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37104 to 37116— Continued. 



87115. "No. 2. Locality, Kano. Local name Fara fara. One of the 

 varieties most commonly grown here, both for human consumption 

 and food for stock." 



37116. " No. 3. This variety is grown in much smaller amounts and 

 the grain, as will be seen, is a very poorly developed one. This 

 fact would seem to support the statement made on page 146 of 

 Dudgeon's 'Agricultural Products of British West Africa,' i. e., 

 that the stem is particularly rich in saccharine juice and that this 

 variety is mainly used as a cattle food." 



37117. Annona cherimola Miller. Cherimoya. 



From San Jose, Costa Rica. Presented by Mr. Carlos Werckle, Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. Received January 30, 1914. 

 "Java. Fruit tree ; hot climate." (Wercldd.) 



37118. Carica papaya L. Papaya. 

 From Angola, Africa. Presented by Rev. W. P. Dodson. Received January 



26, 1914. 

 " Seeds that are acclimatized here for a generation. It is not the United 

 States variety, but rather that of South America, and is a most delicious soft 

 fruit that grows abundantly. It ought to grow in southern Florida or southern 

 California, quite south (Imperial Valley)." (Dodson.) 



37119 to 37121. 



From Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by the Department of Agriculture. 

 Received January 29 and February 6, 1914. 

 37119. Casuarina sumatrana Jungh. 



" Introduced as a better style of Casuarina, forming a large and more 

 graceful tree than C. equisctifolia, used so commonly as a street tree in 

 Florida." (Fairchihl. ) 



"A shrub which in greenhouse cultivation may attain a height of 1A 

 meters or more, excessively branched. Branches spread out, elegantly 

 bent down by the weight of the twigs. Brandies, twigs, and little twigs 

 are three cornered, very thin, destitute of leaves, gracefully arched, some- 

 times pendent, forming by their union plumy masses or a kind of foxtail, 

 the whole of a deep shining green. Few plants are prettier, and above 

 all more suitable for commercial ornamentation, either for bouquets or 

 decorations for ballrooms. This species has a considerable number of 

 thin twigs, which give to the whole an excessive lightness which can be 

 compared to the marabous employed for decorating headdresses. Another 

 advantage yet which these twigs present is that, being completely desti- 

 tute of leaves, and owing their plumy lightness to the delicacy of the 

 different parts, they retain their ornamental character for a very long 

 time, which does not take place when this character is due to the loaves. 

 This species is cultivated in a light and firm mixture consisting of vege- 

 table mold and peat, to winch is added a small quantity of very sandy 

 soil, in pots well drained and relatively large. However, a better way is 

 to cultivate them in the ground in a ho! house, or, at the least, in a good 

 temperate house. Then the plants are very hardy and one can, at need, 

 cut off the branches to make bouquets or other forms of ornamentation. 



