or Psidium Cattleianum; and next in excellence to that is 
the P. polycarpum; both which possess a very agreeable 
flavour, and bear in great profusion. 
To taste the Guava in perfection, it should be gathered 
early in the morning, and a little before it is perfectly 
mature; it then possesses a sufficient proportion of acid to 
correct the terebinthinous flavour which at a later period 
predominates too much. Guava jelly is well known; and 
the fresh fruit, the small stony seeds having been separated, 
makes excellent tarts. 
A stove-plant, flowering from May to July, and: fruiting 
from July to November. It is propagated with great 
facility by cuttings, and will grow in any kind of soil which 
is not too rich. 
For the opportunity of making our drawing we are 
indebted to Mrs. Marryat, of Wimbledon House, by whom 
ripe fruit was communicated in November last. 
J. L. 
