22 SEEDS ANh PLANTS IMPORTED. 



25884 to 25887 Continued. 

 Plants of the following: 



25884 to 25886. Prom Cape S1 Jacqn 



25884. CrNNAMOMl \l mi i;i ll;lt Ne68. 



"Tlii- species is supposed to be one of the most valuable sources of 



Borne of the best cinnamon thai comes to our market." i /.'. //. True. > 

 Distribution. A native of the mountains of Cochin China and of Japan. 



25885 Aiai \\ n \ Bp 



25886. Tetracronia CYM08A Pierre. 

 /< uribution. A Bhrub or small tree, native of the mountains in the 



vicinity of Binh Dinh, French [ndo-China. 

 25887. Garcinla MANG08TANA I. Mangosteen. 



Prom Saigon. "This delicious fruit is about the size of a mandarin orange, 

 round and Blightly flattened al each end, with a smooth, thick rind, rich red- 

 purple in color, n iili here and there a bright, hardened drop of the yellow juice 

 which mark- Borne injury to the rind when il was young A- these mangosteens 

 are Bold in the Dutch Bast Indies heaped up on fruil baskets or made up into 

 long, regular bunches, with thin .-trips of braided bamboo they arc as strik- 

 ingly handsome as anything of the kind could well be, bul it is only when the 

 fruit i- opened thai it- real beauty is Been. The rind is thick and tough, and 

 in order to gel al the |»ul|> inside it requires a circular cut w iili a -harp knife 

 to lift the top half off like a cap, exposing the white segments, five, six, or seven 

 in number, lying loose in the cup. The cut surface of the rind is of a must 

 delicate pink color and is studded with small yellow points formed by the drops of 

 exuding juice. As you lift <>ui of this cup, one by one, the delicate segments, 



which an- the -i/c and shape of those of a mandarin orange, the light-pink sides 



of the cup and the veins of white and yellow embedded in it are visible. The 

 separate segments are between snow-white and ivory in color and arc covered 

 with a delicate network of fibers, and the side of each segmenl where it presses 

 against its neighbor is translucent and slightly tinged with pale green. As one 

 poises the dainty hit of Bnowy fruil on hi-; fork and looks al the empty pink 

 cup from which it has been taken, he hardly know- whether the delicate flavor 

 or the beautiful coloring of the fruil pleases him the more, and he invariably 

 stop- to admire the rapidly deepening color of the cut rind as it changes on 

 exposure to the air from light pink to deep brown. The texture of the man- 

 een pulp much resembles that of a well-ripened plum, only it is so delicate 

 that it melts in your mouth like a bil of ice cream. The flavor is quite inde- 

 scribably delicious and resembles nothing you know of, and yel reminds you, 

 with a long after-taste, of all Borts of creams and ices. There is nothing to mar 

 the perfection of this fruit, unless il be thai the juice from the rind forms an 

 indelible stain on a white napkin. Even the seeds are often partly or wholly 

 lacking, and. when present, are generally so thin and small that they are really 

 no trouble to get rid of. Where cheap and abundant, as in Java, one eats these 

 fruits by the half peck, and is never tired of them. They produce no feeling 

 of satiety, such as the banana and the mango do, for there is little substance to 

 the delicate pulp." (David Fairchild.) 



25888 to 25890. 



From India. Presented by Mrs. Effie Pyle Fisher, Igatpuri, through Miss 

 Audrey Goss. Received August 25, 1909. 



