CASHEW FAMILY. V7 
its cultivation as a shade tree. It has i in its favor a graceful habit, is 
aay and pute free from insects 
rdy, growing where almost any ‘other would not survive. The ob objec- 
tions to it are, the disagreeable odor it emits when in flower, and the 
d 
weat. 
nate flowers, but as the tree is not perfectly dicecious, the mir ges ones 
producing more or less staminate agtihong the difficulty could not be 
obviated by cutting down the sterile ont there being no means of dis- 
tinguishing them while young. In streets the rapid lets ese is 
is cultivated in open 
an objection as where soi aa 
grounds, though even here the will i Sa it 
in contact with the ea The y pri bet bricks 
a -stones, in areas and small plots, and even on window: 
and in crevices in the walls of buildings; and in mult of 
ings becomes an absolute nuisan ill, notwithstanding all these 
tropical as of its foliage and the large massy- bunches of sipeine 
fruit, oh gion variously tinged wien: sm or brownish. The tree has 
been recommended for cultiva praleip, labs and others ee 
there is a scarcity of time for enc le ae fag: as rapidity of 
growth is concerned, i eg materi use, but 
it is not known whe fnae ‘the | toaber would be cuflicently pigs ‘The 
wood, though brittle, is very hard and takes a good polish. 
Orper XVII. ANACARDIA’CEZ. (Casnew Fairy.) 
rubs, with a resinous or y, often acrid a which turns black in es fi 
Trees or shi 
alsernate dotless ir without pet fon small, oak n polygamous, regular pentand 
flowers. Petals cated in the bud. Ovary 1-c celled (by abortion), but — 3 sayien oo or 
stigmas, and a single ov i it: indehiscent, usually drupaceo out albu- 
men ; embryo curved 
In the tropical regions, this nie « presents ag of much interest: such as that 
which yields the celebrated Maks fru inst gife ifera atm Cashew nut (Anacar- 
CF 
is obtained from the Pintacia Torebinkhas, L. 
1. RHUS’, L. Sumac. ee 
[Greek, Rhous,—or Celtic Rhudd,—red ; the prevailing color of the fruit] 
Sepals 5, connected t base, persistent. Petals 5, —_ 8 ,and 
with the icsagenl ner under t e margin of an _ Dru ; 
all cantly uite dry ; mt — ere Polppeanidiadions 
pinnate or tial; ; common papery poemael at : 
the buds of the Spree: year. ee 
