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Caesalpinia sepiaria (Caesalpiniaceae ) , 47351. From 

 Nice, France. Seeds presented by Dr. A. Robertson 

 Proschowsky , Jardin d ' Accllmatation. A large , climbing, 

 prickly bush in the Himalayas, and extending to Ava 

 and Ceylon; it ascends to 4,000 feet in altitude. Lac 

 is gathered on the tree in Baroda. The bark is much 

 used for tanning and the young pods contain an essential 

 oil; in Chumba the bruised leaves are applied to burns . 

 It makes an impenetrable hedge. (Adapted from Watt's 

 Dictionary of the Economic Products of India, vol. 2, 

 p. 12.) 



Cucurbita pepo (Cucurbitaceae) , 47378. Squash. From 

 Shanghai, China. Seeds presented by Mr. F. J. White, 

 president, The Shanghai Baptist College and Theologi- 

 cal Seminary. "This squash is a greenish bronze in 

 color, round, and ribbed; the flesh is remarkably thick 

 and of very good quality. There is hardly any cavity 

 at all inside the squash." (White.) 



Dioscorea sp. (Dioscoreaceae ) , 47392. Yam. FromSt. 

 Lucia, B. W. I. Tubers presented by Mr. Samuel Rosen, 

 New York. "A white-fleshed yam of medium size. It is 

 quite moist when cooked, but makes an excellent dish 

 when mashed and beaten thoroughly." (Young.) 



Eehium wildpretii (Boraginaceae) , 47356. From Nice, 

 France. Seeds presented by Dr . A. Robertson Proschowsky 

 Jardin d ' Acclimatation. "This plant made its debut at 

 Kew in 1899. It was raised there from seed sent in by 

 Mr. Wildpret, curator of the Botanic Gardens, Orotava, 

 Teneriffe. They were two years old when they flowered 

 in May, and since then by sowing seeds annually, plants 

 have been on show at Kew every spring. Even before 

 the flower spikes develop, the plants are attractive; 

 their 'leaves, covered with silky hairs, after the 

 manner of the Silver Tree, form a handsome rosette 

 18 inches high and through. The flower spike adds an- 

 other two feet to this height, and when the purplish 

 pink flowers are all open, the plant is singularly 

 handsome. I know no other like it. Certainly among the 

 many plants grown at Kew for the conservatory, there is 

 not one that attracts and pleases more than this Eehium. 

 The altitude at which it grows wild at Teneriffe has 

 not been recorded, but it is probably some distance 

 above sea level, and, therefore, the plant ought to be 

 a good one for open-air gardening, If protected from 

 the frosts." (W. Watson, Gardeners' Chronicle, Oct. 

 26, 1912, p. 317.) 



