. A description and history of vegetable substances, used in the arts, and in domestic economy . e Horticultural Societyfor 1826, there is an account of some mangos, raisedby Earl Powis, at Walcot Hall, in Shropshire. Themango, says Mr. Sabine, the secretary to the society,in his very able paper upon the subject, is wellknown to all travellers who have visited the tropicalparts of the world, as being by far the best fruit thatis generally produced in those regions, and as thatwhich is the most uniformly grateful to an Europeanpalate. In such climates, it is cultivated whereverthe arts of civil
. A description and history of vegetable substances, used in the arts, and in domestic economy . e Horticultural Societyfor 1826, there is an account of some mangos, raisedby Earl Powis, at Walcot Hall, in Shropshire. Themango, says Mr. Sabine, the secretary to the society,in his very able paper upon the subject, is wellknown to all travellers who have visited the tropicalparts of the world, as being by far the best fruit thatis generally produced in those regions, and as thatwhich is the most uniformly grateful to an Europeanpalate. In such climates, it is cultivated whereverthe arts of civilization have penetrated ; and it maythere be said to hold the same station, among otherfruits, as the apple possesses among those of northernregions. Like the apple, the number of varieties 403 VEGETABLE SUBSTANCES, raised from the seed of the mango is also very great;and of these, while some possess the highest excel-lence, there are others in which the flesh of the fruitis so fibrous and ill flavoured, as to resemble, as iscommonly said, nothing so much as a mixture of* tow and The Mangostan—Garcinia mangostana. The Mangostan, or Mangustin, is one of the mostdelicious fruits that grows; and the tree {Garciniamangostana) on which it is produced, is one of themost graceful and beautiful anywhere to be met is a native of Sumatra, and also of the Molucca, orSpice islands, from which it has been transplanted toJava, and some other parts of the eastern Archi-pelago. The stem, which is of a variegated brownish-red colour, rises to the height of about twenty feet;the branches come out in regular order, and give thehead of the tree the form of a parabola; and theleaves are entire, about eight inches long, and fourbroad at the middle, of a beautiful green on the upperside, and a fine oUve on the under. The flowerresembles that of a single rose, with some dark redpetals. The fruit is romid, about the size of an ordi- THB 405 nary orange; and has a litt
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