ROSELLE

or Red Sorrel, or Jamaica Sorrel, an annual hibiscus —a bushy plant, five to six feet in average height—whose seed-pods serve as a good substitute for cranberries in tropical and sub-tropical regions, making excellent jelly, resembling cranberry both in flavor and appearance. It is prepared by boiling the pods until soft. and then straining and adding sugar in equal quantity — proceeding then as Yor any other jelly. This—though the most distinctive product—is only one of many. The large, red, fleshy calyeces (the parts surrounding the seed-pods) are also made into jam and sirup, and fresh cooked for pies; and the voung stems of the plant furnish good jelly. Le commonly seen, but of equal merit, is a yellow-calyx strain. The roselle is cultivated to a considerable extent im Australia and has recently been introduced here.