PLANTS NOW IN FRUIT IN THE ECONOMIC HOUSE 
Entering the Economic House from House No. 4, one sees 
opposite the doorway a fruiting specimen of the papaya, or paw- 
paw, Carica Papaya. The fruit is edible, and from it is obtained 
the papain of commerce, used in medicine. In the tropics fresh 
meat is made more tender by being cooked, wrapped in the leaves 
of this plant. Turning to the right, one may observe in succession 
the following plants that have set fruits: The fig, Ficus Carica , 
a species cultivated from remote antiquity. The tangelo, 
an interesting hybrid between the tangerine and grape-fruit. 
Other citrus plants that have set fruit are the grape-fruit, lemon, 
kumquat and lime. Trained upon one of the supporting columns 
is an interesting plant, extensively cultivated in India, the white 
gourd melon, or wax gourd, Betii?icasa cerifera . A waxy sub- 
stance is secreted on the surface of the fruit which is said to be 
collected and made into candles. The fruit is used extensively in 
India for medicinal purposes, and is also used as a vegetable and 
for making a sweetmeat called heshim. 
A beautiful specimen of the palm, Cocothrinax crenata, rare in 
cultivation, has been recently placed on exhibition in this house 
by Mr. John Lewis Childs, of Floral Park, L. I. 
LIST OF LEAFLETS 
SERIES I, 1913 
1. Foreword. Some plants flowering early in April. 
2. The opening of buds. 
3. Kinds and position of buds. 
Some native wild flowers now in bloom. 
4. Some plants flowering early in May. 
5. The pollination of pines. 
Plants now in bloom. 
6. Plants flowering in the last half of May. 
7. The leaves of pines and other conifers. 
8. The work of green leaves. 
Plants now r biooming. 
9. Respiration in plants. 
Shrubs now' in bloom. 
10. Some interesting varieties of corn growing in the Garden. 
11. Our native shrubs and what may be done with them. 
12. Bulb culture. 
13. Kinds and characteristics of bulbs. 
14. Leaf fall. 
