252 GAKDEN PLANTS. PAET II. 



India. Perhaps a watering overhead with the watering-can 

 might conduce to the same result. 



The Strawberry requires daily watering during the time of 

 its growth and bearing. And afterwards likewise during the 

 dry season it suffers severely, and is almost sure to perish if 

 not frequently watered. On the other hand it is not at all 

 injured by the Kains, particularly if planted on ground somewhat 

 raised, so as to escape being flooded. The fruit requires to be 

 covered with a net, or protected in some other way when 

 ripening, else it is sure to be devoured by birds. 



EHAMNACE^E. 

 Zizyphus vulgaris. 



LONG PLUM ROUND PLUM. 



Kool-Phul 



A small thorny tree ; native of Syria and the Levant : com- 

 mon about Calcutta. Comes into blossom towards the end of 

 September, bearing small greenish-white flowers, and ripens its 

 fruit towards the end of January. 



The fruit has a thin pale-green smooth rind like that of an 

 Apple, and bears a stone in the centre. Between the stone and 

 the rind is a pleasant, crisp, refreshing substance like that of a 

 juicy Apple, but with no very marked flavour. Dr. Hogg, in 

 his report on the Paris International Exhibition of 1867, states : 

 f< This is sold in Covent Garden Market under the name of 

 Japonicas, with what reason it is impossible to tell. It is from 

 this fruit that the confection called Jujubes receives its name, 

 and which should consist of gum Arabic and sugar dissolved in 

 the decoction of this fruit and then evaporated to its proper 

 consistence ; but as made in England the fruit forms no part of 

 the ingredient." 



There are two varieties ; one of the form and size of a Swan's- 

 egg Plum, the other of the same size, but round. The tree that 

 bears the oval fruit has oval leaves, and the one that bears the 

 round fruit round ones. The tree is of the most rapid growth ; 

 immediately after it has produced its crop of fruit, it is the 

 custom of the malees to prune it severely, and to cut in branches 

 even that are nearly as thick as a man's wrist. 



