the slit. The union in all of them was perfect. That, in my eyes, was the best triumph 



at tills show." 



The Gpava fruited at Cleveland. — We find the following in the Ohio Farmer: — 



" The Guava {Pskliitm Cuttlyanum.) — Editor Ohio Farmer. — Sir: I herewith send you a 

 fruit of the Guava (Psidiuin). It was produced hy a tree, in my greenhouse, treated with 

 the ordinary care of the tenants of that establishment. As an eatable fruit, it is palatable, 

 somewhat resembling our paw-paws, flavored with the strawberry. For ornament, it is 

 equal to the orange and lemon, and, for both these purposes, it is worthy of attention bj' 

 the amateur horticulturist. It is the fruit from which the Guava Jelly is manufactured. 

 My tree, about three feet in height, has matured, this autumn, thirteen specimens of the 

 size and perfection of the one before you. In the Transactions of the Horticultural Society 

 of London, vol. iv. page 316, is contained a beautiful colored plate of the Psidium Cattli/anum, 

 the name under which I procured mine ; but as the fruit of the one is of a deep livid purple, 

 and the other a rich lemon yellow, the latter must be either a dilferent species or variety. 

 The former is said to be the only species which will ripen its fruit in a greenhouse ; hence 

 I infer that my specimen is a mere variety. Ti'uly yours, J. P. Kirtlaxd." 



Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 13, 1856. 



We are pleased to hear of this ; the fruit is valuable, and may be cultivated successfully 

 at the South ; in East Florida, the Psidium huxifolium is found near the River St. Johns, but 

 it differs from all other species. The twig is round, covered with a gray bark, and, at near 

 distances, marked with the cicatrices of opposite fallen leaves. The berry is blackish- 

 purple, pear shaped, about the size of a cherry ; internally, it is filled with horizontal rows 

 of flat, subveniform, pale, bony seeds, with a narrow embryo curved into the form of a horse- 

 shoe. This species is nearly allied to the purple-fruited Guava, P. Cattleianum (not Cattly- 

 anum, as the Farmer has it), scarcely difi"ering in anything but the smallness of the leaves 

 and the pyriform fruit, though the leaves of the purple Guava, besides being much larger, 

 are also pubescent when young. 



Most of the species of this genus are cultivated in the tropics for their fruit. Tlie P. 

 pyriferum, or Common Guava, bears a fruit about the size of a hen's egg, yellowish, with a 

 peculiar odor ; the pulp is rather firm, flesh-colored, agreeable, and aromatic. In the West 

 Indies, it is highly esteemed by all classes, being eaten raw, as Dr. Kirtland indicates, as a 

 dessert, or formed into an excellent sweetmeat and jelly. 



Of the fruit of the Puri^le Guava, to which ours is so closely related, Lindley remarks : 

 " The excellent flavor of its fruit, which is very like strawberries and cream, is far superior 

 to either P. pyriferum, pomiferum, or j^olycarpon." Mr. Sabine remarks of the fruit of this 

 species, that " it is juicy, of consistence much like that of a strawberry, to which it bears 

 some resemblance in flavor." 



Whether the Florida species may become valuable when cultivated, is uncertain, but, in a 

 genus so generally interesting for their fruit, says Nuttall, the " experiment is worth making." 



The Guava will now be sought as a useful ornament, like the Eugenia ugni, for its beauty 

 and its fruit. 



We possess, too, in Florida, a Eugenia, the dichotoma or fragrans, an elegant and fragi-ant 

 species not yet introduced. This genus was named in honor of Prince Eugene of Savoy, 

 who was an encourager of botany, and possessed a botanic garden. 



The origin of Cuba Bast is at length discovered. The substance known itnder this name 

 has now become familiar to gardeners, in consequence of its general substitution for Russian 

 ng in tying up plants ; but nobody could make out what tree produced it. In 

 inquiry directed to quarters where information on such points might have been expec 



