Sentence:  [H]ence the slow progress hitherto made in the cultivation of such produce of the garden as is generally held in estimation by the European portion of the community, left as it generally is, to the simple Hindoo <WSD>mallee</WSD> (or gardener,) it is not to be wondered at, that our bazars want what are deemed the more delicate articles of vegetable production for the table; ... 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  (gardener) (native gardener).