THE GUAYA— PSIDTUM CATTLYANUM. 117 



Gicttat2is^ described by Agassiz, in his "Lake Superior," 

 pp. 286, 289. 



Mr. Palmer, of the United States Exploring Expedition, 

 communicated some very interesting lacts in regard to the 

 Guava, a tropical iruit growing in great abundance in 

 Paraguay. Prof. KirUand, through his skill as an horticul- 

 turist, has succeeded in growing and ripening the Guava, 

 a ripe specimen of which was presented to the Editor of 

 this paper, ( Ohio Farmer^) one day last week, and which 

 is noticed at length by Prof. Kirtland in another column. 



After spending an hour in social conversation and the 

 discussion of scientific topics, the meeting adjourned till 

 Friday evening, the 21st inst. 



THE GUAVA-PSIDIUM CATTLYANUM. 



BY PROF. J. P. KIRTLAND. 



Read before the Cleveland Academy of Natural Science, November 14, 1856. 



This fruit, {Psidium^) a sample of which I herewith send 

 you, was produced in my green -house, treated with the 

 ordinary care of the tenants of that establishment. As an 

 edible 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 the attention of 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 Lon- 

 don, Vol. IV., page 31G, is contained a beautiful colored 

 plate of the Fsidium Cattlyanum^ the name under which 

 I procured mine; but as the fruit of the one is of a deep 



