LORD RODNEY.
[ro THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR."] SIR,—When in Jamaica some years ago, I heard a tradition about Lord Rodney which I do not find mentioned in Mr. Hannay's capital little book. The best two sorts of mango in the island are always known, in the markets and elsewhere, as " No. 11 " and " No. 132 " (?). The tradition is, that a French ship coming from the East Indies, and containing a large- collection of plants for the Botanic Garden at Martinique or Guadeloupe, was taken by Rodney and brought into Jamaica._ Mangoes formed a part of the collection, and I was told that the numbers "11" and " 132 " were those which these two varieties of the fruit bore in the list. This, I think, is worth recording.—I am, Sir, &c., Lower Sydenham, S.E., October 21st. G. GROVE.
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