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secure these scions were made by Mr. Frank N. Meyer, Agri- 

 cultural Explorer of this Office, during his stay in Japan 

 in September, 1915, and Mr. H. Suzuki, Manager of the Yoko- 

 hama Nursery Company, very kindly superintended the col- 

 lection and shipment of them to this country. Thanks are 

 due to Mr. Post Wheeler, Charge d'Affaires of the American 

 Embassy in Tokyo, for conducting the arrangements with the 

 Tokyo authorities. Mr. Wilson collected flowering specimens 

 from the Arakawa collection and these are now in the her- 

 barium of the Arnold Arboretum and will be of assistance in 

 checking up the varietal nomenclature, which is much com- 

 plicated. The hardiness of these flowering cherries in 

 many parts of the United States, the fact that they flower 

 at the most bewitching time of the year, -April and May-and 

 are peculiarly attractive for small gardens and yards, and 

 that most of them are introduced for the first time into 

 this country, make the presentation of this valuable col- 

 lection by the Mayor of Tokyo and his associates a matter 

 of very unusual interest to Americans. (Fairchild.) 



Sesban aculeatum (Schreber) Poir. (Fabaceae.) 41916. 

 Seeds fromKirkee, India. Presented by Mr. William Burns, 

 Economic Botanist. "A tall, very rapid growing species 

 reaching a height in one season of 12 to 20 feet in Florida 

 and Mississippi, the stems woody and 2 to 4 inches in dia- 

 meter. While this species is employed as a green manure 

 crop in the tropics, its woody stems and great growth make 

 it undesirable for agricultural use In America." (Piper.) 

 Its masses of handsome yellow flowers however make it 

 worthy of a trial in our summer flower borders where tall 

 rank growing plants can be utilized. (Fairchild.) 



Solarium quitoense Lamarck. (Solanaceae . ) 42034. Seeds 

 of Naranjilla from Quito, Ecuador. Presented by Mr. Ludovic 

 Soderstrom, through Mr. Charles S. Hartman, American Min- 

 ister. "The plant is about 6 to 8 feet high with hairy 

 leaves and produces a fruit like a small orange; it is 

 rather acid to taste. Each plant bears hundreds of flowers 

 and fruits. The plant lasts 5 or 6 years after which a new 

 plantation must be made. The best plantations are in the 

 clearings at 5,000 to 6,000 feet altitude. The mean tem- 

 perature is 17 to 19 degrees C. The fruit seems to be the 

 principal article of food during certain seasons for the 

 settlers in the woods. I have never found this plant flour- 

 ish In the dry valleys in the interior but always in the 

 clearings in the woods." (Soderstrom.) 



Solarium sp. (Solanaceae.) 42026. Tubers from Tucuman, 

 Argentina. Presented by Mr. E. F. Schultz, Horticulturist, 

 Agricultural Experiment Station, through Mr. John S. Cal- 

 vert, American Vice-Consul, Buenos Aires. "The Agricultur- 



