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the southwest coast of Hondo where It is associated 

 with Camellia, Diospyros kaki, and other garden favorites, 

 it is somewhat different from the inland tree; the 

 head is more dense and with a rounded top, not unlike 

 that of some of the older Yews in this country; the 

 leaves too are shorter, narrower and more pointed. 

 The wood is strong and straight-grained; it is much 

 valued for building and cabinet-making." (Veitch's 

 Manual of Coniferae, 2d ed. p. 119, under Torreya nucif- 

 era.) 



Urena lobata L. (Malvaceae.) 43074. Seed from San- 

 tiago de las Vegas, Cuba. Presented by Mr. Juan T. 

 Roig, Botanist, Agricultural Experiment Station. "The 

 most promising native fiber plant, known as MalvaUanca. 

 Is considered a good substitute for jute." (Roig.) 



Vicia faba L. (Fabaceae.) 43228. Seed from La Paz , 

 Bolivia. Presented by Mr. John D. O'Rear, United 

 States Minister. "The only variety of horse bean that 

 is cultivated in this country. The bean is produced 

 very successfully in this country, especially in the 

 high altitudes, and constitutes one of the principal 

 articles of diet of the Indians of the Altiplano, who 

 use it in roasted form. It is also used widely as 

 table food, it being of very good quality, and when 

 properly prepared provides a very wholesome and de- 

 licious dish. These seeds are dried in the same form 

 as used by the natives for preserving the seed from 

 one season to another, and will have to be soaked in 

 water for two or three days before planting. " (O'Rear.) 



Zea mays L. (Poaceae.) 43117-43118. Seed of two 

 varieties of corn from Ottawa, Canada. Presented by 

 Mr. J. H. Grisdale, Director, Central Experiment Farm. 

 Mr. A. J. Logsdail, of the Central Experimental Farm, 

 Ottawa, Canada, writes as follows: "We are forward- 

 ing to you samples of Early Malcolm sweet corn, and 

 some of its progeny produced here at the Central Ex- 

 periment Farm. The Malcolm corn, in each instance, 

 was the pollen parent of these crosses; the strains 

 of early Ottawa were produced by employing Early Adams 

 as the female parent, and the Squaw strains (have not 

 been named as is evident) were produced by using our 

 native Squaw corn, a dwarf, early maturing type of 

 flint corn. We have found that this seed does best in 

 areas where the average length and development of the 

 season is similar to our conditions around Ottawa." 



