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skin of the mamey de cartagena exudes a resinous, gummy 

 juice which is much used for killing chigoes and lice 

 when applied locally. Animals suffering with mange 

 and sheep ticks are cured by washing in a decoction 

 made by boiling the seed in water; if, however, ulcers 

 are present, it should not be employed a case is 

 known of a dog suffering from mange and ulcers, but 

 otherwise healthy, that died in two days after having 

 been bathed twice in the solution. Used in the form 

 of a cerate, it kills many varieties of insects. An 

 infusion of the fresh or dry leaves, (one handful 

 to a pint of water, in cupful doses) given during 

 the intervals of fever, has repeatedly cured inter- 

 mittents and remittents which did not yield to the 

 quinine salts. The treatment should be continued for 

 several days. A yellow, violet-scented liquor is made 

 from the fruit and flowers, and is a very delicious 

 beverage. The fruit eaten green or ripe, or in pre- 

 serves, possesses beneficial stomachic qualities." 

 (Goding. ) 



Pistacia chinensis (Anacardiaceae) , 47362. Chinese 

 pistache. From Peking, China. Seeds presented by Mr. 

 Han, assistant director of the Chinese Forestry 

 Bureau, through Mr. Paul S. Reinsch, American Minister 

 at Peking. "The pistache tree is a fairly rapid grower. 

 Its wood is good, durable, and much valued in making 

 household furniture and agricultural implements. Its 

 shoots are edible, and oil is extracted from its 

 seeds. It is found in the central parts of China, es- 

 pecially along the northern side of the Yangtze valley. 

 It is of great economic value." (Han.) 



Phyllostachys pubescens (Poaceae), 47370. Bamboo. 

 From Anderson, S. C. Rhizomes purchased from Mr. 

 Rufus Fant. "Mr. Pant's account of this clump [from 

 which these rhizomes were taken] is that about twenty 

 years ago he saw the Giant Japanese Bamboo advertised 

 In a florists' paper by H. H. Berger of San Francisco. 

 He sent the money and bought a plant or rather a piece 

 of rhizome; it died. He sent again and got a pot- 

 grown plant; he was afraid that this was not hardy, 

 so kept it potted for about five years, until it out- 

 grew the pot, and then planted it out of doors where 

 it now stands. In 1912 he formed the idea of starting 

 a grove along a little stream which runs through Silver 

 Brook Cemetery, not far from his house. So he took up 

 a clump of bamboo in February and planted it there, 



