150 l"OBBST TREES. 



The leaves are deciduous for some weeks at the 

 beginning of the year; average blade 7^2^ in. 

 Capsule the size of a gooseberry, but made to appear 

 larger by the accrescent calyx forming an ornament- 

 al cup at the base, with six horizontal points. 

 Wood light coloured, strong, and very durable under 

 water. Weight 40 — 45 lb. per cubic foot. 



Beddome says it is used in the Gun-carriage 

 factory at Madras. A coarse fibre is obtained from 

 the inner bark ; and Lovery reports that the fruit is 

 eaten in the Malnad. The trees cultivated in the 

 Botanical G-ardens are somewhat stunted in growth, 

 although they- are perhaps more prolific of flowers 

 tlian the hill tree. 



Cultivation.— Owing to the difficulty of procuring 

 fertile seed from cultivated trees, the species has 

 not spread so much in cultivation as it otherwise ■ 

 would have done. Seed should therefore be obtain- 

 ed from the hill forests, when they will be more 

 likely to germinate freely. Plant out in deep garden 

 soil when the seedlings are a foot or more in height. 

 The drier climate of the maidan causes the tree to be 

 very productive of flowers and fruit, but the latter 

 aVe undersized, while the seed is more or less 

 imperfect. 

 304 Punica granatum, Linn. Kan. Dalimbe, Dalim. 



bare, Huli dalimbe. 



'Fig.—Bot Plates Lal-Bagh Collection. Wight 

 III. t. 97. 



'References.— Diet. ofEcon. Prod: oflnd.; Brand. 

 For. Fl. 



The pomegranate tree. This is rather exten- 

 sively cultivated for its fine fruit, but seldom attains 

 to more than a dense bush of erect habit. It is 

 very ornamental while in flower and fruit, these 

 products being prominent and brightly coloured, 

 But the- fruit imported from Afghanistan and the 



