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36688 to 36715— Continued. 



golden yellow, with faint longitudinal lines under the skin, giving a ribbed 

 appearance: skin thick and very tough, separating readily from the pulp, 

 rather acid in taste; pulp translucent, yellowish white, aromatic, juicy, scanty 

 in quantity; flavor subacid, suggesting the wild mandrake, or May-apple; 

 agreeable when fully ripe; .seeds one to two, surrounded by short fibers, ellip- 

 tical to oval in form, slightly compressed, about three-eighths of an inch in 

 length." 



36714. Cassia grandis L. f. 



"(No. 18a. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. November 1, 1913.) Seeds of a large 

 leguminous tree producing handsome pink and yellow flowers. Its seed pods 

 are over a foot in length, plump, and very hard. The specimen from which 

 these seeds were secured was growing by the roadside in Nictheroy, across the 

 bay from Rio de Janeiro." 



36715. Carapa guianensis Aublet. Andiroba. 

 "(No. 20a. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. November 3, 1913.) Andiroba. An 



Amazonian tree belonging to the Meliacea?, used to good effect in the Rio de 

 Janeiro Botanic Garden as an avenue tree. It grows to a height of 50 feet or 

 thereabouts and has compound leaves \\ feet in length, the individual leaflets 

 3 or 4 inches long, obtuse, and dark green in color. The fruits are the size of a 

 baseball, russet brown on the exterior, thick shelled, dividing into four sections 

 when ripe and exposing the large, brown seeds, somewhat similar in shape and 

 appearance to chestnuts. Should be tried as an ornamental tree in southern 

 Florida and southern California." 



36716. Panax quinqtjefolium L. Ginseng. 



(Aralia quinquefolia Decne. and Planch.) 

 From Seoul, Chosen (Korea). Presented by Mr. George H. Scidmore, consul 

 general. Received December 10, 1913. 



36717. Amygdalus persica L. Peach. 



(Prunus jiersica Stokes.) 

 From Chosen (Korea). Presented by Mr. Alfred Welhaven, Unsan, Chosen. 

 Received December 8, 1913. 

 "Peach bud wood from Tying Yang, where the best blood-red peaches grow." 

 (Welhaven.) 



36718 to 36810. 



From China. Collected by Mr. Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural Explorer for the 

 Department of Agriculture. Received November 28, 1913. 



Quoted notes by Mr. Meyer. 



36718. Prunus triloba Lindl. Plum. 

 "(No. 1901a. Peking, China. July 23, 1913.) Collected from cultivated 



shrubs in the grounds of the German legation at Peking. A flowering plum 

 much cultivated in gardens in North China in a great many varieties. The 

 color of its flowers ranges from pale pink to a dark violet -rose, while as regards 

 size, degrees of doubleness, profusion, difference in time of opening, and in 

 lasting qualities, a very great variation exists." 



36719. Pkunus timloha Lindl. Plum. 

 No. 1905a. Hsiao Wit tai shan, Chihli Province, China. August, 1913.) 



Collected from wild shrubs on the north slopes of mountains, at elevations of 



