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Ch'ung-ch'lng, China. Presented by Mr. E. Widler. "This 

 lemon answers almost the description of the Ichang lemon, 

 excepting that its seeds are much smaller, and the inside 

 seems to be all pith. These Szechwan lemons grow about 100 

 miles distant from Ch'ung-ch' ing. Chinese name, Hsiang yuan . " 

 (Widler. ) 



Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott. (Araceae.) 42450. Taro 

 tubers from Glenwood, Hawaii. Presented by Mr. J. B. Thomp- 

 son, Superintendent, Glenwood Sub-station. "Kuoho. An up- 

 land taro. This variety was grown quite commonly around 

 Hilo at the time of my visit to Hawaii in 1913, and was 

 considered to be one of the best. The corms and tubers are 

 very acrid in the raw state and require longer cooking to 

 destroy the acridity than is necessary to cook them to a 

 soft, mealy condition. The quality is good when the taro 

 is thoroughly cooked." (R. A. Young.) 



Cytisits dallimorei Rolfe. (Fabaceae.) 42552. Cuttings from 

 Kew, England. Presented by Sir David Prain, Director, 

 Royal Botanic Gardens. "A hybrid raised at Kew in 1900 by 

 crossing C. scoparius var. Andreanus (seed bearer) with C.albus. 

 It is a tall shrub, perhaps 8 or 9 feet high, of thin, erect 

 habit, suggesting that of C. scoparius. Leaves mostly tri- 

 foliate, downy, young wood ribbed. Flowers about f inch 

 long, the whole of the petals suffused with beautiful 

 shades of rosy pink deepening on the wing-petals to crimson; 

 the almost orbicular standard petal is f inch long, darker 

 outside than within, keel almost white . Calyx helmet-shaped, 

 shining brown, slightly downy, | inch long; flower-stalk 

 inch long, downy. At each node the flowers are solitary or 

 in pairs. This beautiful broom is quite distinct from any 

 other in cultivation, and is the first hybrid broom raised 

 by artificial cross-fertilisation, all its predecessors 

 having originated as chance crosses made by insects. It is 

 propagated by grafting on Laburnum. As it flowers regular- 

 ly and in great profusion in May, it ought in time to be- 

 come a popular garden shrub. (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs 

 Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 458.) 



Eugenia pungens Berg. (Myrtaceae.) 42536. Seeds from 

 Buenos Aires, Argentina. Presented by Sr. Benito J. Car- 

 rasco, Director Botanic Gardens. "Guabiyu. An ornamental 

 fruit tree, from the temperate and hot regions of Argen- 

 tina." (Carrasco.) 



Hakea spp. (Proteaceae . ) 42600-42604. Seeds from Ven- 

 timiglia, Italy. Received through the Superintendent, La 

 Mortola Garden. 42600, H. ciicullata R. Brown., 42601, H. elliptica 

 R. Br., 42602, H. laurina R. Br., 42603, H. suaveolens R. Br., 

 42604, H. varia R. Br. "Drought-resistant plants which en- 

 dure moderate frost and are therefore well adapted to the 



