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Annona squamosa L.. (Annonaceae . ) 41464. Seeds of 

 sugarapple from Saigon, Cochin-China. Presented by Mr. P. 

 Morange, Director of Agriculture. "These seeds are known 

 in Cochin-China under the name Pomme-cannelle du Cap, 'Cape 

 cinnamon-apple 1 . The flesh of fruits of this variety pre- 

 sents when ripe a firm texture, with seeds comparatively 

 rare, and does not split open as is the case with the or- 

 dinary variety. This peculiarity allows the transporta- 

 tion of the fruit for long distances, and should certainly 

 make its exportation easy." (Morange.) 



Barleria cristata L. (Acantha.ceae . ) 41458. Cuttings from 

 Manila, Philippine Islands. Presented by the Director, 

 Bureau of Agriculture. "Philippine hedge plant, the best 

 in the tropics. I think it never seeds." (0. W. Barrett.) 

 "An erect or diffuse acanthaceous undershrub with the 

 branches and upper surface of the leaves usually yellow- 

 hairy; often compound, dense, ovate spikes of purple, blue, 

 or white flowers. The corolla is about 1-g- inches long, 

 the upper half funnel-shaped and spreading into ovate 

 lobes -g- inch in length. Wild everywhere in the lower hills 

 of Northeastern and Central India and probably in the 

 mountains of Southern India also." (Adapted from Hooker, 

 Flora of British India, Vol. 4, p. 488, 1884.) 



Benincasa hispida, (Thunb. ) Cogn. (Cucurbitaceae . ) 41492. 

 Seeds of wax gourd from Chungking, China. Presented by Mr. 

 E. Widler. "Tung Kwa. A plant 20 to 30 feet long. Grows 

 best in a climate with ranges in temperature from 70 to 

 110 degrees P.; takes about 6 months to mature; bears yel- 

 low flowers and fruits in the autumn. The fruit is 3 feet 

 long and 2 feet in circumference, used only as a vegetable 

 boiled and sweetened. It sells in the market at 25 cash 

 per cattle." (Widler.) 



Betula pendula Roth. (Betulaceae . ) 41478. Birch seed- 

 lings presented by Mr. Norman M. Ross, Forestry Branch, 

 Indian Head, Saskatchewan, Canada. "These seedlings came 

 from seeds picked during the past 2 or 3 years, from trees 

 grown from seed originally obtained in Russia, the planta- 

 tions being set out in 1908 as two-year-old seedlings. 

 These trees are planted 4 feet apart each way and show a 

 height of from 12 to 16 feet." (Ross.) 



Caragana arborescens var. prostrata Lam. (Fabaceae.) 

 41480. Cuttings of Siberian peatree from Indian Head, Sas- 

 katchewan, Canada. Presented by Mr. Norman M. Ross, Forest- 

 ry Branch. "A seedling grown, among thousands of others 

 from seed picked in our ordinary hedges, probably about 

 five years old, has a spread of about four feet. We find 

 that probably one percent of the seedlings show the pros- 



