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under that of coolie saffron." (Capus and Bois, Les Produits 

 Coloniaux.) For distribution later. 



DIOSPYROS KAKI. (Diospyraceae . ) 34697. Cuttings of 

 persimmon from Seoul, Korea. Presented by the American Consul- 

 General, Mr. George H. Scidmore. "A hardy persimmon tree 

 growing in the compound of this Consulate General, of the 

 'sheep nose 1 variety, said to have such good keeping quali- 

 ties as to keep until a late Easter." (Scidmore). For distri- 

 bution later. 



DIOSPYROS KAKI. (Diospyraceae.) 34711. Cuttings of 

 persimmon from Canton, China. Presented by Mr. G. Weidman 

 Groff, Canton Christian College. "Taai Hung T'sz. Large red 

 persimmon. This is decidedly the largest and sweetest per- 

 simmon I have ever seen. It does not have any of that 

 astringent taste so common to the persimmon. It is very high- 

 ly cultivated; rarely do you find a seed. The skin is thin 

 and of a deep red color. Fruit that I have had on my own 

 table of this variety measures eight inches around at its 

 greatest circumference." (Groff.) For distribution later. 



DIOSPYROS SP. (Diospyraceae.) 34713. Cuttings of a 

 persimmon from Canton, China. Presented by Mr. G. Weidman 

 Groff, Canton Christian College. "Kaai Sam T'sz. Chicken 

 Hearted Persimmon. This is a rather inferior persimmon not 

 commonly sold on the markets. The fruits are about the size 

 and shape of a small egg and very difficult to ripen. A com- 

 mon method employed by the Chinese for ripening this fruit is 

 to cover them over with the leaves of the bastard banyan tree 

 for several days; of course we do not have frost here. This 

 persimmon is used as the stock on which to graft the finer 

 varieties." (Groff.) For distribution later. 



EUCALYPTUS TRABUTI . (Myrtaceae.) 34661. Seeds of a 

 hybrid Eucalyptus from Algiers, Algeria. Presented by Dr. L. 

 Trabut , Director, Service Botanique. A hybrid found by Dr. 

 Trabut in sowing seeds of Eucalyptus botryoides which stood 

 near a Eucalyptus rostrata. Always tends to revert toward the 

 male parent. It is the first undoubted Eucalyptus hybrid, and 

 the existence of hybrids in this genus has been denied by 

 Baron Ferdinand von Muller. This hybrid is one of the most 

 vigorous of the genus, and in a nursery row at the Mustapha 

 Experiment Station has crowded out the pure species. For 

 distribution later. 



FARADAYA SPLENDIDA. ( Verbenac-ae . ) Presented by Mr. 

 William Soutter, secretary and manager, Queensland Acclimati- 



