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25095. Citrullus vulgaris Schrad. Watermelon. 



From the island of Raiatea, Society Islands. Presented by Mr. Julius D. Dreher, 

 United States consul, Tahiti, Society Islands. Received March 15, 1909. 



"This melon was of a rich green color; its rind was thin and its pulp unusually 

 red, tender, and sweet. It was eaten at the consulate and we regarded it as so good 

 that I decided to send the seed to America for trial." (Dreher.) 



25096. Passiflora quadrangularis L. 



From Ancon, Canal Zone, Panama. Presented by Mr. Henry F. Schultz, horti- 

 culturist, Isthmian Canal Commission, Quartermaster's Department. Received 

 March 24, 1909. 



"I doubt whether the fruit of this variety is as good as some of those in Mexico, but 

 I must say that the seed was taken from one of the best fruits which I have sampled 

 in Panama." (Schultz.) 



Distribution. — A native of Central America, being cultivated as well as found wild 

 in Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Panama. 



25097 to 25101. 



Grown at Miami, Fla., by Mr. P. J. Wester, in charge of Subtropical Garden. 

 Numbered for convenience in recording distribution, March 24, 1909. 



25097 and 25098. Original seed presented by Dr. A. Robertson Proschow- 

 sky, Nice, France. 



25097. SOLANUM MARGINATUM L. 



"(S. G. No. 1051.) A shrub attaining a height of from 3 to 5 feet; 

 foliage white tomentose, prickly; flowers 1 inch or more in diameter, 

 white with blue veins or ribs; fruit 1 inch or more across, prickly." 

 (Wester.) 



Distribution. — A native of the upper part of the Nile Valley, especially 

 in Abyssinia. 



25098. Melia azedarach L. 



"(S. G. No. 1052.) Indigenous to Jamaica. A low-growing tree with 

 leaves deeply incised; flowers in axillary panicles; small, light lilac, fra- 

 grant; in constant succession." (Wester.) 



25099. Ceratonia siliqua L. Carob. 



"(S. G. No. 900.) Original seed presented by Mr. J. F. Kraemer, Miami, 

 Fla., who received it from a United States consul in Spain. This is said to be 

 very superior to the ordinary varieties grown." (Wester.) 



Distribution.- — A tall tree, native in the region bordering on the Mediter- 

 ranean Sea and cultivated generally in the Tropics. In the United States 

 cultivated in southern Florida and southern California. 



25100. Galphimia nitida Hort. 



"(S. G. No. 941.) Original seed presented by Mr. S. K. Brown, Lemon 

 City, Fla. A shrub 4 or more feet tall, quite compact in growth and pyram- 

 idal in habit. The small, yellow, fragrant flowers are produced in great 

 profusion. ' ' ( Wester.) 



25101. Ocotea catesbyana (Mich.) Sarg. Lancewood. 



"(S. G. No. 996.) Indigenous to south Florida and grown from seed collected 

 in Brickell hammock, Miami, Fla. This is an evergreen, glabrous tree, attain- 

 ing a height of from 20 to 30 feet; the leaves are narrowly elliptic lanceolate, 



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