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speaks very highly of the merits of this fruit, and con- 

 siders it worthy of cultivation wherever the climate 

 may be found suitable : and states that an excellent 

 jelly is made from it. From his description of it, this 

 must be by far the most valuable indigenous fruit yet 

 discovered in Queensland. 



THE HOVENIA DULCIS, 



A deciduous tree of slender habit from Japan, 

 growing to the height of twenty feet. It blooms in 

 November, and the fruit is about two inches long, very 

 narrow, twisted, and irregular. The flavor somewhat 

 resembles an apple. It can never be of any commer- 

 cial value, but is worth growing in private gardens of 

 any size. It may be propagated by seed, layers, and 

 cuttings ; it is hardy, and grows freely. 



THE JACK FRUIT— (Artocarpus Integrifolia). 



This handsome evergreen tree is allied to the Bread 

 Fruit, to the article upon which the reader is referred 

 for its propagation and management. It appears per- 

 fectly hardy in Brisbane, producing, in the Botanic 

 Gardens, a profusion of its enormous, rough, green- 

 skinned fruit. This consists of a number of divisions 

 of yellow pulp of an agreeable flavor, in the midst of 

 each of which is embedded a seed about the size of a 

 plum. The pulp is eaten in its raw state, and is used 

 in curries ; and the seeds, which have the flavor of 

 beans, are boiled and used at table as vegetables. 



JUBE-JUBE— (Zizyphus Ju-juba). 



This quick-growing evergreen tree is known also as 

 the Torres Straits plum, and is called in China " Ung- 

 chaw." It is indigenous in China and in the Straits ; 



