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Passiflora maliformis . ( Passif loraceae. ) 39223-226. 

 Seeds of four varieties of the kuruba from Bogota, Co- 

 lombia. Presented by Mr. P. L. Rockwood, Clerk of the 

 Legation. "In my opinion the yellow kuruba will be a val- 

 uable addition to table fruit in the United States, for it 

 grows in a fresh cool climate, and it is the main market 

 fruit of that class here. The red kuruba is not common 

 and the families that have it think it is the best, but it 

 is not a prolific bearer and not so hardy. A climbing 

 vine, it covers walls, outhouses and small buildings with 

 evergreen, continually bearing fruit. The flowers are 

 very handsome." (Rockwood). 



Persea amertccma. (Lauraceae.) 39173. Seeds of an 

 avocado from Lumija, Chiapas, Mexico. Presented by Mrs. 

 H. H. Markley. "These are slightly pear-shaped, 5-6 inches 

 long, and 10 inches in circumference at the largest point. 

 The skin is very thin, the tree a prolific bearer, growing 

 40 or more feet high, symmetrical in shape, like a well 

 formed oak. Our temperature ranges from 70 to 100 P." 

 (Markley. ) 



Prunus aviam. (Amygdalaceae . ) 39175. Seeds of a cher- 

 ry from Rome, Italy. Presented by Dr. Gustav Eisen. 

 "Marasca Grossa di Firenze, probably a seedling from Marasca 

 di Piedmonte. Very large, dark brownish black, flesh very 

 firm, very slightly adhering to the stone, which however 

 separates rapidly . Subacid, sweet and slightly astringent. 

 Fine shipper. Suitable both for table and preserves. 

 This cherry is larger than any I have seen in California, 

 and in my opinion of exceptional qualities." (Eisen.) 



Rosa abyssinic" . (Rosaceae.) 39186. Seeds of a rose 

 from Asmara, Eritrea, Africa. Presented by the Director, 

 Bureau of Colonization. Technical description. "An erect or 

 often clambering shrub, glabrous, with spines more or less 

 curved. Leaves of 5-7 membranous, oval or elliptical, 

 acutely serrate, leaflets, with the petiole usually gland- 

 ular. Flowers corymbose, rarely solitary, with pubescent 

 peduncles, receptacles and calyxes; sepals lanceolate-acu- 

 minate, three, with one to three setiform laciniations or 

 without; petals white; style free, projecting. Habit that 

 of R. sempervirens . " (Adriano Fiori, Boschi e Piante 

 Legnose dell 'Eritrea. ) 



Sacchamun officinarum . (Poaceae.) 39165. Cuttings of 

 a fodder cane from Brisbane, Queensland. Presented by Mr. 

 Leslie Gordon Corrie. "Quacsofoca. The standard fodder 

 cane grown here for stock food purposes and known as the 

 Indian cane. Amongst other seedlings tested for this pur- 



