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to that of Abies forest at an elevation of 11,000 feet." 

 (Cooper. ) 



Persect americana Miller. (Lauraceae.) 41578-41580, 

 41629. Seeds of four varieties of avocado from Guatemala 

 City, Guatemala. Presented by Mr. William Owen, American 

 Vice-Consul in Charge. No. 41629. "Seeds from a very 

 large aguacate, which I consider the finest product of 

 Guatemala in that line. They are high grown, which will 

 enable the tree to better thrive in a northern climate. 

 Aguacate trees are not numerous in immediate neighborhood 

 of this city. I am compelled to depend almost entirely 

 upon the goodness of distant friends." (Owen.) 



Prunus niicrolepis sndthii Koehne. ( Amygdalaceae . ) 41566. 

 One cherry tree from Colchester, England. Procured from 

 Messrs. R. Wallace & Company. "Under the erroneous name 

 of P. niiqueliana this cherry has been cultivated In this 

 country for some three or four years, and has created a 

 good deal of interest because of its flowering from Novem- 

 ber onwards. Owing probably to the excessive mildness of 

 the late autumn of 1913, it made a very charming display 

 at that time. When it was in flower it was sent to Pro- 

 fessor Koehne at Berlin, the leading European authority on 

 this genus, and he pronounced it to be a many-petalled form 

 of his P. niicrolepis, originally described in Plantae Wil- 

 sonianae, I, p. 256 (1912). Normally, this cherry has five 

 petals to each flower; for this form, which has 10 to 15, 

 Professor Koehne suggests the varietal name Sniithii, to 

 associate with the plant the name of Mr. T. Smith, of Newry, 

 who introduced it from Japan. It is a deciduous small tree 

 with ovate-lanceolate, acuminate leaves, sharply serrate 

 (the teeth gland- tipped ), l-4r to 3-^ inches long, hairy on 

 both surfaces. Flowers, pale pink, 1 inch wide; the petals 

 obovate, often notched at the apex. Stamens white with 

 yellow anthers; style glabrous. Calyx, glossy green, 

 glabrous, tubular at the base, with five ref lexed , ovate 

 lobes -|- inch long, toothed, pointed." (Kew Bulletin.) 



Prunus sp . (Amygdalaceae.) 41577. Cuttings from Kyoto, 

 Japan. Presented by Miss E. R. Scidmore, Yokohama. Japan. 

 "Yania Zakura (mountain cheery), the Giou cherry tree in 

 Maru yama Park (Sea mountain park), Kyoto. It is a drooping 

 variety and these cuttings must be grafted on a drooping 

 variety to get good results." (Scidmore.) 



Sicajia odorifera (Veil.) Naud . (Cucurbi taceae . ) 41665. 

 Seeds of a melocoton from Brazil. Presented by Mr. H. M. 

 Curran. "Common half-wild yellow-fleshed melon of negro 

 clearings, mountains Rio Contas, 12 to 14 inches long, 3 

 to five inches in diameter. Exterior reddish. Flesh tough 

 and not very palatable. A strong grower which climbs on 

 trees in clearings." (Curran.). 



