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in habit, some very luxuriant and others quite dwarf, some 

 now producing terminal clusters of fruit while others fruit 

 on the lateral branches only. Many have glossy leaves 

 which are quite as persistent as ovali folium , the foliage of 

 others matures early. From among the original planting we 

 have now reduced the number which have unquestioned merit 

 to 50 and these are growing at Edgewood. They vary at 

 present in height from two feet to twelve. We anticipate 

 that some of them will prove to be valuable h'edge plants 

 partaking enough of the characteristics of ovalifolium to 

 give these plants desirable hedge qualities and at the 

 same time prove more hardy owing to the infusion of Ibota 

 blood. They have not yet been subjected to temperature ex- 

 posures which have killed ovalifolium entirely to the ground , 

 conditions which do occur occasionally in this vicinity so 

 their relative hardiness has not yet been absolutely de- 

 termined as yet." (Elm City Nursery Co.) 



Neplielium lapf.aceum L. ( Sapindaceae . ) 42086. One seed 

 from Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by Dr. J. C. Koningsberg- 

 er, Director Botanic Garden. "Rcunboetcm atjeh rnatjan . A 

 tree up to 25 meters high. This fruiting tree is an or- 

 nament of the Javanese village groves, because the pretty, 

 often more or less dense leaf-crown is decorated on the 

 outside with the numerous scarlet, long-stemmed fruits the 

 size of a hen's egg. Arillus white, very juicy, more or 

 less sour." (Koorders and Valeton, Systematisches ver- 

 zeichnis.) See Plant Immigrant No. 31, for photographs and 

 previous description. 



Paulownia mikado Ito. (Scrophulariaceae . ) 42036. Seeds 

 from Taihoku, Formosa, Japan. Presented by Mr. M. Takata, 

 Department of Productive Industries. A magnificent tree 

 30 to 50 feet high, much resembling the well known P. 

 impcrialis , but having slightly shorter panicles of larger 

 lilac or purple-tinted flowers dotted with purple on the 

 inside of the corolla. A native of Central Formosa. (Adapt- 

 ed from T. Ito, Icones Plantarum Japonicarum, Vol. 1, p. 

 5, pi. 9, 1912.) 



Pliaseolus lunatus L. (Fabaceae.) 42270. Seeds of Lima 

 bean from Tamatave, Madagascar. Presented by Mr. James G. 

 Carter, American Consul. "Commonly known in Madagascar as 

 'pois du cap' (Cape beans). The annual quantity of Cape 

 beans exported from the west coast of Madagascar amounts 

 to about 7,000 tons. These go principally to England, and, 

 from there, are exported in considerable quantities to the 

 New York market." (Carter.) 



Pha.seolus vidgaris L. (Fabaceae.) 42049. Seeds from 

 Puerto Bertoni, Paraguay. Presented by Dr. Moises S. Ber- 

 toni. "Forma tawana. The taguana, or giant bean of the Guar- 



