. 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. 1998 5IMENIA XYLOSMA XIMfiNIA (Francis Simeues, Spanish monk, wrote on plants of Mexico in 1015). Olacdcecc. 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, s
. 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. 1998 5IMENIA XYLOSMA XIMfiNIA (Francis Simeues, Spanish monk, wrote on plants of Mexico in 1015). Olacdcecc. 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 piilp 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 }4 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 Pomological 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 base, villous within; stamens 8: ovary 4-loculed; lo- c\iles 3-4-ovuled: drupe baccate, not inclosed in the calyx. Americana, 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, t:hort-petioled: pe- duncles 2—4-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 Spondlas lutea. -^ jyj XYL6SMA longifolium 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 cultiv
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