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SKKDS AM) PLANTS I M P( >K I 111 >. 



13116 to 13129. 



•'nun Herts, England. Re< 

 March 23, L905. 



13116. 



Etoile cU France. 



13117. 



( 'ountess < 'aims. 



13118. 



Earl of Warwick 



13119. 



Irene. 



13120. 



Mr*. A, ByOS8. 



13121. 



Ann rica. 



13122. 



Atropurpurea. 



ived from Will 





Rose 



am Paul 



& Son, Wall ham Cross 



13123. 



Belle Poilevin* . 



13124. 



Blanc Doubh de Coubert 



13125. 



< ulocarpa. 



13126. 



< 'hedane Guinomeau. 



13127. 



M, rcedes. 



13128. 



X, a- i ', ntury. 



13129. 



Rugosa Regliana. 



13130 and 13131. Castanea spp. 



Received from Mr. T. I ■:. Steele, Palmyra, N. V.. March 24, 1905. 



13130. Castania crenata. Seedling Japanese chestnut 



13131. ( ' vstani \ sativa. Seedling Spanish chestnut. 



Chestnut. 



Matondo. 

 by Mr. W. M. Loneden. 



13132. i Undetermined.) 



From Melsetter, Rhodesia, South Africa. Pre- 

 Received March 23, 1905. 



A fruit by the nameof "Matondo," described l>y Mr. Longden as follows: "The 

 tree is a large, e\ ergreen one, casting a dense shade. It grows to a height of about 

 60 f( et, baa a spreading habit, and is a prolific hearer. Fruit oval in shape, with a 

 smooth skin and fainl veins; color when ripe, yellow; dark green when unripe. 

 Size up to '■'• inches by 2 inches in diameter. Peel tough and thick, not edible; 

 exudes milky fluid, very bitter and distasteful. Flesh edible, jelly-like in appear- 

 ance, sweet and pleasant to taste. It grows in Ihe Sabi Valley principally, at an 

 altitude of about 1,800 feet, where the climate is ver) warm and there is compara- 

 tively no frost." 



••This fruit should be experimented with in Porto Ri 

 foruia." | Fairchild. 



Hawaii, 



rn Cali- 



13133. \ in- sp. G-rape. 

 From Algeria, North Africa. Presented by l>r. L. Trabut and forwarded by 



Mr. T. II. Kearney. Received March 27, 1905. 

 Boufarik table). A desert-resistant grape. 



13134. A.GARICI 9 sp. (?) Mushroom. 



From Yokohama. Japan. Received thru Yokohama Nursery Company, March 

 27, 1905. 



13135. Garcinia mangostana. Mangosteen. 

 From Buitenzorg, Java. Received thru Doctor Treub, March 24, 1905 



13136 to 13142. 



From Melsetter, Rhodesia. South Africa 

 Received March 27, 1905. 



Presented by Mr. W. M. Longden. 



A collection of fruit trees, with descriptions by Mr. Longden, as follows: 



13136. (Undetermined.) Ivory nut. 



"It (the nut) grows on a palm tree, which sometimes reaches a height of 

 60 feet. The natives eat the spongy substance between the skin and kernel. 

 The vegetable ivory is, I think, an article of commerce." 



