18 Culture of California Bulbs. 
HORTICULTURAL SCHOLARSHIPS. 
The plans of the late Henry Shaw for making his famous 
garden at St. Louis useful for botany in the broadest sense, com- 
prise the establishment of several scholarships’ for young men 
fitting themselves for the vocation of practical gardeners. In ac- 
cordance with these plans, his trustees have created six such 
scholarships, which pay the living expenses of the pupils holding 
them during the six years of the course, while they are lodged in 
a cottage adjoining the garden. Three of these scholarships are 
to be awarded in March next, and young men who wish to com- 
pete for them can obtain all necessary information by addressing 
the Director of the Botanical Gardens at St. Louis, Mo. 
LITTLE KNOWN FRUITS. 
The tree tomato (Solanum betaceum) is a highly ornamental 
shrub, a native of South American counties. 
In Ceylon and India, where it is also cultivated, it is known 
as the ‘poor man’s fruit,’ and is extensively grown for food. Its 
delicious fruit ripens out of doors in Southern California from 
Christmas time to the middle of February. As a greenhouse 
plant it is well worth attention in the east. 
The mature fruit is of a saturn red, with a carmine blush and 
veining, egg-shaped, near the size of a hen’s egg, with solid flesh. 
The fruit has a fine tomato-like flavor, will bear transportation 
well, and possesses good keeping qualities. It can be served asa 
dessert fruit, or may be cooked in a multitude of ways. Also 
useful for jelly making. It is becoming deservedly popular 
among its acquaintances, but as yet has been tried by only a few 
progressive growers. 
CULTURE OF CALIFORNIA BULBS. 
In California climate, where the thermometer never registers 
lower than 14° above zero, my treatment of these bulbs is sub- 
stantially as follows: 
CALOCHORTUS. Use boxes eight to twelve inches deep. In 
the bottom place clay loam three to four inches deep, packing well. 
On this a thin layer, an inch or so, of sand, in which plant the 
bulbs. Three inches each way is ample space. The covering 
