319 



Woodville, Med. Bot. iii. (1832) 1. 193 (C. aromaticus) ; Steph. & Ch. 

 Med. Bot. t. 95 ; Burnett, PI. Util. i.t.20b ; Spach, Suites (Hist. Nat.des 

 Vegetaux), t. 29 (C. aromaticus) ; Berg. & Schmidt, Darst. Beschr. 

 Pharm. i. t. 3d (C. aromaticus) ; Bentl. & Trimen, t. 112 ; Zippel, 

 Ausl. Handels Nahrpfl. t. 19 (C. aromaticus) ; Tschirch, Ind. Heil. 

 Nutzpfl. tt. 66, 67 (G. aromaticus, habit) ; Planchon & Collin, Drog. 

 Simpl. ii. p. 336, f. 909 (fl. bud), f . 910 (sect. fl. bud), f . 911 (sect, fr.) ; 

 Journ. Roy. Hort, Soc. xxxv. 1910, p. 368, f. 127. 



The Clove. 



Native of the Moluccas. Cultivated in Java, India, W. Indies, 

 Zanzibar, Pemba, &c. 



The flower buds are the cloves of commerce. 



Propagated by seeds. — In Zanzibar the practice is to soak them in 

 water for 3 days before sowing, and when germination commences 

 they are planted out 3-6 inches apart, with the bud end above 

 ground in shaded nursery beds. After about nine months the young 

 plants are exposed gradually, and two or three months later they are 

 ready for planting out in the plantation ; the distance apart required 

 here being 18 to 36 feet. 



Trees begin to bear in from 5-6 years, the yield being from 

 35-175 lbs. per tree of cloves, according to the size and age of the 

 trees (see Kew Bull. 1893, p. 19). 



The cloves are gathered while green and unopened, either by hand 

 or by beating the branches and collecting the falling buds on mats 

 or cloths. Drying — which may occupy about one week — is the only 

 preparation required before being packed for shipment. 



Ref. — " Caryophylli," in Pharmacographia, Fliickiger & Hanbury, 

 pp. 280-287.- — '-Eugenia caryophyllata" in Med. PI. Bentl. & 



Trimen, No. 112, 7 pages. " All about Cloves," in All about Spices, 



Ferguson, pp. 117-128 (Colombo, 1889). " Garyopliyllus aro- 

 maticus," in Diet, Econ. Prod. India, Watt, ii. 1889, pp. 202-206. 



Spice and other Cultivation of Zanzibar and Pemba Islands, Diplo- 

 matic & Consular Rep. Misc. No. 266, .1892, pp. 7-13. " Clove 



Industry of Zanzibar," in Kew Bull. 1893, pp. 17-20. " Clous de 



Girofles," in Les Drogues Simples, d'origine vegetale, Planchon & 



Collin, ii. pp. 335-310. " Oil of Cloves," in the Volatile Oils, 



Gildemeister & Hoffmann, pp. 512-518. " 'Eugenia caryophyllata^ 



in The Comm. Prod. India, Watt, pp. 526-530. 



Eugenia Jambos, Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 470. 



Tree, 20 to 30 ft. high. Leaves lanceolate, base attenuate, ape>; 

 acuminate. Inflorescence in terminal cymose racemes ; flowers 

 white. Fruit white, red or rose coloured, fleshy, edible. 



III. — Rheede, Hort. Mai. i. t. 17 (Jlyrtus Jambos) ; Rumpf, Ami), 

 i. t, 39; Lam. Encycl. t. 418; Bot. Mag. t. 1696; Desc. Ant. v. t. 

 315 ; Drapiez, Herb. Amat. de Pleura, i. t. 27 ; Bot. Mag. t. 3356 

 (Jambosa vulgaris); Vidal, Fl. For. Filip. t. 49E ; Torreya, New- 

 York, 1907, p. 117, f. 3 (germinating seeds) ; Ann. Mus. Col. Mar- 

 seille, 1910, f. 18 ; Wight, Ic. PL Ind. Or t. 135 (Jambosa vulgaris). 



The Rose Apple. 



Native of tropical Asia, East Indies, &c. Cultivated in India, 

 Burma, &c. 



The pulp of the fruit is edible, though not very juicy. 



