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Artocarpus eommunis Forster. (Moraceae .) 44908 . Bread- 

 fruit. From Honolulu, Hawaii. Presented by Mr. Gerrit P. 

 Wilder. "Ulu (Hawaiian variety)." This variety, which 

 now grows wild throughout the Hawaiian Islands, was 

 originally introduced from Tahiti. It has large, 

 rough, ovate, deeply lobed leaves, and the staminate 

 flowers- appear in large yellow catkins. The large- 

 stemmed fruit is either round or oblong and varies 

 from 5 to 8 inches in diameter. The thick, tough 

 rind, which is brownish at maturity, encloses a firm, 

 very starchy and somewhat fibrous pulp which becomes 

 mealy when cooked, slightly resembling a dry sweet 

 potato. It is much esteemed as an article of diet. 

 The tree is propagated by suckers or by layering. 

 (Adapted from G. P. Wilder, Fruits of the Hawaiian 

 Islands, p. 100, plate 48, under A. incisa.) 



Boehmeria maerophylla D. Don. (Urticaceae. ) 44860. 

 Seeds from Nice, France. Presented by Dr. A. Robert- 

 son-Proschowsky . A pretty shrub with narrow, dentate 

 leaves 6 to 12 inches in length, and very long, droop- 

 ing flower spikes. It is a native of Upper Burma and 

 northeastern India, where it ascends to 4000 feet. 

 The wood is light reddish brown and moderately hard, 

 and the bark yields a good fiber which is used for 

 ropes and fishing lines. (Adapted from J. S. Gamble, 

 Manual of Indian Timbers, p. 658, 1902.) 



Brassica pekinensis (Lour.) Skeels. (Brassicacea'e . ) 

 44892. Pe-tsai. From Ann Arbor, Michigan. Purchased 

 from Mrs. Fred Osborn, Manager, Varsity City Celery 

 Company. "Lun gar bak. Of the dozens of strains of 

 Chinese cabbage, the short-leaved, solid-headed strain 

 is the one that we have always used and found most 

 profitable. As a field crop sow in rows 3 feet apart 

 and thin to 18 inches in the row. Keep the plants 

 well watered and cultivated, for as soon as growth is 

 checked the seed head is formed and bursts forth as 

 soon as moisture is again applied." (Osborn.) 



Caesalpinia melanocarpa Grisebach. (Caesalpiniaceae . ) 

 44816. Guayacan. From Chaco Paraguayo , near Asuncion, 

 Paraguay. Presented by Mr. C. F. Mead, Asuncion. "A 

 very handsome and useful timber tree, though for the 

 most part useless in Chaco through being unsound. In 

 many respects it corresponds to teak. The bark has 

 medicinal properties. It may do well in the southern 

 United States." (Mead.) 



