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Amygdalus persiea L. (Amygdalaceae . ) 43289-43291. 

 Peach seeds from Canton, China, introduced for the 

 study of the office of Horticultural and Pomological 

 Investigations. Presented by Mr. P. R. Josselyn, 

 American Vice Consul in Charge. Chinese peach trees 

 are grown for the most part in the northern provinces, 

 where the climate is cold. Those grown in Kwangtung 

 Province are inferior in size, color and flavor to 

 those grown further north. There are three species 

 of peaches cultivated in this province, viz., the 

 sweet, the sour and the bitter." (F. D. Cheshire.) 

 Ying Tsui Tao (eagle's beak). Very sweet with a point 

 resembling the beak of the eagle and having a hairy 

 coat. It is grown mostly at Sum Chuen, in the Pun Yu 

 district; Poon Tang, in the Nam Hoi district; and also 

 in the Fa Yuen, Samshui and Tung Kun districts." 

 (Josselyn.) Ha Mut Tao (honey-tasting peach). Very 

 sweet, slightly round in shape; came originally from 

 Manchuria. This peach is grown for the most part at 

 Fati and Tong Kat and some other points in the Pun 

 Yudistrict." (Josselyn.) Shiten Tao (sour peach). Grown 

 at various places in Canton, mostly in the hilly dis- 

 tricts. Some are imported to Canton from Shui Kwan 

 and Shui Tung district." (Josselyn.) 



Annona cherimola x squamosa. (Annonaceae . ) 43263. Seeds 

 of Atemoya from Manila, P. I. Presented by Mr. Adn. 

 Hernandez, Director of Agriculture. "Plants very 

 similar in appearance to the cherimoya. The fruit is 

 small, about 10 ounces in weight, yellowish green, 

 with very thick tough skin and white tender flesh, 

 juicy sub-acid. It has 4 to 7 seeds, darker colored 

 than those of the cherimoya." (Wester, Philippine 

 Agric. Review, p. 71, Feb. 1914.) 



Araucaria brasiliana A. Richard. (Pinaceae.) 43383. 

 Seeds from Monte Serrat, near Itatiaya, Brazil, col- 

 lected by Dr. J. N. Rose and Mr. P. G. Russell, Na- 

 tional Museum. "A tall evergreen tree native in 

 southern Brazil, sometimes 100 feet high, with large 

 and nearly globular cones. The wood is used in con- 

 struction work, for turning, ships' masts, cabinet 

 work and for matches. The thick resinous bark yields, 

 by a fermenting process, an agreeable medicinal drink, 

 and the ashes contain much potash; the resin exuded 

 by the bark furnishes by-products useful in the in- 

 dustries and in medicine. The edible seeds produce 

 white and delicate starch." (Adapted from Bailey, 

 Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, p. 346, and from 

 Correa, Flora do Brazil, p. 61.) 



