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... 20 feet , and producing a fruit which is much prized in warm countries . The bark possesses tonic properties , and from the juice chewing - gum is made . Its foliage is dense , and the shiny leaves are thick , lance - oblong , entire ...
... 20 feet , and producing a fruit which is much prized in warm countries . The bark possesses tonic properties , and from the juice chewing - gum is made . Its foliage is dense , and the shiny leaves are thick , lance - oblong , entire ...
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... 20 to 35 feet , is cultivated in all tropical and sub - tropical countries . Its young branches are pale green , angular and glabrous . The leaves are oblong , ovate and pointed , and the petioles are narrowly winged . Its flowers are ...
... 20 to 35 feet , is cultivated in all tropical and sub - tropical countries . Its young branches are pale green , angular and glabrous . The leaves are oblong , ovate and pointed , and the petioles are narrowly winged . Its flowers are ...
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... 20 feet . It is extensively cultivated in India , and widely distributed over the Malayan and Polynesian Islands . It was early introduced to the Hawaiian Islands , presumably by the Chinese , who seem to be especially fond of the fruit ...
... 20 feet . It is extensively cultivated in India , and widely distributed over the Malayan and Polynesian Islands . It was early introduced to the Hawaiian Islands , presumably by the Chinese , who seem to be especially fond of the fruit ...
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... feet . It thrives on the Florida Keys , and is also grown to a limited extent in South- ern California . The tree grows to a height of from 10 to 20 feet ; its branches are spreading , and the dark , shiny leaves are either ovate or ...
... feet . It thrives on the Florida Keys , and is also grown to a limited extent in South- ern California . The tree grows to a height of from 10 to 20 feet ; its branches are spreading , and the dark , shiny leaves are either ovate or ...
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... 20 to 25 feet . lanceolate , shiny , the trunk and branches smooth . Flowers white and very fragrant ; fruit small , pear - shaped , pulp yellow and containing many seeds ; this species is very prolific , but the fruit is inferior ...
... 20 to 25 feet . lanceolate , shiny , the trunk and branches smooth . Flowers white and very fragrant ; fruit small , pear - shaped , pulp yellow and containing many seeds ; this species is very prolific , but the fruit is inferior ...
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1½ inches 20 feet acid Apple aromatic bears berry black seeds BREADFRUIT Candlenut Cherimoyer cherry CHESTNUT Citrus clusters color contains many seeds cultivated dark green delicious drupe eaten raw edible pulp evergreen evergreen tree fleshy fragrant fruit G. P. W. Collection gardens germinate readily glabrous glossy Government Nursery grafted GRAPE TOMATO guava handsome Hawaii Hawaiian Islands Honolulu inches in diameter inches in length inches long introduced to Hawaii ISABELLA GRAPE juicy Kamani kernel Kukui lanceolate large seed leathery leaves are alternate leaves are small LEMON light-green lobed low-growing tree Mammee Apple mango Mangosteen Oahu oblong obovate odor orange ovate panicles Papaya pear-shaped Persea gratissima petioles pinnate pinnate leaves plant PLATE Plum propagated pubescent rind ripens rough round shape shiny leaves short petioles shrub small tree smooth Solanum Lycopersicum specimens spreading branches stems sweet thin thrives true to seed trunk variety growing WATER APPLE West Indies white flowers
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Page 200 - The flowers are about 2l/2 inches across, are white, with red spots on them. The fruit is slightly oblong, 2 inches in diameter, and very regular in size and shape. When ripe, it is yellow spotted with white. It has a medium-hard shell or skin, and the edible pulp is whitish-yellow, and contains many flat, black seeds.
Page 202 - The fragrant purple flowers are about two inches in diameter. The ovoid-pointed fruit has a tough, leathery shell which, when green, is six-striated, with white stripes; when quite ripe the fruit is a dull orange-yellow. The numerous seeds are imbedded in the juicy, scented pulp, which is aromatic and delicious. Propagation is by seed and by cuttings.
Page 168 - Many Mangosteen trees have been brought to Hawaii, and have received intelligent care, but they have not thrived well; and have eventually died. Only two have ever produced fruit; one in the garden of Mr. Francis Gay of Kauai, which bears its fruit annually, and the other tree at Lahaina, Maui. in the gar den formerly the property of Mr. Harry Turton.
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Page 202 - This is a strong, vigorous vine, very suitable for arbors and trellises. It is not commonly found in Hawaii ; however, a very fine specimen of its kind is growing in Dr.
Page 200 - The date when it was introduced to Hawaii, and by whom, is not known ; but in the Hilo and Hamakua districts of Hawaii this variety grows wild.
Page 60 - J. pachyphloaa ericoides. DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS. This species is one of the most massive of our junipers. In early life the crown is open and broadly conical, and in old age, dense and round. The trunk is short and clear of branches for 6 or perhaps 10 feet. As a rule, the tree attains a height of from 30 to 40 feet, and a diameter of from 1J to 3J feet.
Page 8 - The flowers are greenish-yellow and downy. The fruit, which ripens from June until November, is a round or pear-shaped drupe, covered with a thin, rather tough skin, which is either green or purple in color.
Page 36 - La Laguna (Schiede); vs in herb. Hook. (Tenampa, Prov. Vera Cruz, Linden, no. 50). The leaves of this plant are described by Schlechtendal as being from 4 to 6 inches long and from 2 to 3 inches broad, upon a very short petiole of only 3 or 6 lines in length; the calyx is...
Page 34 - The seed is large in proportion to the size of the fruit.