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GARDEN. 



FIG. 386. Pomegranate, 

 diam. 



THE POMEGRANATE. 



In this country the Pomegranate (Punica Gra- 

 natum) is grown for its flower, and not for its fruit. 

 The first time I saw it on the tree, at Cette, it 

 greatly delighted me. The juice is particularly 

 refreshing, especially at times when the stomach 



^^ cannot bear the pulp of other fruits, as, for instance, 



after an attack of typhoid fever. Its large conspicuous fruit (fig. 386) 

 is very interesting, and leads us to exclaim with Thomson : 



"Nor. on its slender twigs 

 Low bending, be the full pomegranate scorned." 



EUGENIA UGNI. 



I planted many trees of the Eugenia ugni (fig. 387), which was said 



^ to be hardy. However, every tree out of doors died. Those 



\ which were protected yielded small berries of a pleasant 



1 odour and somewhat of a turpentine taste. The general 



jjjb^ verdict of those who have tasted the fruit is rather against 



Hi than for it, and in fact it has gone out of cultivation. It 



\^i may be propagated by seeds, and probably by cuttings, 



FIG. 387. 



Eugenia ugni. which I have never tried. The late Sir W. Dilke took 

 great pains to bring this fruit into general use. 



THE CAPE GOOSEBERRY. 



The Cape Gooseberry (Physalis edulis, 

 fig. 388) is another unimportant plant, which 

 some people like. It may be easily grown out 

 of doors, or in the orchard-house during sum- 

 mer or in the greenhouse during winter, and 



FIG. 3 88. Cape Gooseberry. gives abundant fruit. It may readily be raised 

 from seed, and propagated by cuttings. 



THE CRANBERRY. 



I have made great efforts to grow both the American and English 

 Cranberry (Oxy coccus), with very limited success, and I have pursued 



