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Bureau in bringing together all the promising rubber-producing 

 plants for comparative tests and study. For distribution later. 



CHENOPODIUM SP. (Chenopodiaceae . ) 33742. Seeds from San 

 Jose, Costa Rica. Presented by Mr. Carlos Werckle, National 

 Museum. "'Apasote. 1 Used for seasoning like thyme, and espe- 

 cially good for shelled beans." (Werckle.) For distribution 

 later. 



CHRYSOBALANUS ICACO. (Rosaceae.) 33791. Seeds of the 

 icaco from San Jose, Costa Rica. Presented by Mr. Carlos 

 Werckle, National Museum, San Jose. "A much improved superior 

 variety. Black." (Werckle.) This tree which is a native of 

 Tropical America bears small pulpy fruits the size and shape of 

 a plum, somewhat sweet, but with a harsh flavor peculiarly 

 their own, which are much used for preserves and also as 

 dessert fruit. For distribution later. 



CITRUS SP. (Rutaceae.) 33761. Seeds of a lemon from 

 Malta. Presented by Mr. James Oliver Laing, American consul. 

 Obtained through the kindness of the secretary of the Malta 

 Horticultural Society. "This new fruit is the result of ex- 

 periments undertaken by the government expert here in the Gar- 

 dens of San Antonio and is called the San Antonio lemon. The 

 specimen sent and the lemon from which the seeds were taken 

 were chosen as exhibition fruit to be shown at the yearly fair 

 of the Malta Horticultural Society and are therefore not only a 

 new variety but the best specimens of it. The fruit was labeled 

 as follows at the fair: 'A seedling from a flat shaped variety 

 at San Antonio gardens and exhibited now for the first time.' " 

 (Laing.) For distribution later. 



CITRUS SP. (Rutaceae.) 33788. Seeds of an orange from 

 the Atlas Mountains, Algeria. Presented by Dr. L. Trabut , 

 Algiers. "A late orange from Atlas Mountains, cultivated in 

 the mountain valleys and grown from seed by the natives. Fruit 

 excellent." (Trabut.) For distribution later. 



COCOS SP. (Phoenicaceae. ) 33762. Seeds from Haedo, a 

 suburb of Buenos Aires, Argentine. Presented by Mr. C. F. 

 Mead. "Found in southern Brazil, Paraguay and northern Argen- 

 tina, but these seeds are from a tree grown by Vicente Peluffo 

 & Co., at their proving grounds near Haedo, which speaks well 

 for its frost-resisting qualities. This coco grows to a height 

 of about 5 meters and is very similar in looks and fruit to the 

 date palm. Fruit in looks is similar to a small crab apple ex- 

 cept that it lacks lustre; it is comestible and tastes some- 

 thing like a green pineapple." (Mead.) For distribution later. 



