Do not forget that a fifty dollar Liberty Bond would 

 provide trench knives for a rifle company. 



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Phaseolus lunatus L. (Fabaceae.) 44758. Seed of a 

 lima bean from Paraguana, Venezuela. Presented by Mr. 

 H. M. Cur ran. "Tapirama chicoa. Small, gray bean, with 

 a yellow eye. An unusual marking for this species." 

 (D. N. Shoemaker. ) 



Phaseolus lunatus L. (Fabaceae.) 44759. Seeds of a 

 lima bean from Miraca, Paraguana, Venezuela. Presented 

 by Mr. H. M. Curran. "Small, white bean, very similar 

 to beans received from Ceylon, Burma, and Java." (D. 

 N. Shoemaker. ) 



Phaseolus lunatus L. (Fabaceae.) 44760. "Tapirama Colo- 

 rado. Small, red bean, not like any variety of lima in 

 the American trade." (D. N. Shoemaker.) 



Phaseolus lunatus L. (Fabaceae.) 44761. Seeds of a 

 lima bean from Miraca, Paraguana, Venezuela. Presented 

 by Mr. H. M. Curran. "Tapirama amarilla. Small, yellow 

 bean; an unusual color for this species." (D. N. 

 Shoemaker. ) 



Pistacia chinensis Bunge . (Anacardiaceae. ) 44768. 

 Seeds of a Chinese Pistache from China. Obtained by Mr. 

 Edwin S. Cunningham, American Consul, Hankow, through 

 Mr. Nelson T. Johnson, American Consul, Changsha. This 

 beautiful Chinese tree with graceful pinnate leaves 

 which are at first dark red, then glossy green, and 

 finally, in autumn, become scarlet, purple, and yel- 

 low has done so well in many parts of the country that 

 we can now heartily recommend it for park and avenue 

 planting where the winters are not too severe. It has 

 withstood temperatures of 4 Fahr. without injury, 

 but has succumed to the more severe winters here in 

 Washington. It is essentially a dry climate tree and 

 has done particularly well in the South West. 



Raphanus sativus L. (Brassicaceae . ) 44731. Radish 

 seeds from Yokohama, Japan. Purchased from the Yoko- 

 hama Nursery Company. Bottle. A large, bottle-shaped 

 radish, called Tokuri in Japan. (Adapted from Useful 

 Plants of Japan, p. 21, 1895.) 



Raphanus sativus L. (Brassicaceae.) 44732. Radish 

 seeds from Yokohama, Japan. Purchased from the Yoko- 

 hama Nursery Company. A radish with a root over 3 feet 

 long and only 2 or 3 inches in circumference. Very 

 suitable for pickling. (Adapted from Catalogue of the 

 Yokohama Nursery Co., 1916-1917, p. 77.) 



