30 B] EDS \M' PLANTS [MPOB l ED. 



25538 to 25540 Continued. 



"I then pal several melons on ie< — imagine in February— and they were served. 

 Atfirsl thej hesitated, and could not believe that a green looking melon, al thai 

 time of the year, could be eaten. They tried it, and asked thai others be put on ice, 

 as they had never tasted bo delicious a fruil in their lives. They took w ith them a 

 large quantity and asked me the address of a dealer t<> have a lot senl t<> them 

 in New York. The next day they wrote me a letter and asked if they could come 

 to tea and if I would have some more of these melons on ice. 



"This facl will show you really what they are. These melons can easily be kepi 

 until Match by paying greal attention to the dryness of the cellars where they are 

 kept. The yield per acre is very large and the greal question is to obtain pure 

 seeds. There are, however, planter- who pay great attention to the matter and 

 grow (,n their estates only the pun- melon. In Guadalajara there are some and in 

 Valencia there are the I 



"They are never hung in the Bun t<> ripen. They are picked jusl before ripening, 

 covered with a jute net, and hung up in a dark, dry place. When they are to be 



eaten they are taken <.ut, hung in the >un for a shorl time, and when sofl at the 



.■ml- are ready for use from letter ■;'' !!■"•. Maddin Summers, April .'<>, 



25541 and 25542. 



From Sibpur, Calcutta, India. Presented by Prof. \. 'I'. Gage, superintendent, 

 Royal Botanic Garden. Received June 2, 1909. 

 : each of the following: 



25541. Term in \i i \ Gael Roxb. 



•■ \ handsome tree, native in southern Asia, the Fruits of which, collected 

 when lull grown but .-tid unripe, and dried in the sun, form the Beleric 



myrobalans of < imerce. These fruits contain aboul 12 per cenl of tannin, 



but as a tanning material are inferior t>> the fruits of the i< >1 1< >w i i > _r species." 

 (Jl. M 5 



/> » large tree, found throughout India, and in Ceylon and 



the Malay Archipi 



25542. Terminal u i hebi la Retz. 



'•A large deciduous tree, occurring chiefly <>n the i intains of India. The 



fruit.-, known as Chebulic myrobalans, are extensively used in tanning, over 

 20,01 mi,(ii n) pounds being imported into the United States in 1908 for thai pur- 

 pose. These fruits yield from 30 to 40 per cent tannin, which occurs chiefly 

 in the pulp surrounding the kernel. Tl asionally cultivated up to 



5,000 feet in the Himalayas. Seedlings grown at Chattanooga, Tenn., were 

 cut down by frost." I W. \V. v 



Distribution. — A tall [tree, native of India, extending from Kumaon to Ben- 

 gal, ami in Ceylon and the Malay Archil 



25543. Acacia catechu (L.) Willd. 



From Saharanpur, United Provinces, India. Presented by Prof. A. T. Gage, 



superintendent, Royal Botanic Garden, Sibpur, Calcutta. Received June 



2, 1909. 



"A leguminous tree, native of India and East Africa, naturalized in Jamaica, 



where it is common in dry locations. It is said to hear some frost and may prove 



hardy in favorable localities in the southern United States. The extract from the 



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