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as wet land rice. (Adapted from Notes by F. N. Meyer.) 

 According to Mrs. Yamei Kin this water chestnut is 

 planted in hills 3 ft. apart in soil enriched by hog 

 manure and after the plants have started well then 

 they are flooded and kept flooded until the frost cuts 

 back the foliage then the water is drained off and 

 the hills are dug with a broad bladed hoe and the 

 tubers taken out of each hoe full of mud. 



Ficus carica L. (Moraceae.) 44472. Fig plants from 

 Granada, Spain. Purchased from the Pedro Giraud Nur- 

 series, through Mr. Percival Gassett , American Consul, 

 Malaga. "Isabeles, the most delicious fig and much sought 

 after." (Gassett.) 



Ficus pseudopalma Blanco. (Moraceae.) 44470. Seeds 

 from the Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. Elmer D. 

 Merrill, Acting Director, Bureau of Science, Manila. 

 "A single fruit of Ficus pseudopalma which apparently 

 has fertile seeds. This fruit was recently sent to 

 me from Corregidor. The species is a most striking 

 ornamental and will probably thrive out -of doors in 

 southern Florida and in southern California, and is 

 well worthy of cultivation in greenhouses. The stems 

 are erect, unbranched , and usually about 3 cm. in di- 

 ameter. The stem is tipped by a dense crown of very 

 characteristic leaves which is sometimes nearly a 

 meter in length. The fruits are born in the leaf 

 axils. On account of its palm-like aspect Blanco se- 

 lected the name pseudopalma; the common Tagalog name is 

 niogniogan which literally means little coconut." (Mer- 

 rill.) 



Liquidambar formosana Hance. (Hamamelidaceae . ) 44666. 

 Seeds from Nanking, China. Presented by Prof. Joseph 

 Bailie, University of Nanking. A handsome tree, 20 

 to 40 m. (65 to 130 feet) in height, with a straight 

 trunk, a much-branched head, and frequently buttressed 

 roots. The leaves turn to a chestnut -brown or red in 

 the autumn, and are retained late into the winter. In 

 juvenile plants the trees are 5-lobed, while in the 

 adult trees the leaves are only 3-lobed and are small- 

 er. In Kiangsi the wood is used for making tea-chests. 

 This is one of the most widely distributed trees in 

 China, being particularly abundant in western Hupeh; 

 and it is cultivated in Japan. (Adapted from C. S. 

 Sargent, Plantae Wilsonianae, vol. 1, p. 421-422, 

 1913. ) 



