132 FOEEST TUETIS. 



Cultivation. — The tree is easily propagated from 

 seeds, grafts and layers, Inarchiag or grafting 

 induces early fertility and improves the quality of 

 the fruit. If two seedlings are planted together in 

 one pit, during the rainy season, they can be conveni- 

 - ently inarched in the subsequent warm season. 

 The loquat tree is rather a gross feeder, and to 

 secure the finest crops of fruit it needs a rich gar- 

 den soil with occasional top-dressing of good farm- 

 yard manure. The fruit ripens in August and 

 September. Put out seedlings or grafts in August 

 at 20 — 25 feet apart. The pits should not be less 

 than 3 feet cubes. 



Several fruit trees of the Bosacese are profitably 

 cultivated at Bangalore and large quantities of 

 fruit are exported to Madras, Poona and elsewhere. 

 These consist mostly of — 



266 Pyrus Malus, Linn. Kan. Sevu. The Apple. 



267 Pyrus communis, Linn. The Pear. 



268 Prunus Persica, Benth. The Peach. 



269 Prunus communis, Huds. The Plum. 



And the "Indian Kaspberry" Bubus lasio- 

 GWpus, Smith. 



XXXI. COMBRETAOE^. 



270 Terminalia Catappa^ Linn. Kan. Badami. 



Vig.-Bot. Plates Lal-Bagh Collection ; Bedd. Fl. 

 Sylv. t. 18 ; Bot. Mog. 3,004. 



References-— J^. of Brit. Ind. ; Diet, of Econ. 

 Prod, of Ind. 



The Indian almond tree. A handsome species 

 which' throws out its branches in horizontal tiers, 

 (whorls ) so that the whole tree resembles a huge 

 chandelier. Much cultivated in gardens and as a 

 roadside tree, but not considered to be truly wild in 

 any part of Soiithem India. In losing its leaves, it 



