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stove heat ; and its roots should have access to a little bottom warmth, but not in 
such a degree as to dry and parch the soil. 
3. During the season of torpidity the temperature should not be allowed to fall 
very low : perhaps 60'^ would he a fair average. It ought never to exceed 65°, or 
fall lower than 55°. 
3. If grown in pots or tubs abundance of root-room should be given, otherwise 
a stunted growth is sure to follow. If at all convenient, it is best to plant out in a 
prepared border. 
4. If planted out, a rich light loamy soil is the best, and no other addition is 
requisite ; but if grown in pots or tubs, a mixture of two parts light rich loam, and 
one part very rotten manure should be used. 
5. Good drainage is essential wherever grown : any stagnation of water soon 
paralyses the energies of the roots, and renders the plant unhealthy. 
6. During the season of growth, water liberally at the roots and syringe freely 
every fine day ; at the time of flowering and fruit-setting this should be discon- 
tinued, but renewed again when the fruit commences to swell. 
7. When the fruit is full grown and begins to ripen, wet the tree as little as 
possible and admit a good supply of fresh air every fine day ; this will assist in 
producing a good flavour. 
8. Gather the fruit carefully from the tree a day or two before they become ripe, 
and expose them in a warm, dry atmosphere, to the full influence of the sun, until 
they are fully matured. 
9. For increase, plant cuttings in spring in pots of sand, and place them under a 
glass in a moist heat. 
Many other species besides the Jamrosade are cultivated by the natives of the 
countries where they are naturally found. Amongst these may be mentioned — 
The Malay Apple (J. Malaccensis), which perhaps bears the best fruit of the 
whole, but has not yet borne in this country. We cannot say what its merits may be 
when subjected to our mode of culture. It forms in its native habitats a tree 30 or 40 
feet high, with leaves 14 or 15 inches long, and 5 or 6 broad. The fruit is ovate? 
an inch and a half in diameter, and very agreeable to both taste, smell, and sight. 
It requires more heat than J. vulgaris, but in all other respects may be treated 
the same. 
The Purple Rose- Apple (J. amjjlexicaulis). — Mr. Gibson, who, whilst in 
India collecting plants for His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, ate most of the kinds 
of rose-apples, considered this purple-fruited preferable to the others ; it grows 
rather larger than the Jamrosade, although scarcely equal in size to some of the 
varieties of Malay apple. Its treatment is in every respect the same as the 
J. vulgaris. 
The Rose-water Jambu iJ. aquea) is the same in habit and appearance as 
the J. malaccensis ; its fruit contains a deal of juice, highly impregnated with the 
fragrance of roses ; hence its name. Treat it like the J. malaccensis. 
