OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1017. 73 



456S5 to 45658— Continued. 



45625. 1. 45632. 8. 



45626. 2. 45633. 9. 



45627. 3. 45634. 10. 



45628. //. 45635. 11. 



45629. 5. 45636. 12. 



45630. 6. 45637. IS. 



45631. 7. 45638. IJ,. 



45639. 1.5. " Seeds of a small fruit, long and pointed, excellent to cat." 

 iRegnard.) 



45640. Uk "A variety with very large fruits, pointed at the lower end, 

 and of most excellent flavor." (Regnard.) 



45641. 17. 45650. 26. 



45642. 18. 45651. 27. 



45643. 19. 45652. 28. 



45644. 20. 45653. 29. 



45645. 21. 45654. 30. 



45646. 22. 45655. 31. 



45647. 23. 45656. 32. Large-fruited variety. 



45648. 24. 45657. 33. Large-fruited variety. 



45649. 25. 45658. 3/,. Mixed varieties. 



45659. Casuarina sumatrana Jimgh. Casuarinacese. 



From Buitenzorg, .Java. Presented by the director of the Botanic Garden. 

 Received December 31, 1917. 



" Introduced as a better form of Casuarina, forming a larger and more 

 graceful tree than Casvarina equisetifolia, which is so commonly used as a 

 street tree in Florida." (Fairchild.) 



45660. MiMusops kauki L. Sapotacese. 



From Lawang, Java. Seeds presented by Mr. M. Buysnian. Received 

 December 29, 1917. 



The genus Mimusops is composed of handsome evergreen trees which are 

 cultivated in the Tropics for perfumery, oil, rubber, and other products. This 

 species grows 20 to 35 feet in height, is native to the Malay Peninsula, and is 

 cultivated in the West Indies. The young branches are gummy ; the loug- 

 petioled leaves, 4 inches in length, are crowded at the ends of the branches; 

 the flowers are clustered on twin or solitary pedicels ; and the fruit is an obo- 

 vold, smooth berry, up to 1 inch in diameter, and usually four seeded. (Adapted 

 from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. J/, p. 2056.) 



45661. Prunus serrulata Lindl. Amygdalacea?. 



Flowering- cherry. 



From Jamaica Plain, Mass. Cuttings presented by the Arnold Arboretum. 

 Received November 16, 1917. 



This cherry is well known in our gardens and nurseries in its double forms, 

 which are grown under various names. These double-flowered forms vary in 

 the size of the blossoms and in the depth of the rosy tints that suffuse the 



