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Sydney Botanic Gardens. "From Warialda, New South Wales. 

 Growing at the foot of hills of a volcanic nature, subjected 

 to periodical droughts, early in flowering and late in fruit- 

 ing. The fruits are small, owing to the extreme drought dur- 

 ing the past two years." (Collector's note.) An especially 

 resistant species of Carissa introduced for breeding purposes. 

 For distribution later. 



CLAVIJA LONGIFOLIA. (Theophrastaceae . ) 34122. Seeds 

 from Trinidad, British West Indies. Presented by Mr. P. 

 Carmody, Director, Department of Agriculture. "An evergreen 

 tree attaining a height of ten to twelve feet, with orange 

 colored flowers in drooping racemes three to four inches long 

 on the trunk; leaves long-lanceolate, acute, spiny-toothed." 

 (Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening.) For distribution later. 



DOVYALIS CAFFRA. (Flacourtiaceae . ) 34250. Seeds of the 

 kei-apple from Saff, Egypt. Presented by Mr. Alfred Bircher, 

 the Middle Egypt Botanic Gardens. "A small tree, twelve to 

 thirty feet in height, often thornless when in tree form, but 

 exceedingly thorny when kept cut as a hedge, for which purpose 

 it Is much used, as it is impenetrable, and when once estab- 

 lished stands drought remarkably well. Seeds soon lose vi- 

 tality when kept dry, but germinate freely when fresh, and the 

 plants are easily transplanted in the various nursery stages 

 if not allowed to get a secure foothold, which they do rapid- 

 ly. It does not succeed where frosts are regularly severe, 

 but elsewhere requires to be cut twice a year to keep it in 

 good hedge form, and makes a dense 5-feet hedge in five years. 

 It stands cutting to any extent, and if a hedge has been al- 

 lowed to make too much headway when young and becomes open be- 

 low, it can be cut to the ground level and started afresh from 

 the coppice shoots. Blanks in a hedge, if not too wide, can 

 be remedied by interplaiting branches. The fruit is globose 

 or depressed-globose, minutely velvety, 1 to 1^ inches in di- 

 ameter, bright yellow, resembling an apricot, edible and used 

 in preserves, but of too high flavor to be used alone. It is 

 too sour for dessert use unless perfectly ripened under bright 

 sunshine, and is sometimes attacked by the common peach mag- 

 got." (Sim, Forest Flora of Cape Colony.) For distribution 

 later. 



ERIOBOTRYA JAPONICA. (Malaceae.) 34119. Seeds of loquats 

 from Rome, Italy. Presented by Dr. Gustav Eisen. "This ship- 

 ment contains seeds of both the pear-shaped and apple-shaped 

 loquats, of exceptional size, no fruit being less than two 

 inches in diameter and some more. They are the best I have 

 seen this year." (Eisen.) For distribution later. 



