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Show FJVE-KINOMJtKI) IWUIT. M Quoor Kind of rui O:onn;o Importod from Jupnn. ft la Halil tn Hear n Itemirknbty (loin SHh llearmbluneo to tho Unman ll.tml H Conaldarln,; the Klro of tti. Tree l fnrge. Tho fivp-fingprcd or.i'iir(t is 11 queer H llilntf. It growo cmetly In tl.oHhapo of a huinnn hand, with a thumb nnd four BBh fililfern. It 1 1 n li;i1f-o)eti hand, that of this rurloua fruit, nnd the cIimc rc-cni- BBb blnnco to n lenn, loris-nalloil Chincso hand Is startling. liven tho nails nro H idenlleal. hnrd pointed, and clnw-llko, BBb flpptniftheoi-nni'e llngornwithn Ienrrth H equal in tvimo cumm to three liiehca. It BBb la no Intel loper In u well-resuluted BBb family of oraurjpM. lutl n regular mem- ber, lieloi.itlny tu the nnnifc variety. It bus n family inmo nnd a I'hrlntliiti niitnu ot Its own, but. itn jiet immo In "five BBl fingered oinngo," nnd nolrody but tho BBl botanUt enres to call it liy'tlio lotiu; one which tncntm the hamo tiling;. HI F. Gonzalez, wlio live, out on Wnyno street, San Francinco, found tho oild H plant a year or two ni;o over In Japnn. Ho thought ho hnd illnoovcrcd it hort of BBl mlbKlr.rr link, ro ho bought It nnd H I brought It homo to put into tho con- BBJ servntory ttinonif Ids choK-it plants, BBJ where he guanls It nh the npplo of Ids B eye, Nntiiscnlo bug or other r.wnir- lug insect has a chance to live 011 Hx BB.I leaves, for ho had u spoeiul bath tub BBl 'built for Its use, with n ahoct-lroti M chimney In tho culer. in which bo BB places It periodically, puts ti cover over Bl tho whole tldnir, nnd gives It n Turkiah U bath treatment of sulphur nnd other H f u moo suuh ns would miiltu even tlm sturdiest sealo buir turn up itn loett. It H Is a hardy tdiruh, the outdoor llfo of H San Francisco niruclnn; ulth its health fl excellently well, nlthotifrh ls owner U so choico of it that he doesn't give it a BB chance to sleep out very often. In its Bl natlvo country it Is usually kept potted, and tho Jnpnneso seem to bu fully allvo H to Its value us nit ornamental curiosity, B for Mr, Gonzales found It n dlfllciilt H matter tu get nno to bring to Americn, M and ho far nobody clso ever did got ono, M The orango treo is a ragged little BB shrub that docs not nvcrngo inoro than BB five or six feet In height. It doer, not BB BB V, , .-j " Wf? i H jMgZS. : BB tCTliS' Bsai 5S vSX . " tjafaH ifVS-J. - j2? ! .Bsll Mm ' ! I TUK FIVK-FINOEIIRU OUAMOC. , H (Trow straight, ns a properly bchnvct? Ba tree Is supposed to do, hut Is curved Bb everywhere. It would bo very dlfllciilt Bh to find two consccutivu inches in tho H cntlro treo whoso lino of direction is Ht tho same. liven the brnnchcH prow In jH spiral forms, rut thut thu width of U10 B treo Is often as great ns the height. Bl Thera is n generous supply of thorns H hidden under tho leaves, nnd they uru H thorns that mean business. They arc H slender, tough nnd long, nnd nro lo- H Cated In all nortsof unexpected places. H The leaves nro lleshy, long mid narrow Bh nd of a dark green color. They re- Bh tremble a lemon leaf inoro than nu Ball orange leaf. Indeed, ti both thin In- H stance and In tho color of tho ripened Ball fruit, this singular plant soems to claim H a very close cousinshlp to tho largo Bh lemon family, Tho llowera come out in Bh June and July, find tire very similar tu Bh nppcarauco nnd odor lo tbo ordinary Bh orange blossoms, have that instead ot Ba the familiar creamy white color they H have a delicate, (llntdsh tint which is Bh very beautiful. They commonly grow Ba in clusters of two or thrco blossoms on Hh alternate nodea of tho branch. Bni Tho fruit Itself la of a light-yellow color, n pure lemon lino, growing H greenish toward tho stem. The slzu H is immense, considered relatively to H other oranges or to tho slzo of the H tree, tho largest ones ineusuriug when Bh mnturo fully ten Inches from tho H wrist to the point of the middle linger, H Including the nail. It U nlwnya neces- Ba 1 Ban- to furnish a bunport In tlie way ot H props and htrlngb t j r.ir 'nhi tliu grow-. H Ing fruit, or the li'nb sr"' Jje broken by H the weight. Tho flnrryr of tho orango H dlvidq at about half tho distance from H tho wrist, and, though tho division Ba lines can lio plainly neon throughout BM tho cntlro length of tho hand, thoy do BM not destroy its contour. Tho propor- H tlonal length of tho flngeiK from thu B thumb to tho little linger is perfect HB corresponding exactly with that ot a Ba human hand. Tho fntit Is not odlblo H nono of tho osago vurlctv Is but wliat B it lacks In being utiablo to tickle tho BM palato it more than makes (rood In per- H fume. Thu btrnngcbt thinfr connected H with tho perfume is that it is tho fruit Ba nnd not the Honor that is mot odorous. H Tho fruit wlien rix is mi redolent that H Its bcent can be recognized a full mllo H from where, the orango is growing. H |