244 GAKDEN PLANTS. PART II. 



I was surprised to find on the Nilgherries that the Plums grown 

 there, though large handsome fruits, were nearly as unfit for 

 the dessert as those produced on the plains in the North of India. 



The general mode of cultivating the Plum in this country is 

 as near as possible the same as that adopted with the Peach. 



Dr. Eiddel states that he never succeeded in budding the 

 Plum on the Peach. At Ferozepore I made many buddings of 

 the Plum on the Peach-stock, and found not the least difficulty 

 in doing so. The plants, however, made such prodigious growth 

 as to become quite unmanageable. It seems far preferable to 

 bud Upon seedlings of the Plum itself as stocks. 



Prunus Bokharensis. 



BOKHARA PLUM. 



Aroo Bokhara. 



The fruit of this tree is well known in India from the quan- 

 tities of it brought down annually in a dried state from Caubool. 

 The tree itself thrives vigorously in the Upper Provinces, and is 

 very common in gardens in the Punjab, where it bears abun- 

 dantly. The fruit makes a good preserve, but is only eatable 

 when cooked. 



Cerasus vulgaris. 



CHEERY. 



Every attempt to cultivate the Cherry in the plains of India 

 has hitherto proved an utter failure. There seems not the 

 remotest probability of its ever being brought to succeed in a 

 climate so decidedly uncongenial to it. 



Two or three species of Cherry, however, indigenous to India 

 are met with in the hills. One, C. Jenkinsii, a native of Khassya, 

 thrives and bears fruit at Gowhatti ; but such as is only eatable 

 in tarts or preserved in brandy. 



POMACES. 



Cydonia vulgaris. 



QUINCE. 



The Quince-tree is not uncommon in the Upper Provinces. 

 At Lahore it ripens fair-sized fruit at the end of June and in 



