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in height and they have grown in length at a rate of about 6 
inches annually during the last three years. 
A profusion of flowers has also been produced in May of each 
year at about the same time as in the specimens bloom in the open 
air of the desert. The plant seems incapable of self-pollination 
and as the animal which customarily carries pollen was not 
present no fruits were formed until the present year, when this 
deficiency was supplied by hand pollination. The half dozen 
which were allowed to attain full size matured and split open 
early in July exposing the mass of pulp and seeds which consti- 
tutes such an important article of food for the Papago, Pima, 
Maricopa, Yaqui and other Indians. The illustration accom- 
panying this note shows the three larger trees in the conserva- 
tories in the flowering se 
It is to be seen a ee foregoing notes that the suwarro 
was seen and described by various travellers from 1604 to 1825 
and its actual discovery antedates that of Emory by nearly two 
and a half centuries. 
D. T. MacDoucar 
Assistant Director. 
NOTES, NEWS AND COMMENT. 
Professor Howard J. Banker, of DePauw University, Green- 
castle, Ind., spent a few days at the garden early in July in con- 
sultation of the collections. 
The total rainfall in the garden during July, 1905, amounted 
to 4.13 inches. Maximum temperatures of 88° on the gth, 90° 
on the roth, 89° on the 11th, 88%° on the 12th, 85° on the 
13th, 92° on the 14th, 87° on the 15th and 8814° on the 27th 
were observed ; also minima of 57° on the oth, 60% on the 15th, 
and 54° on the 24t 
