8 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



46646), of Swatow. Atherton Lee predicts that if this orange suc- 

 ceeds as well in this country as it does in South China it "svill rival the 

 Navel, the Valencia, and the Satsuma in popularity. As Mr. Lee has 

 been studying citrus canker in the Orient, and as he finds this variety 

 resistant to that disease, its thorough trial by citrus growers is desir- 

 able. 



The Chinese jujube has proved such a success in the irrigated 

 valleys of California and in Texas that the fruiting of the strictly 

 tropical species {Ziziphus rruiuHtiana^ No. 46720) at Miami, Fla,, is 

 being watched with considerable interest. The same propensity to 

 bear large crops seems to characterize this tropical species as it does 

 the Chinese one, and it would not be surprising if this species should 

 become a common fruit tree wherever it can be grown. 



The night-blooming cereus is one of those plants the flowering of 

 which is an event in anyone's garden. A species from Colombia 

 {Cereus sp., 46721) , with blood-red flowers the size of a saucer, should 

 attract the attention of greenhouse owners and may lead to races 

 having all sorts of delicate-colored flowers. 



Artemisia cina (No. 46712) is the plant which yields the vermifuge 

 known as wormseed. It is a wild species in Eussian Turkestan. Its 

 introduction into this country and cultivation at Chico, Calif., would 

 seem to indicate the possibility of a commercial crop in this important 

 drug plant, since its wide use in the treatment of hogs has created 

 a large demand for it. 



Prof. Sargent has selected as one of the loveliest of all flowering 

 trees. Malus arnoldiana (No. 46698) , a hybrid between M. pulcherrinia 

 and 31. ceraslfera., both of which are probably of hybrid origin. 



It is now over a century since the tomato came into notice as the 

 " poison love apple " which everyone was cautioned not to eat. Its 

 relative from Colombia {Solanum quitoense, No. 46947), with fruits 

 the size of small oranges which are used there for flavoring pre- 

 serves, seems to have been left untested, although it is worthy of trial 

 wherever it will grow. 



The extent to which trees and shrubs can be used as forage for 

 cattle has not been thoroughly investigated anywhere, although 

 in India a species of jujube is thus used, and in Brazil a species of 

 sensitive plant {Schrankia leptocarpa, No. 46719) is employed. The 

 recommendation of Sr. Argollo Ferrao is sufficient to make it worth 

 while testing this plant seriously on the Everglades of southern 

 Florida. 



The spectacular development of the Balsa wood industry, which 

 has grown almost overnight into a very important factor in the re- 

 frigeration business, would seem to make it worth inquiry as to 

 whether the New Zealand cork- wood tree {Entelea arhorescens^ No. 



