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found varieties less susceptible to the many peach 

 diseases than are those we have; and the collection 

 from Saharanpur, British India, (Nos. 41731 to 41743) 

 may contain such varieties. 



The search for grapes suited to the conditions 

 of the Southern States and possibly capable of hy- 

 bridizing with the Muscadine has brought in Vitis tiliae- 

 folia (No. 41707) from Vera Cruz, Mexico, and Vitis davidii 

 (No. 41877) from Central China. 



The subtropical and East Indian plum, Primus bok- 

 hariensis (No. 42057), from Simla which resembles Primus 

 salicina, may play a role in the production of a plum 

 for our Southern States. The Service Tree of southern 

 Europe, Sorbus domestica (No. 41703), which grows into 

 such a stately beautiful tree and bears palatable 

 fmits, appears to have been strangely neglected by 

 horticulturists. Although already very many varieties 

 of Japanese persimmon have been introduced, the ex- 

 tensive collections from Okitsu (Nos. 41691 to 41702, 

 Nos. 41779 to 41793, and Nos. 42138 to 42165) may 

 contain some better suited to our conditions or less 

 astringent than those we are testing. 



The Brazilian Expedition, sent out by this office 

 in 1913, discovered in the campo near Lavras a strange 

 and quite remarkable fruit (Eugenia klotzschiana) , charac- 

 terized by a remarkable fragrance. Through the kind- 

 ness of Mr. Hunnicut a quantity of seeds has been 

 secured (No. 42030) and the species will be given a 

 thorough trial. 



Solanum quitoense (No. 42034), the Naranjilla of 

 Quito, with fruits the size of small oranges, which 

 form the principal article of food of the settlers 

 during certain seasons, should certainly be given a 

 trial in this country. 



So much and such genuine interest has been aroused 

 in the Japanese flowering cherry trees, through the 

 gift to the City of Washington by the Mayor of Tokyo 

 of a collection of them, and through the satisfactory 

 growth which specimen trees have made in Maryland, 

 Massachusetts, and California, that a demand for them 

 has grown up which nurserymen find it difficult to 

 meet. It is of interest, therefore, to point out that 

 54 varieties from the municipal collection of Tokyo 

 near Arakawa, which represent the loveliest of the 

 hundreds of varieties known to the Japanese , have been 

 secured through the Mayor's courtesy, and these will 

 be propagated and distributed under the same varietal 

 names as they bear in the Arakawan collection (Nos. 

 41817 to 41870). 



