Archive image from page 375 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. 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 cyclopediaofamer06bail Year: 1906 1998 XIMENIA XIMENIA (Francis Xiraeues, Spanish monk, wrote on plants of Mexico in 1615). Olaalvece. Here belongs the Hog Plum, a tropical fruit of minor importance which
Archive image from page 375 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. 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 cyclopediaofamer06bail Year: 1906 1998 XIMENIA XIMENIA (Francis Xiraeues, Spanish monk, wrote on plants of Mexico in 1615). Olaalvece. 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 Vi 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 XTLOSMA base, villous within; stamens 8: ovary 4-loculed; lo- cules 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. L'-3 together, oblong, obtuse, short-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 Spondias lutea. jj_ XYLOSMA longifolium has been offered in south- ern Florida, but no plants have
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