The seedling-inarch and nurse-plant methods of propagation . e has been found where the mangosteenmay be grown on a large scale and the fruit be more commonly seenin this country. a See Woodrow, G. M., Gardening in India, 1888, p. 155, and Harris, W., Bulletinof the Botanical Department, Jamaica, no. 9, November, 1888, p. PROPAGATING THE MANGOSTEEN. 25 DIFFICULTY IN GROWING THE MANGOSTEEN FROM SEEDS. The cause of the difficulty in rearing young seedlings of the man-gosteen has not been fully determined. Several experiments car-ried out from the gardeners standpoint to ascertain the cause
The seedling-inarch and nurse-plant methods of propagation . e has been found where the mangosteenmay be grown on a large scale and the fruit be more commonly seenin this country. a See Woodrow, G. M., Gardening in India, 1888, p. 155, and Harris, W., Bulletinof the Botanical Department, Jamaica, no. 9, November, 1888, p. PROPAGATING THE MANGOSTEEN. 25 DIFFICULTY IN GROWING THE MANGOSTEEN FROM SEEDS. The cause of the difficulty in rearing young seedlings of the man-gosteen has not been fully determined. Several experiments car-ried out from the gardeners standpoint to ascertain the cause haveproduced negative results. It is known that the most precariousperiod in the life of the mangos teen tree is the seedling stage, buteven with seedlings the results of careful treatment are by no meansuniform. When a comparatively large number are given the samesoil, temperature, etc., all grow well until they are about 3 inchesabove the surface of the soil. After that period, when grown ontheir own roots, sometimes two-thirds of the number will either. Fig. 12.—Mangosteen fruits cut open, showing the white edible interior. remain in a stunted condition or the leaves subsequently developedwill have a yellowish-brown It seems to be the experience of cultivators in Ceylon, India, andthe West Indies that when the leaves of a mangosteen seedlingassume a sickly appearance there is little or no hope for the futurehealth of the plant. This belief accords with the behavior of the a The mangosteen fruit seldom produces more than one or two seeds. These growreadily, but, so far as we are aware, few trees have been established from them. Ourexperience shows that after appearing above ground the seedling grows freely for oneor two years, but afterwards generally assumes a sickly appearance and graduallydies out.—Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Royal Botanical Garden, Trini-dad, January, 1895, vol. 2, no. 1, p. 26 SEEDLING-INARCH AND NURSE-PLANT PROPAGATION. fi
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