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takes but little time. When all goes well one has fresh 

 seeds again in early or middle July. From the nature of 

 the climate of north China one might predict that this 

 cabbage will do well in those parts of America where in 

 late summer and fall the days are warm and dry but the 

 nights are cool and where the soil is a trifle saline and 

 is irrigated." (Meyer's introduction.) For distribution 

 later. 



l>uiK-liosi(t cotittiriccnxix . (Malpighiaceae . ) 36101. Seeds 

 of the cereza from San Jose, Costa Rica. Presented by the 

 Costa Rican Department of Agriculture. "Fruit of medium 

 quality and in no way comparable with the true cherry 

 (cereza) of Europe. The tree is indigenous and often cul- 

 tivated in gardens. The fruit is often called tereza, 

 which is but a corruption of the name cereza." (Pittier, 

 Plantas usuales de Costa Rica.) For distribution later. 



sp . (Asteraceae . ) 36257. Seeds of a wild 

 dahlia from Contreras, Federal District, Mexico. Present- 

 ed by Mr. William Brockway, Superintendent Hotel Imperial 

 gardens. "From information given me by Prof. Pringle, who 

 collected extensively for many years in Mexico, I am led 

 to believe that the wild dahlia growing on both sides of 

 Ajusco mountain along the line of the Cuernavaca division 

 of the Mexican National Railway is the variety from which 

 the cultivated dahlias were originated. They grow at an 

 elevation of about 8000 feet, and during the dry season 

 these plants dry down and commence their growth again 

 about June 1, flowering about the month of September, 

 although I have several specimens growing in my garden 

 that are now beginning to flower in July, having been 

 irrigated a little. All the varieties I have noted here 

 are single flowered and none inclining to the cactus type. 

 I have found at least twenty colors and note some tending 

 to the collarette type, that are mostly self colors rang- 

 ing from various shades of red through orange, lemon and 

 violet to white. Some varieties are of very robust growth 

 mostly growing to a straight single stalk, branching out 

 on all sides exactly like a young specimen fruit tree. 

 They are very floriferous and I have often dug clumps of a 

 mass of tubers that would weigh up to 10 pounds. Several 

 of these varieties would prove of value on account of the 

 size, strength and beauty of the full grown plant." 

 (Brockway.) For distribution later. 



Eriobotryit japoidai . (Malaceae.) 36210. Cuttings of a 

 loquat from Rome. Presented by Dr. Gustav Eisen, San 

 Francisco, California. "Apple loquat from Boscotrecase . 



