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black-throated flowers which, if it were hardier in England, would 

 be, it is reported, the most popular of all the oriental lilies; the 

 large mountain-clierry tree {Prunus cerasoides^ No. 4G093), which 

 makes a brilliant show with its rose-red flowers and may have 

 value because of its acid fruits; the remarkable P. napaulensis (No. 

 46094), a small tree which bears racemes of flowers 10 inches long 

 that produce cherries an inch in diameter and which should appeal 

 strongly to the cherry breeder; an edible Pyrularia with fruit 2 

 inches long {Pyrularia edulis. No. 46095) ; the Javanese sumach 

 {Rhus javanica, No. 46096), which colors up beautifully in our 

 autumn and is much hardier than its name would indicate; and a 

 large-fruited Solanum {Solanurti khasianum^ No. 46103) ; these form 

 part of this remarkable collection by Dr. Cave. 



Through Dr. Safforcl's investigations the sacred earflower of the 

 ancient Mexicans {Cymhopetalum -pendulifiorum, No. 46206) has 

 been, so to speak, rediscovered, and it can not fail to be of interest to 

 grow in Florida this remarkable plant, the fragrant flowers of which 

 were dried and used by the ancient Mexicans in flavoring their cocoa 

 and other foods before the advent of cinnamon and the other East 

 Indian spices. 



Mr. P. J. S. Cramer has sent in from Buitenzorg a collection of 

 seeds of leguminous plants (Nos. 46243 to 46248) which are grown 

 for forage purposes in Java and can scarcely fail to be of value in 

 southern Florida. 



What the behavior in America will be of the Transvaal yellow 

 peach (No. 46239), which Mr. Pole Evans says is peculiarly free 

 from the diseases of that region, remains to be seen, but peach grow- 

 ers can hardly fail to be interested in it. 



The possibility that some day the delicious lychee may be com- 

 mercially grown in Florida is still alluring, though its behavior has 

 not been entirely satisfactory there. Possibly its near relative, 

 Alectryon suhcinereum, (No. 46299), which its sender. Dr. Proschow- 

 slr\', has fruited at Nice, may be a suitable stock upon which to 

 grow it. 



The great interest in the avocado and the occurrence of natural 

 hybrids between the Guatemalan, Mexican, and West Indian forms, 

 which are growing side by side in our Miami garden, have made it 

 seem worth while to gather together all the species of the genus 

 Persea for study. Per sea a.zorica (No. 45997) from Ponta Delgada is 

 one of these. 



That the fruiting and early spring-flowering shrubby cherry 

 {Prunus glandulosa^ No. 46003) from Ichang may prove its useful- 

 ness and finally find a place in the dooryards of the Atlantic coast 

 region, where its flowers and its purple-black cherries will be appre- 

 ciated, was one of Mr. Meyer's last wishes. 

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