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Crowley, Louisiana. Seeds of several species used as fruits 

 in Brazil, some yellow, some purple, and "both large and small 

 forms. Introduced for work in "breeding with, the native 

 American maypop in the hope of producing a valuable fruit. 

 For distribution later. 



PASSIFLORA INCARNATA. (Passif loraceae . ) 52137-138. 

 Plants and seeds of the maypop of the southeastern United 

 States, purchased from Mr. Harlan P. Kelsey, Salem,- Mass., 

 for "breeding purposes. Obtained for the collection being made 

 by this Office of all the species of this genus having 

 edible fruits for use in hybridization work. For distribution 

 later. 



PELARGONIUM SPP. (Geraniaceae . ) 31957-975. Cuttings 

 from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England. Presented by 

 Dr. David Prain, Director. Nineteen South African species 

 and hybrids of this genus obtained for the work of a corre- 

 spondent in breeding new forms for commercial use. For 

 distribution later. 



PHASEOLUS SP. (Fabaceae.) 32035. Seeds of a bean from 

 the South Sea Islands. Presented by the Rev. Father C. N. 

 Field, Boston, Mass. "I never tasted a variety as delicious 

 as this one. They were given to me by a man who had traveled 

 around the world. They thrived much better than ordinary 

 scarlet runner beans, on very poor soil near Boston, grew ten 

 feet high and were remarkably productive. They are eaten 

 baked after removing the pods and are especially sweet." 

 (Field.) For distribution later. 



UNDETERMINED. 32063. Seeds from Brazil. Presented by 

 Mr. Fred. Birch, Theophilo Ottoni, Minas Geraes, Brazil. 

 "Seeds of a forest shrub which I have myself discovered here. 

 It is a rare pleasure to find a new fruit thus! It is a 

 shrub about four feet high of very compact growth, stem and 

 branches tough and elastic, leaves dark green, glossy, and 

 fairly tough, about one and one half to two inches long by 

 one inch wide, built like so many of the leaves here for 

 living through a long dry season. I have not yet seen the 

 flower. The fruit is a sort of elongated cherry, about seven 

 eighths of an inch long by three eighths to seven sixteenths 

 of an inch thick in the middle , black or purple bla.ck and 

 with a bright, glossy skin. They usually occur singly, strung 

 along the branches, but sometimes there are two together. 

 From one small shrub we have eaten, I think, about three 

 hundred fruits. The flesh is about one eighth of an inch 

 thick over the seed and it is soft and juicy and tastes more 



