. A description and history of vegetable substances, used in the arts, and in domestic economy . herethere are upwards of sixty kinds, all of them highlyesteemed. In the opinion of Mr. Lindley, ( Soc, V. 123,) the Chinese jujube might befruited in greenhouses in England, with a very mode-rate degree of artificial heat. The Kaki, or Chinese Date-plum (Diospyrus kaki)yis a tree of a middle size, bearing a fruit about thesize of an apple, of a reddish orange colour, andwith a very luscious, brownish, semi-transparentpulp. The fruit of one species is dried with sugar,like figs. The Loqua
. A description and history of vegetable substances, used in the arts, and in domestic economy . herethere are upwards of sixty kinds, all of them highlyesteemed. In the opinion of Mr. Lindley, ( Soc, V. 123,) the Chinese jujube might befruited in greenhouses in England, with a very mode-rate degree of artificial heat. The Kaki, or Chinese Date-plum (Diospyrus kaki)yis a tree of a middle size, bearing a fruit about thesize of an apple, of a reddish orange colour, andwith a very luscious, brownish, semi-transparentpulp. The fruit of one species is dried with sugar,like figs. The Loquat, or Japanese medlar (Eriobotrya ja-ponica), is a large tree, producing a fine fruit, havingmuch the flavour of an apple. The fruit grows inclusters, is of an oblong shape, and about the size ofa small plum. The tree is verj handsome, and bearsthe open air in this country, if the winter be not toosevere. It was first introduced from Japan in has produced fruit in England. Chapter XII. FRUITS OF THE SOCIETY ISLANDS. BREAD-FRUIT JHOG-PLUM. — NEW FRUITS OF AUSTRALIA. — The Bread-Fruit—Artocarpus incisa. The bread-fruit, originally found in the south-easternparts of Asia and the islands of the Pacific, thoughnow introduced into the tropical parts of the westerncontinent, and the West India islands, is one of themost interesting, as well as singular productions ofthe vegetable kingdom. There are two species of it:the bread-fruit, properly so called (^Artocarpus in-cisa), with the leaves deeply gashed or divided at thesides, which grows chiefly in the islands; and theJack fruit, or Jaca tree (Artocarpus iniegrifoUa),with the leaves entire, which grows chiefly on themain land of Asia. The latter has been bread-fruit is a beautiful as well as a useful tree: 412 VEGETABLE SUBSTANCES. the trunk rises to the height of about forty feet, and,in a full grown tree, is from a foot to fifteen inchesin diameter; the bark is ash-coloured, full of li
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