Chambers's encyclopædia; a dictionary of universal knowledge . —GUBBIO. returns for 1S58, the imports and the exports respec-tively amounted, in dollars, to 1,224,830 and 1,953,926—the trade with Great Britain, partly direct andpartlj through Belize, comprising two-thirds of theformer, and nearly three-fourths of the latter; Avhile,taken in order of value, the articles imported werecottons, silks, woollens, hardware, ironmongery,hnens, and jewellery; and the articles exportedwere cochineal, indigo, sugar, hides, country manu-factures, sarsaparilla, and mahogany. The expor-tation of cochineal a
Chambers's encyclopædia; a dictionary of universal knowledge . —GUBBIO. returns for 1S58, the imports and the exports respec-tively amounted, in dollars, to 1,224,830 and 1,953,926—the trade with Great Britain, partly direct andpartlj through Belize, comprising two-thirds of theformer, and nearly three-fourths of the latter; Avhile,taken in order of value, the articles imported werecottons, silks, woollens, hardware, ironmongery,hnens, and jewellery; and the articles exportedwere cochineal, indigo, sugar, hides, country manu-factures, sarsaparilla, and mahogany. The expor-tation of cochineal alone was 2,012,425 lbs. inquantity, while in estimated worth it far morethan doubled all the other productions. GUAVA (Psidium), a genus of trees and shrubsof the natural order Myrtacea, mostly natives oftropical America, and some of them jnelding fine andmuch valued fruits. They have opposite entii-e, oralmost entire leaves, a 3—5-lobed calyx, 4—5 petals,and a 1—5-celled berry with many-seeded cells.—The COMMOX G. or White G. [P. pyriferum) is a. Guava {PsiJiuin 2>i/riferum):a, section of fruit. low tree of 7—20 feet, with mimerous branches,obtuse smooth leaves 2—3 inches long, and fragrantwhite flowers on solitaiy axillary stalks. It is saidto be a native both of the East and West Indies,and is now much cultivated in both. It is notimprobable, however, that it was introduced intothe East Indies from America, but it has nowbecome fully naturalised. Sir James E. Tennentsays, it is to be seen in the jungle around everycottage in Ceylon. It has long been occasionallygrown as a stove-plant in Britain. The fruit islarger than a hens egg, roundish or oblong, smooth,yellow; the rind thin and brittle ; the pulp tirm,fidl of bony seeds, flesh-coloured, aromatic, andsweet. The jelly or preserve made from it is highlyesteemed, and is now regularly imported intoBritain from the West Indies and South rind is stewed with milk, and is also made intomarnialade.
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