. 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, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. 17( TAMARINDUS TAMARIX order to prevent fermentation, the first syrup, which is very acid, is poured off and a second is added. Also that an excellent preserve is imported from Curacoa, which is made from the unripe p
. 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, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. 17( TAMARINDUS TAMARIX order to prevent fermentation, the first syrup, which is very acid, is poured off and a second is added. Also that an excellent preserve is imported from Curacoa, which is made from the unripe pods preserved in su- gar with the addition of spice. The East Indian Tama- rind has long pods; the West Indian short ones. The Tamarind tree yields a handsome furniture wood. It is yellowish wiiite, sometimes with red streaks, hard and close-grained; heart-wood dark pur- plish brown. Botanically, the flower of the Tamarind is rather dif- ficult to understand. It is far removed from the sweet pea type, which is the one a northerner commonly thinks of as typical of the legume family. At first glance it is a pale yellow flower about an inch across with 6 or 7 petals, of which 3 are veined with red. On closer study it seems that 4 of the showy parts are sepals, which are all pale yellow. The three red-veined parts are petals, while the other two petals that the student expects to find, are reduced to mere bris- tles hidden in the flower at the base of the staminal tube. Only 3 |of the stamens are fertile, the other 6 being small and rudimentary. These floral characters distinguish Tamarindus from allied genera, of which only Schotia seems to be cult, in America. Tamarinds can be raised from cuttings but more easily by seeds, although they are of slow growth. fndica, Linn. (T. officindlis. Hook.). Tamarind. Fig. 2461. Tender evergreen tree, attaining a height of 80 ft., with a circumference of 25 ft.: Ivs. abruptly pinnate; lfts. 20-40, opposite, oblong, obtuse : fls. pale yellow, t
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