deep red colour. Tliis kind is largely used for culinary purposes and 

 preserving. Tree hardy and prolific. Ripens about the same time as the 

 last-named variety. 



Rea's Mammoth. An excellent American variety with fruit similar in 

 appearance to the Appk-shaped, but ve^ much larger, and first-class in 

 quality. Tree vigorous and prolific. 



RAMBUTAN. 



This is one of the names used in India for the fruit of Ne 

 lappacenm (Euphoria Sephelium, Sct/talia liambutun], an evergreen small 

 tree belonging to the order Sapindacese, and closely allied to the Li-tchi 

 and Longan. It also passes under the vernacular name of Rampostan. 

 This tree is indigenous to South India, the Malay Archipelago, and other 

 parts of Southern Asia. It is generally cultivated in India, where its 

 fruit is greatly appreciated and by many preferred to the Li-tchi. The 

 fruit is oval, about two inches long, slightly flattened, and covered with 

 soft fleshy spines. The pulp has a pleasant sub-acid flavour. The fruit 

 is used in the same way as the Li-tchi, and for full particulars as to 

 cultivation see article upon that fruit, page 117. 



An allied species, NephfUum pinnatum, yields the fruit known in Fiji 

 under the native name of " Dawa." It is indigenous to Fiji, the New 

 Hebrides, and other South Sea Islands, and is a handsome evergreen tree 

 attaining a height of fifty or sixty feet, The fruit is about the size of a 

 Walnut, and contains a glutinous honey-like pulp, which is greatly 

 relished by the South Sea Islanders in localities where it grows. This 

 species may be cultivated under the same conditions as required for the 

 others, and similar directions will apply. 



RAMLEH. 



This is the native name for the fruit of Pieravdid tlulcix (saflida ), a 

 small evergreen tree indigenous to Burmah, Sumatra, and the Malay 

 Peninsula, belonging to the order Sapindacese. The tree has entire 

 oblong leaves, yellow flowers, and bears smooth yellow fruit about the size 

 of a large Gooseberry, which has a sweet luscious pulp, and is greatly 

 esteemed by the Burmese. In some of its native regions the fruit is 

 known as the Choopah. This tree can only be successfully cultivated in 

 the tropical portions of Australia, but in congenial regions it is worthy of 

 attention both as a fruit-yielding and as an ornamental plant. Propagation 

 can be readily effected by seed, which should be planted an inch deep. 

 Plants may be obtained from layers, and cuttings of ripened wood of the 

 current season's growth will strike freely in sand if protected from the 

 weather. 



