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my mangoes and killed some of the 
younger ones and killed some of the 
avocados, but the Lichee was not hurt 
at all; the leaves were not even colored. 
My conclusion was that the Lichee can 
stand more cold than the mango or 
avocado or guava, and it is worth more 
than all three combined. 
As I said before, Mr. Taylor is very 
much of an enthusiast and because of 
his success in getting his trees to a 
state of blooming' and setting jfruit, 
there can be no question about the oth¬ 
er-steps necessary to its successful in¬ 
troduction. He has on the way a con¬ 
signment of fruit and seeds from Hon¬ 
olulu and hopes to succeed in budding 
on the longan stock. 
He is very much in earnest in this 
matter, and has taken it up with the 
Department at Washington and he 
thinks they are not giving the assist¬ 
ance they should. I am inclined to 
think that his enthusisam for the Lichee 
is so great that his judgment is a little 
bit warped in his belief that they are 
not inclined to help him. 
He came to my house—it was the 
first time I had ever seen him or known 
of him—and looked at my Lichee and 
talked it over with me. I wanted to 
know something of him, and I asked 
him what business he was in. He said, 
“I am looking after my trees.” I said, 
“how many trees have you?” He said, 
“Three.” Those were his Lichee trees. 
He is devoting his life to the Lichee, 
and I think we ought to help him, 
though I am not as enthusiastic as he 
is, and do not propose to give up all my 
time. 
EXTRACTS FROM LICHEE LITERATURE 
W. S. Taylor 
Mr President , Ladies and Gentlemen : 
THE LI CHEE 
“A tree that they have introduced 
from China into Bengal. They have a 
kind of Plummes that they do call 
Lechi’s.”—Mendogas History of China,, 
1588. 
“The Licheas is as big as a small 
pear, a somewhat long shape, of a red¬ 
ish color.”—Dampier Voiages. 
“Delicious fruits, such as Rambostan, 
Lotchees and Durcans.”—New Ac¬ 
count East Indias, 1727. 
Tampa, Fla. 
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“Among the plants are Litcheas, a 
very fine fruit of China of several 
sorts.”—Annual Register, 1775. 
“Of the fruits which this season of¬ 
fers, the finest are Leechees and Man¬ 
goes.”—Journal, Upper India Provin¬ 
ces, 1844. 
“He tried also to naturalize in Wor¬ 
cestershire, the delicious Leechees.”— 
Macaulay, 1841. 
“The fruit of a plant, native to China. 
It resembles a long strawbery in color 
and form. The dried fruit is exported.” 
—Webster’s Dictionary, 1875. 
