. . fficiently highdegree of warmth to permit the ripening of its fruit. This little tree is frequently cultivated not alone for thebeauty of its form, but for the beauty of its flowers, which,under cultivation, become doubled and show an increasedand striking splendor in the richness of their color. The pomegranate belongs to the family of plants calledLythracece. This family has about three hundred and fiftyspecies, which are widely distributed, but are most abundantin tropical regions, esj)ecially in America. The color of the flow
. . fficiently highdegree of warmth to permit the ripening of its fruit. This little tree is frequently cultivated not alone for thebeauty of its form, but for the beauty of its flowers, which,under cultivation, become doubled and show an increasedand striking splendor in the richness of their color. The pomegranate belongs to the family of plants calledLythracece. This family has about three hundred and fiftyspecies, which are widely distributed, but are most abundantin tropical regions, esj)ecially in America. The color of the flowers, which develop on the ends ofthe younger branches, is a deep and rich scarlet or variations have been produced by growing the plantsfrom seeds, and one of these bears white flowers. Thepetals are rounded and usually crumpled. The fruit, which is a berry about the size of an ordinaryorange, is, when fresh, usually of a reddish-yellow color,becoming brownish in drying. The rind is thick andleathery and encloses a quantity of pulp which is filled. t-. (CEl cut
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