666 THE GUAVA. 



tinct, with thick, shining, dark-green leaves like the camellia, 

 but smaller. These are subtropical and almost as hardy as 

 the orange. The first, sometimes called Strawberry guava, 

 bears a dark crimson fruit, from an inch to an inch and a half 

 in diameter, while that of the latter is lemon or cream-color. 

 If the fruit were not produced in such enormous quantities 

 it would be larger, as it always is whenever there is a light 

 crop, which rarely happens. 



PROPAGATION. 



It is easily grown from seed, cuttings, or layers, and, where 

 there is a little frost, may be safely carried through the winter 

 by bending down and covering the branches with straw and 

 earth. 



