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tung and retailing at from 10 to 12 cents Mexican per 

 pound. It is much relished as a condiment in soups and 

 with meat dishes and is considered to be very healthful, so 

 much so in fact that Confucius advised his pupils to make 

 ginger one of their relishes to be eaten daily. The 

 Chinese plant the rhizomes as soon as the soil becomes warm 

 and harvest the plants in the autumn after a light frost; 

 the rhizomes are stored in cool dugouts and kept covered 

 over with slightly moist sandy soil. Chinese name "Hsien 

 Chiang', meaning 'Fresh ginger. 1 " (Meyer's introduction.) 



Ziziphus jujiiba. (Rhamnaceae . ) 38244-247, 38249-253, 

 38258-261. Scions of jujubes from Shansi and Konan, China. 

 Thirteen varieties, all from regions heretofore unexplored 

 horticulturally , and one with fruits said to be larger than 

 ordinary hen's eggs. Some varieties preferably eaten 

 fresh, others when put up in weak brandy. (Meyer's intro- 

 duction. ) 



NOTES FROM CORRESPONDENTS ABROAD. 



Mr. F. Cook writes from Coban, Guatemala, May 20, 

 1914: "At last we have reached a place accessible to a 

 post-office, and can begin sending a few things. As I 

 feared the Florida trip has made us too late for several 

 things that could have been had in abundance in March and 

 April. The cotton has been harvested for the most part, 

 and we were not able to carry out the plan of making indi- 

 vidual plant selections , and were obliged to content our- 

 selves with seed in bulk. The hard shelled anona at Cahe- 

 bin has a definite season in April, and no fruits or living 

 seeds were to be had, but an American coffee planter has 

 located here and I left some mailing tubes with him for 

 next year, and with proper reminding in February or March 

 these seeds could probably be had without serious difficulty 

 as the trees are not rare about Cahebin. The tree is quite 

 large and of upright habit, quite different from the other 

 anonas. The leaves are thick, dark green and shining, like 

 those of a magnolia. It is also said to be a free bearer, 

 and the shell ic very hard. Another find not properly 

 appreciated before is the green sapote, injerto, or roxtul 

 as the Indians call it. This was described recently by 

 Pittier as Calocarpum vit-idc but the generic name is a homo- 

 nym and I have proposed Achradelpha to replace it. This new 

 species is a much finer tree than the true sapote and ap- 

 parently much better adapted to a cool climate. The foli- 

 age is much heavier than that of the sapote and of a deeper 

 green color, in form and general appearance not very unlike 

 that of the loquat. But the trees grow to a large size and 

 are very handsome. They take the place of the sapote al- 

 together at the higher altitudes around Coban, though both 

 trees are found in the Senabu and Cajabin districts. The 



