410 VEGETABLE SUBSTANCES. 



The Jujube (Zizypf/us jujuba) belong;s to the 

 very numerous genus of the buckthorns (^Rhamni). 

 It is found in the south of Europe ; hut nowhere is 

 it brought to so much perfection as in China, where 

 there are upwards of sixty kinds, all of them highly 

 esteemed. In the opinion of Mr. Lindley, (Trans. 

 Hor. Soc, V. 123,) the Chinese jujube might be 

 fruited in greenhouses in England, with a very mode- 

 rate degree of artificial heat. 



The Kaki, or Chinese Date-plum (Diospyrus kaki)y 

 is a tree of a middle size, bearing a fruit about the 

 size of an apple, of a reddish orange colour, and 

 with a very luscious, brownish, semi-transparent 

 pulp. The fruit of one species is dried with sugar, 

 like figs. 



The Loquat, or Japanese medlar (Eriobotrya ja- 

 ponica), is a large tree, producing a fine fruit, having 

 much the flavour of an apple. The fruit grows in 

 clusters, is of an oblong shape, and about the size of 

 a small plum. The tree is verj' handsome, and bears 

 the open air in this country, if the winter be not too 

 severe. It was first introduced from Japan in 1787. 

 It has produced fruit in England. 



