258 GARDEN PLANTS. PART II. 



OLEACE^E. 



Olea Europsea, 



OLIVE. 



The Olive-tree is a native of the south of Europe, and though 

 introduced into this country a great many years ago, has never, 

 as far as the bearing of fruit is concerned, been cultivated with 

 success. The tree seems to thrive tolerably well, but is unpro- 

 ductive. Dr. Yoigt says that it " was introduced into the 

 Calcutta Botanical Gardens in 1800, but had not flowered up to 

 1814 ; " and Dr. Graham states that " the climate seems to suit 

 it, and it may possibly hereafter become of some importance." 

 Trees, however, exist in the Calcutta Botanical Gardens still, 

 but up to the present time have never borne. 



The cultivation of the Olive has been attempted of late to 

 some extent in the Punjab, but not seemingly with the prospect 

 of any success. A very hot climate, M. Du Breuil states, is 

 as prejudicial to it as a cold one, and that though it has been 

 seen to attain to an immense size at Cayenne and St. Domingo, 

 it has never fruited in those parts. 



SOLANACE^E. 

 Physalis Peruviana. 



PERUVIAN CHERRY CAPE GOOSEBERRY. 



Tipdree. 



A herbaceous perennial, native of Peru ; naturalised at the 

 Cape, and very generally cultivated in this country. 



The fruit, which exactly resembles that of the Winter-cherry 

 of the English gardens, to which indeed it is closely allied, is 

 concealed in a dry leafy appendage, is of a bright amber colour, 

 of the precise size and form of a Cherry, and as delicious and 

 serviceable as any the country produces. No fruit in the world 

 perhaps affords a more excellent preserve. 



Seeds should be sown in May or June, and the seedlings planted 

 out in the open ground in rows four feet apart, and at the dis- 

 tance of two feet from each other. They will thrive in common 

 garden soil, but better in that which has been somewhat 



