598 THE GUAVA, LO-QUAT, GRANADILLA, ETC. 



The fruit is highly perfumed and delicious in flavour, and this is one 

 of the handsomest trees for a conservative wall, on account of its fine 

 large foliage. 



The Granadilla (Passiflora, L.) : There are several species of this 

 genus, the fruit of which may be eaten viz., the granadilla vine (P. 

 quadrangularis, L.) ; the apple-fruited granadilla, or sweet calabash 

 (P. maliformis, L.) ; the laurel-leaved granadilla, or water lemon (P. lau- 

 rifolia, L.) ; the flesh-coloured granadilla, (P. incarnata, L.) ; the large 

 new granadilla (P. macrocarpa) ; the yellow granadilla (P. glauca) ; 

 and the purple granadilla (P. edulis.) The latter will ripen its fruit in 

 a greenhouse, but the others require a stove. The fruit of most of 

 these is highly prized for the dessert, and makes excellent ices. They 

 are all highly ornamental twining shrubs, natives of South America or 

 the West Indies, and require abundance of room, and to be trained 

 close to the glass in the stove, excepting P. edulis, which may be 

 trained under the rafter of a greenhouse. 



The Indian fig, or prickly pear (Opuntia vulgaris, Haw.), is a native 

 of Barbary, naturalized in the south of Italy, and cultivated in Vir- 

 ginia. The fruit is of a purplish red, with an agreeable subacid flavour. 

 It requires a dry soil, and the protection of glass to ripen its fruit 

 properly ; but it would produce abundantly in a pit in a layer of soil 

 on a bed of stones, which admitted of being occasionally heated 

 by a flue. 



The Pawpaw (Carica Papaya, L.) is a cucurbitaceous tree, a native 

 of the East Indies, of rapid growth in our stoves, and soon producing 

 a very showy fruit, larger than a lemon, and agreeable to the taste. 

 It has been ripened and sent to table at Ripley Castle, and probably 

 other places. 



The Olive (Olea europaea, L.) is a branchy low evergreen tree which 

 requires the protection of a greenhouse, and might be cultivated for 

 the sake of its fruit for pickling. 



Other exotic fruits which might be cultivated by the amateur, or 

 which may be included in a select collection of stove-plants, are as 

 follows : The Great Indian Fig (Opuntia Tuna) ; the Barbadoes Goose- 

 berry (Pereskia aculeata) ; the Strawberry Pear (Cereus triangularis) ; 

 the Akee Tree (Blighia sapida) ; the Alligator Pear, or Avocado Pear 

 (Laurus Persea) ; the Anchovy Pear (Grias cauliflora) ; the Durion 

 (Durio zebethinus) ; the Jamrosade Apple, or rose-apple (Eugenia 

 Jambos) ; the Malay Apple (E. malaccensis) ; the Bastard Guava (E. 

 Pseudo-Psidium) ; the Cayenne Cherry (E. cotinifolia) ; the Cherimoyer 

 ( Anona Cherimolia) ; the Custard Apple (A. reticulata) ; the Alligator 

 Apple (A. palustris) ; the Sweetsop (A. squamosa) ; the Soursop (A. 

 muricata) ; the Mammee Apple (Mammea americana) ; the Lee-chee 

 (Euphoria Litchi); the Long-yen (E. Longana) ; the Mango Tree (Man- 

 gifera indica) ; the Mangosteen, or Mangustin (Garcinia Mangostana). 

 This has been very successfully fruited at Zion House, near London, and 

 has been pronounced the most delicious of all fruits. The Cocoa-nut, 

 (Cocos nucifera) ; the Bread-fruit (Artocarpus incisa) ; the Chinese 

 Leincn (Triphasia aurantiola); the True Lotus (Zizyphus Lotus) ; the 



