18 GUAM AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



I'lul tlio related species, D. ehenaster^ each of the latter two yielding 

 in addition to an edible fruit a valuable ebony; the Rose apple, 

 Emjci'.hi jamhos; the Philipi)ine lanzones, Lansiuirh domesticum ; the 

 Marmalade plum of the West Indies, Lueurna mam'mosa; the Japa- 

 nese Nagi, Myrlca ruhni; the Longan, Nephellum longanum; and the 

 Guinea guava, Psidium guineense. 



MISCELI.ANEOUS PLANTS. 



Among plants not mentioned elsewhere, a few others are suffi- 

 ciently promising to merit report: Ceara rubber, Manihot glazovn^ 

 seedlings have made a remarkably good show^ing. Measurements of 

 one of these seedlings taken exactly one year after the seed was 

 planted showed a growth during that period of 16 feet in height and 

 10 inches in circumference at 3 feet above the ijround. These trees 

 are, however, very easily broken, and unless well protected are sub- 

 ject to serious damage by strong winds. Seeds of the kola nut. 

 Cola acuminata^ have been obtained from Ceylon, and the young- 

 seedlings grown from them are in good thrifty condition. A num- 

 ber of seedlings of the camphor tree, G amfhora ofic-inatis^ have been 

 introduced from Japan, and these have been sent out to planters for 

 trial in various districts of the island. 



Aside from plants of a strictly economic nature a few of purely 

 ornamental interest have been introduced and are being propagated 

 at the station. The ornamental hedge or bedding plant, Barlerii 

 crisfata, which has been the object of much admiration and com- 

 ment by Manila visitors, has been introduced in two varieties, v.ml 

 plants propagated from them by softwood cuttings have already be- 

 come well distributed over the island. A single plant of Boiigain- 

 mllea spectabilis has been successfully introduced. Two plants of 

 the so-called Cape jasmine, Gardenia jasminoides^ have been brought 

 in, and a limited number of plants have been grown from this stock 

 and distributed to the people. 



Specimen plants of the African oil palm. Elms guineensis ,' the 

 wine palm, Caryota iirens; and Para rubber, Hevea 'brazil i ens h^ 

 have been introduced and are now growing on the station grounds. 

 A few plants each of St. Lucia grass, Capriola dactylon var. and 

 St. Augustine grass, Stenotaphmm semindahim^ were received from 

 Florida near the close of the year. 



FRUIT GROWING IN GUAM. 



One of the most striking evidences of the unprogrcssive state of 

 agi"iculture in Guam is the absence of many of the important tiopical 

 fruits and the scarcity and general inferiority of those in cultivation. 

 With regard to quality probably a single exception, viz, the mango, 

 should be mentioned in modification of the above statement. This 



