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GARDENIA THUNBERGIA. (Rublaceae.) 34167. Seeds from 

 Durban, Natal. Presented by Dr. J. Medley Wood, Director, 

 Durban Botanic Gardens. "A small much branched tree, eight 

 to fifteen feet high, with smooth, white, unarmed stem up to 

 nine inches in diameter. Leaves very variable. Flowers termi- 

 nal, solitary, strongly scented, large, white and attractive. 

 Fruit woody, very hard, oval or oblong, two to four inches 

 long, two inches in diameter, many seeded, remaining on the 

 trees for several years, increasing in size with age, and 

 finally either smooth or roughened but usually white. The 

 strongly scented white flower makes this a favorite garden 

 flowering tree, and it is also used as a stock for grafting 

 the double Gardenia florida upon. The wood is hard, heavy and 

 strong, and used for making tools, etc." (Sim, Forest Flora 

 of Cape Colony.) For distribution later. 



GOSSYPIUM SPP. (Malvaceae.) 34184-194. Seeds of cot- 

 tons from Manila, Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. M. M. 

 Saleeby, Bureau of Agriculture. Eleven varieties of Philip- 

 pine cottons sent in in response to requests for native varie- 

 ties, all for use in breeding work. For distribution later. 



GREWIA ASIATICA. (Tiliaceae.) 34181. Seeds from Saff, 

 Egypt. Presented by Mr. Alfred Bircher, the Middle Egypt Bo- 

 tanic Gardens. A soft-wooded shrub or small tree producing a 

 bast fiber much used in rope making. For distribution later. 



HYPHAENE SP. (Phoenicaceae . ) 34219. Seeds of the doum 

 palm from Hamburg, Germany. Presented by Mr. Robert P. Skin- 

 ner, American consul-general. Seeds imported to determine the 

 possibility of securing large quantities of good quality doum 

 palm seeds through the German importers of this seed for use 

 in button-making. Immense quantities of seeds are imported 

 through Hamburg to supply the button manufacturers of Germany 

 with a cheap substitute for the vegetable ivory produced by 

 the nuts of Phytelephas species. For distribution later. 



JUGLANS NIGRA. ( Juglandaceae . ) 34254. Walnuts from 

 Sucre, Bolivia. Presented by Mr. Ernest F. Moore, British 

 vice-consul. "Variety boliviensis. These are from the same 

 species of walnut that grows in tropical Santa Cruz but were 

 taVen from higher altitude, approximately 7500 feet and not 

 more than one hundred miles from Sucre." (Moore.) For dis- 

 tribution later. 



JUNIPERUS SPP. (Pinaceae.) 54140-145. Seeds of juni- 

 pers from Novospassko, Russia. Presented by Mr. A. D. Voei- 

 kov. Six species of juniper from Turkestan and Russia, some 



