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thrives best on a rich alluvial soil, in hot and 

 moist climate." (Macmillan, A Handbook of Tropical 

 Gardening and Planting, p. 144, under Bertholletia excelsa. ) 



Bulnesia arborea (Jacq.) Engler. (Zygophyllaceae . ) 

 43057. Seed from Calamar, Colombia. Collected by Mr. 

 H. M. Curran. "Guayaean. One of the principal trees of 

 this region, 60 to 70 feet high, 24 inches in dia- 

 meter, wood hard, durable. Flowers yellow. Used for 

 railroad ties, are not expensive and weathers well. 

 Magdalena river above Calamar, March 25, 1916." (Cur- 

 ran. ) 



Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck. Plant from Avondale, 

 Auckland, New Zealand. Presented by Mr. H. R. Wright, 

 Avondale Nursery. "Best's seedless. A new local seedling 

 of great merit, and, as its name indicates, perfectly 

 seedless; in quality one of the finest we have ever 

 sampled, and sure to become a great favorite; the most 

 vigorous of all oranges ." (Avondale Nursery Catalogue .) 



Coffeaamam P. P. Bruijning. (Rubiaceae.) 43073. 

 Seed from Fort Dauphin, Madagascar. Presented by Mr. 

 G. Regnard, Port Louis, Mauritius. "Local name Mautsaha. 

 French name Cafe Marchal. Without caffeine." (Regnard.) 

 Mr. Wm. B. Harris, of the United States Department of 

 Agriculture, reports as follows on the physical an- 

 alysis of this coffee: "I have examined the caffein- 



free coffee of Madagascar. The liquor from both the 



medium and the dark roast is exceedingly bitter, 

 similar to the bitter taste from an orange seed or 

 the bitter of quinine. With this character, in my 

 opinion, it is worthless for trade purposes, whether 

 it contains caffeln or not." 



Eriobotrya japonica ( Thunb .) Lindl. (Malaceae.) 42148. 

 Plant from Avondale, Auckland, New Zealand. Presented 

 by Mr. H. R. Wright, Avondale Nursery. "Thames Prize. 

 Named so from the fact that it has always carried off 

 the prize at the Thames Show, the district of its 

 origin; fruit of large size and very fleshy. Tree 

 very vigorous." (Avondale Nursery Catalogue.) 



Hydnoearpus kurzii (King) Warburg. (Placourf laceae. ) 

 43227. Seed from Calcutta, India. Purchased from 

 Messrs. Smith, Stanistreet & Co., through Mr. James 

 A. Smith, American Consul-General . "A large tree, 40 

 to 50 feet high, of the forests of Sylhet, Chittagong 



