A description of the mangostan and the bread-fruit ... the first, esteemed one of the most delicious, the other, the most useful of all the fruits of the East Indies : To which are added, directions to voyagers, for bringing over these and other vegetable productions, which would be extremely beneficial to the inhabitants of our West India Islands / By John Ellis.

  • John Ellis
Date:
1775
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Credit: A description of the mangostan and the bread-fruit ... the first, esteemed one of the most delicious, the other, the most useful of all the fruits of the East Indies : To which are added, directions to voyagers, for bringing over these and other vegetable productions, which would be extremely beneficial to the inhabitants of our West India Islands / By John Ellis. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Defcription of the other two Boxes, adapted to the fame Purpofes as the former. N°. i. This box is intended for fowing the feeds of fuch plants as cannot otherwife be tranfported from the Eaft Indies. It was intended chiefly for fowing the feeds of the Man- goftan ; but will anfwer for thofe of the feed-bearing Bread-fruit tree, and a variety of others. It differs from the other, by having only one Hoping wooden Ihutter behind, which may be let down, together with its front and ends, when the feeds are fown, that they may receive the benefit of the rain and dews. It is neceffary, before this box be removed from the Eaft Indies, that the plants in it be advanced to near fix inches in height. No. 2. The Hoping fore-part of this box is covered with two pannels of wire, which in bad weather are defended by fhutters on hinges, faftened to the top by hooks and eyes. In each of the fides of the box, near to the top, there is a fquare hole, which is protected by a Hiding wooden cover : when the front fhutters are clofed, one or both of thefe may be opened, to carry off the damp vapour which may arife from the plants. In the back of the box, there is a fhutter on hinges the whole length of the box, which falls downwards. The flat top of this box, D which
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