14 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



5534. Canarium amboinense. Amboina almond. 



From Amboina, Dutch East Indies. Received through Messrs. Lathrop and Fair- 

 child (No. 353, February 8, 1900), October 8, 1900. 



"This is possibly the stateliest avenue tree in the world and forms in the famous 

 garden of Buitenzorg, Java, the 'Canarium AlUeJ which is noted as the most beauti- 

 ful avenue in existence. A valuable table oil is made from the kernels of the fruits 

 and these are highly prized by Europeans, being eaten like almonds. If introduced 

 into the Philippines they might be made to pay as a secondary crop.". (Fairchild. ) 



5535. Solanum melongena. Eggplant. 



From Amboina, Dutch East Indies. Received through Messrs. Lathrop and Fair- 

 child (No. 354, February 8, 1900), October 8, 1900. 



" Fruit long, striped with red, purple, and white." {Fairchild.) 



5536. Capsicum annuum. Red pepper. 



From Amboina, Dutch East Indies. Received through Messrs. Lathrop and Fair- 

 child (No. 355, February 14, 1900), October 8, 1900. 



"An excellent variety of egg-shaped red pepper." {Fairchild.) 



5537. Capsicum annuum. Red pepper. 



From Singapore. Received through Messrs. Lathrop and Fairchild (No. 356, 

 January 24, 1900), October 8, 1900. 



"A long, slender variety of red pepper." {Fairchild.) 



5538. Capsicum annuum. Red pepper. 



From Macassar, Celebes. Received through Messrs. Lathrop and Fairchild 

 (No. 357, January 11, 1900), October 8, 1900. 



•'A small red pepper." {Fairchild. ) 



5539. Forest tree. 



From Boela, Ceram Island, Dutch East Indies. Received through Messrs. 

 Lathrop and Fairchild (No. 358, January 18, 1900), October 8, 1900. 



" Seeds from a single fruit of a beautiful orange-red color; borne by a small forest 

 tree with lanceolate dark-green leaves. Fruits borne in pairs, and are pulpy, jelly- 

 like, and almost transparent. One of the showiest fruits I have ever seen. I do not 

 know whether or not it is edible." {Fairchild. ) 



5540. Forest tree. 



From Boela, Ceram Island, Dutch East Indies. Received through Messrs. 

 Lathrop and Fairchild (No. 359, January 18, 1900), October 8, 1900. 



"Fruit oblate spheroid, dark green, several-seeded with hard, smooth exocarp. 

 Flesh brown and spongy. Not known to. be edible." {Fairchild. ) 



5541. Forest tree. 



From Boela, Ceram Island, Dutch East Indies. Received through Messrs. 

 Lathrop and Fairchild (No. 360, January 18, 1900), October 8, 1900. 



"One-seeded, purple-fleshed fruit, from clearing in virgin forest. Said to be 

 poisonous. ' ' ( Fairchild. ) 



5542. Vicia faba. Broad bean. 



From Dutch East Indies. Received through Messrs. Lathrop and Fairchild (No. 

 361, January 11, 1900), Octobe- 8, 1900. 



"Sample of a variety of broad bean which is canned and sent from Holland to 

 India, where it is cooked in water and eaten as a great delicacy by Europeans. Most 

 excellent eating." ( Fairchild.) 



