and Echites spinosa of Burm. Ind. 
It is a native of the East Indies, growing chiefly in wild woods and uncultivated places. 
