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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    [ *3 ] earth, like to that which in England is called hazel mold; this muft lye loofe. Mofs, if it can be procured, or rotten leaves, are neceflary to be laid on the furface of the earth, to prevent the too great evaporation of moifture. Specimens of thefe two boxes are to be feen at Me IT. James Gordon and Co. feedfmen, in Fenchurch-ftreet; and are made by John Burnham, carpenter, in Brooks*market, Holborn.
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