BY J. F. BAILEY. 101 



MONSTERA DELICIOSA. 



Introduced bv the Acclimatisation Society in 1874, 

 and fruited in 1876. 



Papaw (Carica papaya). 



Growing in the Brisbane Botanic Gardens in 1861. 

 Since then good varieties have been frequently intro- 

 duced by the Gardens, the Acclimatisation Society 

 and the Department of Agriculture. 9,845 doz. fruit 

 from 55 acres was tl\e production in 1908. 



Passion Fruit {Passi flora pdulis) and the 



Granadilla (P. quadranqularis) 



Were growing in the Brisbane Botanic Gardens in 1861. 



Persimmon {Diospyros kaki). 



Growing in Captain Wickham's garden, at Newstead. 

 in 1856, and in the Brisbane Botanic Gardens and 

 Bowen Park in 1865. In 1875. the Acclimatisation 

 Society imported ten varieties, and in 1889, the 

 Department of Agriculture twenty varieties, from 

 Japan. In 1908, seventeen acres produced 670 bushels 

 of fruit. 



Pineapple {Ananas saliva). 



Backhouse records having seen pineapples growing 

 at Brisbane in 1836. They were grown by Captain 

 Wickham, at Newstead, in 1S56, and in 1861, twelve 

 varieties were represented in the Brisbane Botanic 

 Gardens, those doing best being Cayenne, Enville, 

 Black Jamaica, Queen, Ripley Queen, and Moscow 

 Queen. Good varieties have also been introduced 

 from time to time by the Acclimatisation Society, 

 James Pink and others. The 2,171 acres under cul- 

 tivation produced 598,794 dozen fruit in 1908. 



Rose Apple {Eugenia jamhos). 



Introduced by the Brisbane Botanic Gardens prior 

 to 1861, and growinof at Bowen Park in 1866. 

 Another species of Eiigenia, viz., E. uniflora, the 

 Brazilian Cherry, was growing at Bowen Park in 1869. 



Rosella {Hibiscus sabdariffa). 



Growing in the Bris))ane Botanic Gardens in 1875. 



Sapodilla Plum {Achras sapota). 



Growing at the Brisbane Botanic Gardens in 1861, 

 and distributed in 1875. 



