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it is planted by the natives as a dooryard tree. It 

 is very hard to establish the young trees which accounts 

 for the small plantings which have been made. (Adapted 

 from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, 

 vol. 4, p. 1889-90. ) 



Persea americana (Amygdalaceae) , 46337. Avocado. 

 Grown at the Plant Introduction Field Station, Miami, 

 Fla. A Mexican avocado, which has proved quite frost- 

 resistant. This variety is a seedling grown from seed 

 received under S. P. I. No. 19094. The fruit ripens 

 at Miami during the months of August, September and 

 October. It is pear-shaped and of a purplish maroon 

 color, weighs 11 to 12 ounces, and is of fair quality. 



Phaseolus lunatus (Fabaceae), 46304. Lima bean. From 

 Paraguay. Presented by Mr. Thomas R. Gwynn, Concepcion. 

 "The Linconia butter bean is the very finest that I have 

 ever come across. It yields in full blast for at least 

 eight months and with a good season will give, in a 

 climate like this, a year or more in superabundance con- 

 tinually, day after day. The plant is extraordinarily 

 hardy and thrifty, as neither the extreme drought nor 

 the hard frosts of last year put it out of business. 

 When I pulled the plants September first they were still 

 bearing (not a great deal). I planted this year Sep- 

 tember fifteenth, and as we had a splendid year the 

 plants are extra fine and are loaded with fruit of all 

 sizes, and flowers to the very tip ends. I have them 

 planted along a wire fence with poles 12 feet high 

 stuck in about one yard apart." (Gwynn.) 



Pittosporum ralphii (Pittosporaceae) , 46319. From 

 New Zealand. Presented by Mr. H. R. Wright, Auckland. 

 A laxly branched shrub 15 to 20 feet high, found in 

 the central district of the North Island of New Zealand. 

 The shoots, sepals, and under surf ace of the coriaceous 

 leaves are covered with close white hairs. The fascicles 

 of small bell-shaped, dark crimson flowers, with pro- 

 truding yellow anthers resting on the downy white young 

 leaves, make it a very attractive ornamental shrub. 

 (Adapted from Laing and Blackwell , Plants of New Zealand , 

 p. 195.) 



Solatium mammosum (Solanaceae) , 46374. Susumber. 

 From Porto Rico. Presented by Prof. C. S. Sargent, 

 Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. Col- 

 lected by Mr. Sylvester Baxter . "In Jamaica, difficulties 



