TROP^OLUM 



EE. Petals entire. 



10. tuberdsum, Ruiz. & Pav. Root producing a pyri- 

 form irregular tuber 2-a in. long: stem climbing, gla- 

 brous; Ivs. peltate near the base, coriiate-orbicular, 5- 

 lobed nearly or quite to the middle: Us. rather small, 

 the calyx and long spur red, the petals yellow, small 

 and nearly erect and little exceeding the calyx. Peru. 

 B.M. :i714. F.S. 5:452. P.M. 5:49. R.H. 185:!:341 

 (tubers). .T.H. III. 30:385. -Plant stands some frost. 

 In Peru, the tubers are eaten, and the plant is some- 

 times cult, in Europe for the tubers. It appears in the 

 Amer. catalogues of European dealers. The tubers are 

 usually boiled. 



DDD. Xcs. entire or only undulate. 

 E. Plant pilose. 



11. Lobbiinnm, Veitch. Annual, climbing, hairy all 

 over except the under parts of the Ivs. and the petals: 

 Ivs. very long-stalked, peltate, nearly orbicular, undu- 

 late and with points on the margin: fls. large, long- 

 spurred, orange-red, the two upper petals large, broad 

 and entire, the three lower ones small and clawed and 

 coarsely toothed and also fringed ou the claws. Colom- 

 bia. B.M. 4097. P.S. 2:G7. P.M. 11:271. Var. Bmbri- 

 &tum, Hort., has all the petals toothed or fringed. R.H. 

 1856:101. — Seldom seen in its pure state. 



EE. Plant glabrous. 



12. majus, Linn. Figs. 2585, 2586. Strong-growing> 

 somewhat succulent climbing annual : Ivs. peltate, 

 nearlv orbicular aud undulate-angled : tls. large, mostly 

 in shades of yi-ll^iw or oranijf. with straidit spur, the 2 



lowc'i- "■.' ■ ■■ II •! ' I : ■. ..'I 1 1,. . I, . ., Peru. 



of the veins : 



2585. TropEeolum majus. 



□ n. Fig. 2587. Dwarf annual, not climb- 

 all its parts : Ivs. apiculate at the ends 

 s. with narrow apiculate petals. Peru. 



TROPICAL FRUITS 



B.M. 98.-Very likely blended with T. m, 

 zation, in garden forms. 



T. digitatum. Karst. Climber, with root fibi 



5-7-lobed: fls. yellow, 1 in. in diam., the spur 



petals fimbriate. Venezuela.— T. edule. Pax 



orbicular, with 5 



1861 



P.M. 11:127. -"T. hederee- 

 is offered by A. Bl.-ino in 

 T. Liiidmi. G. Wail. Beau- 

 limber with liirge, peltate, 

 pur 



leil with whil 



d beautifully 

 above: fls. on 

 long pedicels, the long tube red 

 and the calyx-lobes green. Co- 

 lombia. I.H. 41:267. L. H. B. 



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packing and preparation, and by selecting fruit which 

 riiHiis iu the "dry season " when packing facilities are 

 as ;:, 11,(1 as those of a temperate climate. It is very 

 doiiiitful, however, whether subtropical fruits grown in 

 a humid climate can ever equal in their keeping qualities 

 those produced in a lower temperature and drier cli- 

 mate. It has been proved that fruit can be safely trans- 

 ported to long distances if properly handled, but the 

 treatment to be undergone differs considerably from 

 that which the fruits of temperate ciiT>i;tt'*s v-'inire. 

 Many tropical fruits are nothing mnr. ilim vvli:ii -li.mld 

 be called wayside morsels, that is I" li ii idi- 



ble, they are seldom of a quality ^n -nt, 



and are consumed mostly by chiblii n mmI \\ :i ;. I :in'rs. 

 By selection and cross-breeding these s:iiiif fruits are 

 being much improved, and strains will probably be pro- 

 duced which iu the future will be largely sought for, as 

 there are good indications of success in varieties which 

 have already appeared. This is work which must be 

 systematically adopted to sustain a regular export trade 

 in tropical fruits, and a good start has been made from 

 several points 



