SIS JAMROSADE CULTIVATED IN FfxANCE. 



^ were rapidly fecundated^ the greater part of them being suc- 

 ceeded by ripe fruits, of which I gathered more than 40. Some 

 of the finest are preserved in the gallery of Natural History j 



SseJs sown, of others, which fell off, I have already sown the seeds : and 

 others still on the tree will be suffered to remain till they drop 

 off spontaneously, that I may be quite certain their seeds are 

 perfectly ripe. From an examination of the kernel, which soon 

 changes to a hard, horny substance, it is not surprising, that all 

 the seeds imported from abroad have hitherto failed, unless they 

 have been sent packed in earth ; and I therefore deemed it ne- 

 cessary to sow them in a few days after they fell from the tree. 



Treatment of To make success in this point doubly sure, 1 employed a 

 method, the good effects of which I have often experienced. 

 This was, after taking the nuts out of the fruit, to put them in 

 my breeches pocket for 2 or 3 days. This sort of animal bath 

 is preferable to the custom which has hitherto prevailed of im- 

 mersing many seeds of hot climates in pure water. 



Mode of sow- ^ finally sowed these nuts about half an inch deep in pots of 



ing. earth, plunged in a very gentle hot bed. At the approach of 



frost they will be removed to the tan-bed of the stove, when 

 the essential point to attend to, will be to moderate the humi- 

 dity, heat, and light, so that the young plants may not appear 

 till spring. 



The plants I ^^^^e not hope that this tree will soon be naturalized to live 



may probably in the open air in any part of France-, for, its buds (gemmae) 

 tlirive in a , , , . , i t i . 



temperate "^^'^ ^^ scales ; but we may reasonaoly expect, that the plants 



stove. raised from seeds here will not be so delicate as imported plants, 



and that tliey may succeed in a temperate stove, or orangery : 



nay, it is even possible, that such plants may survive through 



winter in some of the warm spots under our southern maritime 



alps, or in the island of Corsica. For this purpose, they should 



be planted with ora^/ge trees, citj-on trees, and guava trees, 



among which the jamrosade thrives in its native country, or 



such colonies as it has been transported to. 



XIV. 



