600 



9000 to 11000 feet." (Forrest, Primulaceae from western 

 Yunnan.) For distribution later. 



PRUNUS ARMENIACA. ( Amygdalaceae . ) 34264-265. Seeds of 

 apricots from Rome. Presented by Dr. Gustav Eisen, San Fran- 

 cisco, Calif. 34264. "These seeds were procured in a restau- 

 rant ir. Rome. Locality not known. This variety is probably 

 the finest apricot I have tasted, being larger than our aver- 

 age Moorpark, globular but with apex characteristically point- 

 ed, the point being short but very acute and set off suddenly 

 and distinctly. Ripe evenly all around. Very sweet and high- 

 ly flavored. Color deep orange." For distribution later. 



PRUNUS DOMESTICA. (Amygdalaceae.) 34267-268. Seeds of 

 plums from Rome. Presented by Dr. Gustav Eisen, San Francis- 

 co, Calif. 34267. "Papagone. Average 2 inches long by 1| 

 inches wide. Largest 2f to even 3 inches long by If inches 

 wide. Elongated ovoid. Greenish yellow, with darker green on 

 shaded side. Stalk a short half inch or less long. Fine grey 

 bloom. Very thin and smooth skin. Seed very thin pitted, 

 sulcate edge and remarkably small for the size of the fruit. 

 Flesh firm, sweet and highly flavored, adhering slightly to 

 the stone." 34268. "Prune called Prunaringia grown near 

 Naples. The name may also, and more properly be spelled 

 Prunarigno or Prunarignia, and I am told that possibly it 

 means Prune of India, though I prefer to think that the name 

 in some way refers to the main characteristic of the fruit; 

 one or two vertical cracks, 'rigno,' when the fruit is fuljy 

 ripe. In size this prune or plum resembles the Papagone but 

 is more irregular. General shape like Papagone but the color 

 is deeper green. Very sweet and even more flavored, but the 

 value of this splendid plum is lowered by the fact that when 

 ripe it always possesses one or two vertical splits on the 

 cheek. Thus it does not present the same fine appearance as 

 the Fapagone and could not stand long shipment. But for can- 

 ning and preserves this plum should be excellent. The seed 

 in proportion to the fruit is considerably larger than the 

 Papagone but somewhat similar in shape; thin and oblong but 

 less curved than in that fruit. Both ripen at about the same 

 time and are at the height of perfection at Boscotrecase by 

 August 1." (Eisen.) For distribution later. 



NOTES FROM FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS. 



AFRICA. Southern Nigeria. Mr. Frank Evans writes under 



date of August 16, 1912. "After leaving Honolulu in April 



1911, I took a trip around the Orient, visiting and studying 



