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extensively in the province of Tochigi , about 100 miles 

 north of Yokohama. The slender tall stalks produce a 

 somewhat finer than the average Kentucky hemp. Although 

 this is one of the most promising strains of foreign hemps 

 it is not likely to give satisfactory results in this 

 country until after it has been acclimated by cultivation 

 and selection two or three generations." (L. Dewey.) 



Capsicum annuum L. (Solanaceae . ) 42070-42071. 

 of two varieties of Chile pepper from State College, 

 Mexico. Presented by Mr. Fabian Garcia, New Mexico College 

 of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. These were procured on 

 account of their being very prolific and early strains. 



Capsicum annuum L. (Solanaceae.) 42074. Seeds of red 

 pepper from Barcelona, Spain. Presented by Mr. Carl Bailey 

 Hurst, American Consul General. "Spanish sweet pepper 

 known to Spanish agriculture and industry as Pimiento dulce 



morron. " (Hurst . ) 



Cassia siamea Lam. (Caesalpiniaceae . ) 42362. Seeds of 

 Madagascar. Presented by Mr. Eugene Jaegle , Director , Agri- 

 cultural Station of Ivoloina near Tamatave, through Mr. 

 James G. Carter, American Consul. A valuable, medium-sized 

 shade tree, having pinnately compound leaves and oblong, 

 medium sized leaflets. It is decidedly ornamental on ac- 

 count of its erect, terminal panicles of yellow flowers and 

 elongated flat pods. It is commonly cultivated in the Phil- 

 ippines and has done remarkably well in Cuba. The wood is 

 considered of value for house columns and in the making of 

 furniture. (Adapted from De Lanessan, Plantes Utiles Des 

 Colonies Francaises, and Catalogue of Manila City Nursery.) 



Cercidiphyllum japonicum Sieb. & Zucc. (Trochodendra- 

 ceae.) 42067. A hardy ornamental shrubby tree of pyramidal 

 and when young, almost fastigiate habit, with handsome 

 light green foliage, purplish when unfolding, turning 

 bright yellow or partially scarlet in fall. It prefers rich 

 and moist soil, and grows rapidly when young. A recently 

 introduced Chinese variety, var . sinense Rehd . & Wilson, 

 is perhaps still more desirable than the type. It is the 

 largest of all broad-leaved trees known from China, the 

 trunk is sometimes free of branches for nearly 50 feet 

 above the ground, and attains to 25 feet or exceptionally 

 to 55 feet in girth. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclo- 

 pedia.) This gorgeous tree introduced from Japan by Col. 

 Clarke who went to Sapporo for the Japanese Department of 

 Agriculture deserves to be much more widely planted than 

 it is. Its pink leaves are beautiful in Spring and in 

 Autumn turn a wonderful yellow color. The trunk should be 

 protected from the sun as much as possible. Likes moist 

 ground. Perfectly hardy in the Arnold Arboretum at Boston. 



