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Brassica chinensis Jusl. (Brassicaceae . ) 41031. Seeds of 

 Pakchol or Korean cabbage from Songdo, Korea. Presented 

 by Rev. C. H. Deal, Anglo-Korean School. "Korean cabbage. 

 I think this is strictly a Korean article, as I have never 

 met with it anywhere else. It grows very much like celery 

 but with leaves very much like a turnip or mustard leaf. 

 The stems are stocky and bleach beautifully. It is used 

 here for making a kind of pickle called Kimchi. The na- 

 tives call the cabbage Pachoo which would be a good name 

 in case you have not already introduced the seed under an- 

 other name. The seeds are planted in the fall, about Sep- 

 tember, in hills about fifteen inches apart each way and 

 thinned out to one stalk to a hill. It is not gathered in 

 until after frost, just before the first heavy freeze. It 

 takes a good deal of water and rich land and plenty of 

 fertilizer. " (Deal. ) 



Caiiarimn arriboinense Hochr . (Burseraceae . ) 41001. Seeds 

 from Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by the Director, Botanic 

 Garden. "A burseraceous tree 80 to 90 feet high, closely 

 related to C . moluccana but differing in the nearly smooth, 

 oblong fruit, that of C. moluccana being very rough and 

 very much more elongate. This tree branches about 25 feet 

 from the ground, trunk- about eight feet in circumference; 

 possesses large arching prop-roots at the base; bark 

 smooth and white; crown umbrella-shaped ." (Hochreutlner, 

 Plantae Bogoriensis Exsiccatae, p. 55.) 



Canarium oratum Engler . (Burseraceae . )40926. Seeds of 

 Fill nut from Manila, Philippine Islands. Presented by 

 Mr. H. T. Edwards, Director, Bureau of Agriculture. "Be- 

 cause of the easy digestibility of these nuts, they are 

 being used in Increasing quantities for the preparation of 

 an infant food, the excess of oil being removed and the 

 nuts ground to a paste. These nuts have been gathered by 

 one of our representatives residing on the island of 

 Catanduanes and are fresh stock, hulled by the cold-water 

 process ." (Adn. Hernandez.) 



Citrus grandis (L. ) Osbeck. (Rutaceae.) 40917. Seeds of 

 pomelo from Paramaribo, Dutch Guiana. Presented by Dr. 

 J. A. Samuels, who secured it from Mr. Bueno de Mesquita. 

 "Alamoen. A new type of citrus fruit. As the fruit is 

 apparently a new type of grapefruit, it may possibly be 

 resistant to the canker and should be made a subject of 

 investigation as soon as possible ." (D.G. Fairchild.) This 

 fruit, which is most likely the largest variety of the 

 Citrus, is called Guldieon-apple in Surinam. According to 



