30 THE LYCHEE AND LUNGAN 



seem that any botanist has found the lychee in a truly wild state 

 probably because the southern part of China towards Siam has been 

 little visited. George Watt l in his Dictionary of economic products 

 of India, 1891, also considers these fruits under Nephelium. He 

 speaks of its success in India, especially Bengal and he quotes Dr. 

 Bonavia's enthusiastic remarks in the Pionar. 



All the literature on the lichee in the United States is very 

 recent. One of the first references is in an article by Prof. 

 C. C. Georgeson l in whicles he notes that the lychee has been 

 introduced into the extreme south of Japan, but that it does not 

 readily adapt itself to climates differing much to that peculiar to its 

 native habitat, southern China and the Malay Archipelago. A full 

 size illustration of the leaf and fruit is given under the name 

 Nephelium or Lit.ch.i-Nut. "Nut Culture in the United States, " 

 a United States Department of Agriculture publication by W. P. 

 Corsa 3 includes the lychee fruit as an introduced species under the 

 name Leechee (Nephelium litchi Cambess) as it also does the 

 Rambutan (Nephelium lappaceum). It speaks of the lychee as a 

 product generally on sale at Chinese shops in different cities and often 

 called Chinese nut. An interesting and important account of its 

 frost resisting qualities is given and the statement made that specimens 

 of this fruit, grown in Florida, were on exhibit at the Rose and 

 Strawberry Show of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, June 26, 

 1883. 



The Pharmaceutical Review 4 of 1897 mentions under Sap- 

 indaceae three of the important fruits of this family. It records 

 under "Longan" that the fruits are cultivated in Cuba from China 

 and that they have a winy taste and are refrigerant; that " Rambustan " 



1 Watt, George, A dictionary of economic products of India, Calcutta, 

 printed by the Superintendent of Government printing, 1889-1893, 6 volumes. 

 Vol. 5, pages 346 and 347. 



2 Georgeson, C. C., The economic plants of Japan in the j^piERTCAN 

 GARDEN, an illustrated journal of horticulture, Vol. 12, No. 3, March, 1891, 

 pages 269 and 270. 



* Corsa, W. P., Nut culture in the United States, embracing native and 

 introduced species. Washington, Government printing office, 1896, page 

 105. 



4 Pharmaceutical Review, formerly Pharmactutische Rundschau. 

 Pharmacexitical Review Publishing Company, Milwaukee, 1897, Vol. 15, 

 pages 89 and 90. 



