98 INTRODUCTION OF ECONOMIC PLANTS 



Botanic Gardens Growing in Captain Wickham's 

 garden, at Newstead, in 1856, and in the Brisbane 

 Botanic Gardens in 1861. 



A. miiricata {Sour Sop), and C. Cherimolia [Ghprimoyer). 

 Growing in Captain Wickham's garden in 1856; and 

 at the Brisbane Botanic Gardens in 1861. The la,st- 

 mentioned fruited at the Gardens for the first time in 

 1867. 



A. reticulata {BullocFs Heart). 



Growing at Bowen Bark in 1866. 



Thirty-four custard apples were distributed from the 

 Brisbane Botanic Gardens in 1862, but the species 

 are not recorded. 557 bushels of custard apples 

 were produced from thirteen acres in 1908. 



Date [Phoenix dactylifera). 



Growing in Captain Wickham's garden, at Newstead, 

 in 1856, and in the Brisbane Botanic Gardens in i867. 

 Some years ago the Acclimatisation Society distributed 

 plants of good varieties to some western localities, 

 and good fruit has recently been received in Biis])ane 

 from some plants growing near Charleville. The 

 first plantation was one formed by Mr. Barnes, at 

 Mackay, prior to 1868. 



Dtjrian {Durio Zibethinus). 



Received by M. C. O'Connell, Port Curtis, and a 

 gardener in Brisbane in 1854, from the Sydney 

 Botanic Gardens, and introduced by the Brisbane 

 Botanic Gardens and Acclimatisation Societ\ in 1867. 

 Distributed in that ^'^ear. and also in 1874. but has 

 not thriven for the same reason as that given in the 

 case of the Mangosteen. 



Fig (Ficus carica). 



The following varieties were growing in the Brisbane 

 Botanic Gardens in 1871, viz. : — Smyrna. Black, 

 BroAvn and Green Isr-hia. Several other varieties 

 have been introduced by the Department of Agri- 

 culture since 1888. 741 bushels of fruit wore pro- 

 duced from ten acres in 1908. 



Grape, Currant and Raisin iVitis vinifera). 



Backhouse and Walker saw grapes growing near 

 Brisbane in 1836. In 1856, Captain Wickham had 

 vines growing at Newstead, and twenty varieties 



