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Propagat ion 



Propagation is effected largely "by seeds and all varieties 

 are increased by cuttings, suckers, layers, and scarce sorts 

 "by grafting on a corramon sort. 



Soil 



It requires a rich, "but at the sairie time a rather sandy 

 soil. 



Culture 



The poraegranate requires much priming, and the center 

 shoots "being kept thinned out, or it will soon get crowded and 

 straggling, with a quantity of useless wood, 



Litchi, Nephelium Litchi iCorrib,) 

 Origin 



Tropical America, cultivated for how many centuries not 

 known. 



Description and HaTaitat 



Leaflets 2-B, opposite or alternate oljlong lanceolate or 

 ovate, accurninate above, quite glalsrous, shining beneath, 

 glaucous, glabrous or very nearly so, lateral veins obsolete, 

 base cuneate, panicle tenriiinal, calyx 4-5 dentate, petals 0, 

 disk glabrous, stamens 6-10 at length, exserted, fruit tubercl- 

 ed. 



Widely ciiltivated in India ; introduced from S, China, 

 A fine tree of moderate height with spreading branches. 



