266 GARDEN PLANTS. TART II. 



Jambosa alba. 

 JumrooL 



A moderate-sized tree, with large, dark, handsome foliage, 

 native of the Islands of the Indian Archipelago, very ornamental 

 when covered with its crop of fruit in the Rain season. 



The fruit is of the size of a small Apple, pure white, shining, 

 and wax-like, has a raw, watery, insipid taste, and is hardly fit 

 to be eaten. 



Propagated from seed. 



Jambosa aquea. 

 Lai Jumrool. 



A tree of considerable size, native of India, with foliage of 

 large, noble, lanceolate leaves, blossoms in March, and bears 

 fruit in May and June, when, as Koxburgh truly says, it is 

 "conspicuously beautiful with the drooping branches of the 

 full-grown, brilliant-coloured fruit appearing through the dark 

 deep-green leaves." 



The fruit is of the size of a small Apple, of a waxy appear- 

 ance, and has a somewhat aromatic taste, but is hardly eatable. 

 There are two varieties, the one perfectly white, and the other 

 of a beautiful lively pale rose colour. 



Propagated from seed* 



CACTACE^E. 

 Opuntia vulgaris. 



PKICKLY PEAR INDIAN FIG. 



A description of Cactus, with flat, succulent,oval, spinous leaves, 

 which bears a large pear-like fruit, covered with sharp, needle-like 

 spines. On cutting open the thick succulent rind of the fruit a 

 jelly-like pulp is found, which, though of little flavour, is cool 

 and refreshing. It is sold in immense quantities in Egypt, where 

 the poor almost live upon it. The plant is a native of South 

 America, and has been introduced into Lower Bengal, where, 

 however, Dr. Yoigt states that it has never flowered. Probably 

 it might prove productive if tried in the Upper Provinces. 



It may be propagated by seed, or by removing a leaf and 

 inserting the stalk-end an inch or so in sand. 



