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Garcinia mestoni F.M. Bailey. (Clusiaceae . ) 41802. Cut- 

 tings of Western's mangosteen from Cairns, Queensland, 

 Australia. Presented by Mr. G. Williams, Department of 

 Agriculture and Stock. An erect, slender, graceful tree 

 20 feet or more high; with drooping branches; opposite, 

 narrow lanceolate, glossy, dark green leaves; white flowers; 

 and globular fruit possessing a sharp, pleasant, acid 

 flavor. (Adapted from A Synopsis of the Queensland Flora, 

 3rd Supplement, 1890.)* 



Laurocerasus acuminata (Wall.) Roemer. (Amygdalaceae . ) 

 41813. Seeds from Darjeellng, India. Presented by Mr. G. 

 H. Cave, Lloyd Botanic Garden. A laurel cherry from the 

 eastern Himalayas and Assam, at elevations of 4,000 to 

 7,000 feet, with thin dark bark and reddish brown wood. 



Lilium giganteurrt, Walllch. (Llllaceae.) 41687. Seeds 

 from Boulder, Colo. Presented by Mr. Theo. D. A. Cockerell. 

 "Seeds of a Illy sent by Mr. J. Henry Watson, Manchester, 

 England. They were grown in 1915 by Sir Herbert Maxwell, 

 of Wistownshire , Scotland. This is a very fine thing, as I 

 know from photographs sent by Mr. Watson of plants growing 

 in his garden." (Cockerell.) 



Linuin usitatissimum L. (Llnaceae.) 41811. Flax seed 

 from Lawnton, Queensland, Australia. Presented by Mr. 

 Reginald W. Peters, Director, Experimental Grounds, at the 

 request of Mr. Leslie Gordon Corrie, Brisbane, Australia. 

 "This seed Is the result of several years hybridization 

 and selection in England for length of unbranched fiber 

 and absence of tillers at base." (Peters.) 



Macadam la tendfolia F.Muell. (Proteaceae . ) 41808. Seeds 

 of the Queensland nut from Honolulu, Hawaii. Presented by 

 Mr. C. S. Judd , Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and 

 Forestry. "These grew in Honolulu on introduced trees from 

 either Queensland or New South Wales, Australia, brought 

 here about thirty years ago. The fruit on these trees 

 ripens almost throughout the whole, year. Younger trees of 

 this species in Honolulu begin to bear at eight years from 

 planting and they are readily started from the nuts. The 

 leaf of the tree, which seldom attains a height of more 

 than thirty feet in these islands, is a dark green, very 

 shiny and resembles the leaf of the eastern chestnut oak. 

 There are only a few bearing trees in Honolulu, and the 

 nuts from these are roasted in the same manner as salted 

 almonds and are used on the table for the same purpose. 

 They are crisp and tender and in my opinion far excel 

 salted almonds." (Judd.) 



Mimusops elengi L. ( Sapotabeae . ) 41809. Seeds from 

 Port Louis, Mauritius. Presented by .Mr . G. Regnard. "The 

 fruit of this species is edible and co'nmjonly eaten by young 



