2 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



which attracted their attention hundreds of yards away when found 

 on the prairies of Brazil. It should be brought into cultivation be- 

 cause of its fragrant edible fruits. 



Aleurites montana (No. 54703), the mu-oil tree of southern China, 

 from which a part of the wood oil of commerce is derived, is a more 

 tropical tree than the tung-oil tree (.1. fordii) and may prove more 

 productive in parts of Florida than the latter, which is being ex- 

 ploited there. 



The Sumatra Casuarina (No. 54705) is a more attractive-looking 

 tree than the ordinary Australian one, and if it proves as hardy and 

 as rapid a grower it may take the place of this so-called Australian 

 pine in soutliern Florida as a street tree. 



The pink shower {Cassia grandis, No. 54706), although an ex- 

 ceedingly handsome tree 50 feet or more in height, with abundant 

 clusters "of deep-pink flowers which open in early spring, seems 

 curiously enough never to have been naturalized in southern Florida. 

 Its advent there may cause a sensation among amateur horticul- 

 turists. 



A superb collection of 17 varieties of F/unus muine (Nos. 54709 

 to 54725) has been sent us by Prof. T. Onda for propagation and 

 trial. It seems strange that so little has been done in America with 

 these remarkable Japanese dooryard trees, especially when one con- 

 siders their fragrance, their picturesque habit, and the exquisite 

 varieties still in existence which were produced by the gardeners 

 of the feudal days of Japan. 



From Chiengmai, Siam, J. F. Rock, our agricultural explorer, 

 sends in a quantitv of seeds of another source of chaulmoogric 

 acid, TI ijdnocarpus\mthelminthica (No. 5472G), which may prove 

 more adaptable for cultivation than the true chaulmoogra tree, 

 Taraktoge nos Jxursii. 



Rosa gentiliami (No. 54735) was first introduced by us several 

 years ago for the use of the late Dr. Walter Van Fleet, and it has 

 done remarkablv well on his place at Bell, Md. When Doctor Van 

 Fleet started for Florida last winter, he took with him a cutting 

 from his bush, thinking that it would be particularly adapted to 

 the South. After the doctor's death, Mrs. Van Fleet gave the slip 

 to Mr. Siminonds, who reports that it is growing well at the Miami 

 Garden. 



Danthonia setacea (No. 54736) is one of the pasture grasses of las- 

 mania and New South Wales. The established value of these 

 danthonias as pasture grasses in Australia makes them worthy 

 of special trial in our own Southwest where, like so many of the 

 introduced grasses, they may prove superior to our native species 

 because of their resistance to drought. 



The kangaroo grass of Australia {Themeda australts, No. 54737), 

 though coarse, is liked by cattle and sheep. It may seed better m 

 this country than in its native land and prove a valuable addition 



to southern pastures. , ,^ .-,.-, ^n- at 



Mr. Popenoe's description of the pejibaye {Gmhelma uMis, No. 

 54776) should appeal to horticulturists throughout the Tropics, for 

 it describes a valuable food plant which appears to have been 

 strangely overlooked by the inhabitants of the Tropics of South 



