BIZZARKIA. 



According to a critical comparison of Engler's discoveries 

 wild Agrumi were found at the foot of the Himalayas 

 and in other neighbouring Indian districts. There, too, 

 the bitter Orange grows wild. The sweet Orange and 

 Mandarin, on the other hand, are indigenous to Cochin 

 China and South China. The origin of the Pample- 

 mousse is still uncertain. 



There is a striking sport, or freak, in the Gardens, 

 indicated in the Catalogue as "C'itnis ^[iirauUiim var. 

 BiiddJurfing'crcd" . The peculiarit\' consists in the indi- 

 vidual divisions of the Orange growing free instead of 

 being luiited into a single, round fruit. So that the 

 Orange develops a number of protuberances reminding 

 one slightly of a hand \\\\\\ out-stretched fingers. This 

 led to its being likened in India to Buddlra's hand, 

 and ga\'e rise to superstitious fables. Similar freaks 

 occur in the Citrons and Lemons, and are perpetuated 

 bA' praftino". 



Far and a\^•a^■ the most remarkable of the "Agrumi" 

 is the Bizzarria, wliich bears Oranges, Lemons and 

 Citrons all together. It produces also intermediate forms, 

 as well as fruits which ha\'e some oi their divisions like 

 those of Oranges and others like those of Lemons or 

 Citrons. Bizzarrias liaA e been described the fruits of 

 which united the characteristics of fh'e dilferent species 

 of ^Vgrumi. The origin of the Bizzarria is not as yet 

 understood. Thei,- are considered hx some authorities 

 to be hybrids, while others maintain =that the^' arose by 

 the fortuitnus blending of the characteristics of the 

 stock and the scion. This would be remarkable, for 



