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lar fruit in central Chile; it resembles the well-known ti-es already 

 grown in soiitliern Florida, but is much larger. 



The collections of F. A. McClure, of the Canton Christian Col- 

 lege, are jjarticularly interesting since tliey were made in Annain, 

 French Indo China, a territory little explored and from which \ery 

 little material has been received. They include the yan inin {Dva- 

 conto7JieJon sine7ise, No. 54655), a new fruit tree; two undetermined 

 species of Garcinia (Nos. 54656 and 54657), relatives of the mango- 

 steen, with fruits reminding one of the latter; and the interesting cit- 

 rus relative, Severlnia buxifoUa (No, 54658), which can stand large 

 amounts of salt in the soil, is suitable for hedges, and appears to be a 

 promising plant for this purpose even if it should not prove of par- 

 ticular value for breeding. 



We are again indebted to Doctor Proschowsky, of Nice, France, for 

 a collection of seeds (Nos. 54664 to 54669) from his various Butias, 

 which he calls his fruit palms, and which should certainly be thor- 

 oughly tested in those portions of the United States where they are 

 likely to grow. Any fruit-bearing palm adapted to the pinelands 

 of northern Florida would be of considerable value in the years 

 to come. 



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. Miss Patty T. 

 Newbold has assisted in the compilation of descriptive notes. 



David Fairchild, 

 Agricultural Explorer in Charge. 



Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction, 



Washington^ D. C, January 4, 1923. 



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