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To an amateur who will take the trouble to breed them the Actin- 

 idias offer a promising field, and he will want to add A. ^trlgosa (No. 

 47633) to his collection for breeding purposes. When one considers 

 the viwor and beautv of these climbers and tiieir freedom from (lis- 

 ease, they seem worth improvement as decorative vines alone, but 

 when the delicate character of their fruit is taken into consideration 

 the problem of their breeding and selection becomes one of real im 

 portancc. 



Armidinella hispida (Xo. 47641) is a grass from the hilly i^arts 

 of India, which is distributed pretty generally through the Tropics 

 and which in Sao Paulo. Brazil, is considered a good forage plant 

 for dry lands. 



The Buddleias have proved a great addition to oiii- garden plants 

 and a tree species from India {B. asiatica. No. 47650). with sweet- 

 scented white flowers which bloom continuously for three months, 

 may add another perfume to the dooryards of Florida and Cali- 

 fornia. 



Eriobotrya petiolata (No. 47679), a relative of the loquat of 

 Japan which occurs in Sikkim and the eastern Himalayas, may be 

 interesting to try as a stock for the more familiar Japanese species. 

 Grewia muU> flora (No. 47689), a tree related to the linden, the 

 wood of which is suitable for ax handles, oars, etc., and which grows 

 at 4,000 feet altitude in India, may be worthy of trial in the South. 



A vigorous vine {HolboelUa latifoUa, No. 47693), which liears 

 racemes' of delightfully fragrant green and violet flowers and fruits 

 5 inches long resembling a passion fruit in flavor, is something which 

 everyone who lives where it can be made to grow will be interested 

 in testing. 



Mr. Cave, the curator of the Lloyd Botanic Gardens in Darjiling. 

 has sent in a remarkable collection of 230 species of Himalayan or- 

 namental and economic plants (Nos. 47629 to 47858). among which 

 are many that will doubtless find a permanent home in America. 

 The Puget Sound region, if not too cool in winter, should be admir- 

 ably adapted to their culture. Among the trees of interest are found 

 Himalayan maples {Acer spp., Nos. 47629 to 47632) : a new birch 

 {Betula utllis, No. 47647) ; an Indian tamarisk {Tamanx dlo-ica, 

 No. 47810) which is often planted along the seacoast and which may 

 prove of value for our own Florida coast; and two species of the 

 genus Terminalia (Nos. 47855 and 47856), which may be worth try- 

 ing as shade trees in Florida since T. arjuna has proved so successful 

 there. There are a number of fruits of interest, including a wild 

 olive from Sikkim {Olea gamUel, No. 47742). which bears fruits an 

 inch in length; a vellow-fruited raspberry {Ralus eUiptwus, No. 

 47781), said to be one of the best wild fruits of India; Solanum ver- 

 hascifolium (No. 47800), a shrub cultivated in southern India for 



