. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. 199S XIMENIA XIMENIA (Francis Xiraenes, Spanish monk, wrote on plants of Mexico in 1U15). Olaciicea. Here belongs the Hog Plum, a tropical fruit of minor importance which grows wild throughout the tropics, and in the U. S. is native to Florida south of Tampa Bay. The f
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. 199S XIMENIA XIMENIA (Francis Xiraenes, Spanish monk, wrote on plants of Mexico in 1U15). Olaciicea. Here belongs the Hog Plum, a tropical fruit of minor importance which grows wild throughout the tropics, and in the U. S. is native to Florida south of Tampa Bay. The fruit is about an inch long, shaped like a plum, and the pulp is sweet and aromatic. The " stone " which incloses the seed is proportionately very large. The fruit is borne on a small tree, each branch of which ends in a thorn about yi in. long. The fruits are generally eaten, but although it is fairly common in Fla. it is not culti- vated. The species has been suggested by the Ameri- can Pomologlcal Society as worthy of cultivation with a view to improvement. Ximenia is a genus of 8 species of tropical shrubs or trees, often thorny: Ivs. alternate, entire, often clus- tered: fls. whitish, in short axillary cymes or rarely soli- tary; calyx small, 4-toothed; petals 4, united at the , Linn. Hog Plum. Also called Mountain or Seaside Plum and False Sandalwood; "Wild Olive' in Jamaica. Tropical fruit-bearing tree described above Lvs. 2-3 together, oblong, obtuse, s:hort-petioled: pe duncles 2-1-fld., shorter than the lvs.: fls. small, yel low; petals thick, lanceolate, rusty-hairy within : fr. yellow; nut white, globose. Tropics.—The "Hog Plum" of Jamaica is Spondias lulea. -^ jj_ XYLOSMA lon^folium has been offered in south- ern Florida, but no plants have been sold and the stock has lately been destroyed, as there seems to be no rea- son for cultivating the plant. It is a bush from the Himalayas and belongs to the family BixaceJB. See Flora of
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