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dark-green foliage and darker purple, sweet-scented flowers. As it 

 will stand 10 degrees of frost, it should thrive remarkably well in 

 California and Florida. 



Wilson Popenoe and Oton Jimenez believe they have discovered, 

 near San Jose, Costa Kica, the wild prototype of the Guatemalan 

 race of avocados in what is known there as the aguacate de anis 

 (Persea americana; No. 50585), and they predict that it will prove 

 valuable as a stock for the cultivated avocado. 



James Birch Rorer, of Guayaquil, Ecuador, has sent in a number of 

 interesting plants from that little-known country, among them the 

 capulin {Prunus serotina; No. 50604), or wild cherry, a promising 

 new fruit resembling the Bigarreau type of cherry, refreshing to eat 

 out of hand, and also the naranjilla {Solanum quitoense; No.. 50607), 

 a solanaceous fruit sold on the markets there. 



Harry Johnson has collected from around Coban, Guatemala, 

 some interesting wild plants which should yield valuable forms for 

 cultivation. Among them are five begonias (Nos. 50609 to 50613), 

 a morning-glory (Ipomoea sp.; No. 50615) with yellow-throated 

 pink flowers of a thick succulent texture, a tender night-blooming 

 water lily (NympJiaea hlanda; No. 50617), and a wild solanaceous 

 vine (Solanum sp.; No. 50620). 



The botanical determinations of seeds introduced have been made 

 and the nomenclature determined by H. C. Skeels; and the descrip- 

 tive and botanical notes have been arranged by G. P. Van Eseltine, 

 who has had general supervision of this inventory. The manuscript 

 has been prepared by Miss Esther A. Celander and Miss Patty T. 

 Newbold. 



David Fairchild, 

 Agricultural Explorer in Charge. 



Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction, 



Wasliington, B. C, October ^, 1921. 



