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light, their flowering might be expedited. This might also be ac¬ 
celerated by double working the plants on themselves, or on some 
congenial stock, if such can be found. They may also be dwarfed, 
by occasionally limiting the supply of water to the roots, and re¬ 
versing the position of the shoots by training them downwards 
under the glass, &c. 
The Plantain (Musa paradisiaca) though rather an inferior fruit 
is a splendid plant, and may easily be fruited in a lofty stove. In 
order to have a succession, half a dozen plants of different ages 
should be planted in a deep trench close behind the bark bed. They 
require a lively bottom heat, as well as a warm atmosphere. Each 
stem has only a certain number of leaves to develope, and the sooner 
this is effected, the sooner the flower spike comes forth. If suckers 
rise, they will succeed when the fruiting stems are cut down. 
The Papaw (Carica Papaya,) the bread fruit (Artocarpus inclsa) 
and Jaca fruit (Artocarpus integrifolia) might be fruited, provided 
they were allowed a requisite space and had proper care. But the 
fruit is of an inferior description, and not worth the expense its cul¬ 
ture would occasion, except as a curiosity. Some of the Passion 
flowers yield their fruit readily, with no other than the ordinary stove 
or conservatory management. 
Mango trees of proper age and convenient size may, perhaps, be 
had from Jamaica, or some other of the West India Islands, which, 
if placed and established in tubs some time before they are shipped, 
would come over safely by any of the summer arriving traders.— 
Seeds or plants of the second and third may be had either at Pulo 
Penang, Malacca, or Singapore. If ordered by Madras and China 
ships on their voyage out, and sent to Angora Point to meet the 
ship on her voyage home, they would have a good chance of survi¬ 
ving the voyage. It is not safe to take them round by Canton; be¬ 
cause while the ships remain there, the trees are debilitated and ren¬ 
dered unfit to weather the Cape of Good Hope. For the Guavas 
and some other tropical fruits you must look to South America. 
In hope that you will have an opportunity of trying some such 
projects, and that they may he successful. —I remain, &c. 
U 3 
Senex, 
