its fresh state, a quantity is converted
into chutney, but this is so small that it has no appreciable effect on
the crop as a whole. The unripe fruit makes an excellent substitute for
apples, and is used stewed or for pies or tarts, and when sliced and
dried it may be stored and used in a similar manner to dried apples.

[Illustration: Mango Tree near Brisbane.]

In addition to its value as a fruit, the mango forms a handsome
ornamental tree, and one that provides a good shade for stock. It is
very free from disease, as with the exception of one or two species of
scale insects, which do not cause any very serious damage, it has few
serious pests. It is a fruit that is bound sooner or later to come into
more general favour, particularly when the qualities of the finer
varieties are better known. Until quite recently it was considered to be
one of the most difficult trees to propagate by means of grafting or
budding, hence its propagation has been practically confined to raising
it from seed, but now we have found out how to work it by means of
plate-budding, and are able to perpetuate our best sorts true to kind.
This is sure to lead to a general improvement of our existing varieties,
as old trees can be worked over by this means, or young trees of
approved kinds can be grown in a nursery and distributed.

The fruit is very wholesome, is much appreciated by all who have
acquired a taste for it, can be used fresh or dry, ripe or unripe, and
cans well. It is a great addition to our list of purely tropical fruits,
and finds a place in all orchards or gardens where it is capable of
being grown.

THE MANGOSTEEN.

Many attempts have been made during past years to introduce this
delicious fruit into Queensland, but these always resulted in failure.
True, a certain variety of mangosteen has been successfully grown at
Port Douglas, also on the Lower Burdekin, and rumours of the existence
of the true Java mangosteen (_Garcinia mangostana_) have been received,
but, in nearly every case, they have, on investigation, proved to be
_Garcinia xanthochymus_, or some other species. At the Kamerunga State
Nursery, however, trees of undoubted parentage were successfully raised.
It is said that a thriving young plant, which is unquestionably
_G. mangostana_, is owned by Mr. Banfield, of Dunk Island. The records of
the Kamerunga Nursery show that in October, 1891, a quantity--about
100--of ripe mangosteen fruit was received from