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to a healthy maturity have been met by grafting them 

 on Solanum mammosum, the so-called susumber tree, a rank, 

 tropical weed closely related botanically to the egg- 

 plant. The grafts are said to produce fruits of large 

 size and fine flavor, and as the stock is perennial, 

 bearing is continual." (Contributions of the U. S. 

 National Herbarium, vol. 8, p. 242.) 



Zea mays (Poaceae), 46314. Corn. From Mexico. 

 Presented by Mr . Arnulf o Ballesteros , La Barca, Jalisco, 

 at the request of Mr. JohnR. Sillman, American Consul, 

 Guadalajara. "Early Pipitillo corn, which is cultivated in 

 the swampy lands of Chapala. This corn is early in 

 this region only when sown in the months of January, 

 February, and the early part of March. It is then possible 

 for the harvesting and drying to be completed four 

 months afterward. If, on the other hand, it is sown in 

 May or June, the time required for it to mature is six 

 months." (Ballesteros.) 



Notes from Correspondents. 



A letter dated September 13, 1918, from Mr. H. Tisell, 

 of Orange Center, Orange County, Florida, contains the 

 following translation of an article on Rismollan, "Svenskt 

 Land," December 15, 1917, p. 338. Believing that the 

 article will prove of interest to our collaborators, 

 we are quoting it entire. 



Rismollan. A Newly Discovered Utility Plant. 



"That necessity is the mother of invention is 

 found more and more true in our days. 



"In all walks of life the human intelligence is 

 trying to procure substitutes for all that the world 

 war has forced us to do without. What we especially 

 have great need of is bread and more bread. The culti- 

 vation of bread grains has fortunately increased, but 

 not sufficiently to fill our needs. It has therefore 

 been necessary to mix all kinds of possible and im- 

 possible substances with the flour to make it go farther. 



"In Skane (the most southern district of Sweden) , 

 a farmer, Ernst A. Larsson, Filborna, Halsingborg, has 

 drawn attention to a very fruitful plant: Rismollan 

 (Chenopodium quinoa) , the grain of which can be milled into 

 flour and cooked as porridge. The leaves provide a 

 tasty ' spinach. ' 



"Mr. Larsson himself tells that during the winter 



