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and Morocco, it made good growth in 1915. In June, 

 1918, the erect branches were covered with fruits. 

 This pear is of small size, with a short peduncle, 

 beautiful yellow, fine, sugary, fragrant flesh, not 

 softening. It ripens in June, and is much superior to 

 other early pears , ripening on the same date." (Trabut.) 



Rubus strigosns x ritbrisetus (Rosaceae), 47296. Raspberry- 

 dewberry. From College Station, Texas. Plants presented 

 by Mr. H. Ness, Horticulturist, Texas Agricultural 

 Experiment Station. No. 1. A hybrid between Rubus strigosns 

 (the Brilliant), a red raspberry, as the staminate 

 parent, and Rubus rubrisetus, a dewberry, as the pistil- 

 late parent. The fruit is dark red to nearly black 

 and the flavor is mildly acid, with a strong reminder 

 of the raspberry,- very superior to the blackberry. 

 The drupelets adhere more to the core than in the 

 raspberry. (Adapted from the Journal of Heredity, 

 frontispiece, vol. 9, p. 338, 1918.) 



Solatium tcalare (Solanaceae) , 47310. Prom Giza 

 Mouderieh, Egypt. Seeds presented by Mr. P. S. Wal- 

 singham, Ministry of Agriculture, Horticultural Di- 

 vision. A shrubby solanum found along streams on the 

 west coast of Africa from Sierra Leone to Pungo An- 

 dongo. The stem, the leaves, and the outside of the 

 flowers are covered with stellate pubescence. The 

 ovate-oblong leaves have undulate margins and the 

 white or violet flowers, half an inch across, are 

 borne in racemose clusters of about ten. The fruits 

 are smooth, shining red, globose berries, about half 

 an inch in diameter. (Adapted from Thiselton-Dyer , 

 Flora of Tropical Africa, vol. 4, sec. 2, p. 224.) 



Spathodea campanulata (Bignoniaceae ) , 47216. Oruru. 

 Prom Southern Provinces, Nigeria. Seeds presented by 

 Mr. J. H. Kirby, Asst. Director of Agriculture, Ibadan. 

 A strikingly handsome tree, 20 to 70 feet or more 

 high, with a smooth, white stem without branches for 

 a considerable height from the ground, and a luxuriant, 

 conical head of foliage, all studded with large flowers 

 of a bright orange-scarlet. One of the most beautiful 

 trees in Angola, flowering from September to the end 

 of May, and fruiting in June and July. Suitable for 

 avenues or as a shade tree. Raised from seed which 

 is winged, light, and freely distributed by the wind. 

 (Adapted from Kew Bulletin, Useful Plants of Nigeria, 

 Part 3, p. 509.) "A tender, rapidly growing species 



