﻿JANUARY 
  1 
  TO 
  MARCH 
  31, 
  1911. 
  9 
  

  

  The 
  success 
  of 
  our 
  experiments 
  in 
  cultivating 
  colocasias 
  in 
  the 
  

   South 
  makes 
  the 
  introduction 
  of 
  the 
  southern 
  Chinese 
  short-season 
  

   forms 
  from 
  Canton 
  of 
  interest 
  (Nos. 
  29482 
  and 
  29483), 
  as 
  also 
  a 
  col- 
  

   lection 
  from 
  Surinam 
  of 
  colocasias 
  and 
  xanthosomas 
  (No. 
  29517 
  to 
  

   29520) 
  and 
  a 
  xanthosoma 
  from 
  Canton 
  (No. 
  30422). 
  

  

  The 
  nanmu 
  tree 
  of 
  the 
  Yangtze 
  Valley 
  may 
  not 
  be 
  hardy 
  outside 
  

   of 
  Florida 
  and 
  California, 
  but 
  being 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  timber 
  trees 
  of 
  

   China, 
  and 
  being 
  on 
  the 
  high 
  road 
  to 
  extermination, 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  well 
  

   to 
  ascertain 
  whether 
  it 
  can 
  be 
  grown 
  here 
  (No. 
  29485). 
  

  

  The 
  possibility 
  of 
  growing 
  North 
  Chinese 
  white 
  ginger 
  has 
  attracted 
  

   our 
  attention, 
  since 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  shorter 
  season 
  crop 
  than 
  the 
  noted 
  Canton 
  

   ginger. 
  For 
  this 
  purpose 
  plants 
  from 
  the 
  Shantung 
  Province 
  have 
  

   been 
  imported 
  (Nos. 
  29529 
  and 
  29990). 
  

  

  During 
  his 
  brief 
  stay 
  in 
  Japan, 
  Dr. 
  B. 
  T. 
  Galloway 
  called 
  attention 
  

   to 
  Pasania 
  cusjpidata 
  (No. 
  29533), 
  an 
  evergreen 
  oak 
  which 
  he 
  believes 
  

   could 
  be 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  hedge 
  plant 
  throughout 
  the 
  South 
  and 
  from 
  

   northern 
  California 
  northward 
  on 
  the 
  Pacific 
  coast. 
  

  

  Mr» 
  Walter 
  T. 
  Swingle's 
  researches 
  into 
  the 
  relationships 
  of 
  the 
  

   citrus 
  group 
  and 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  various 
  species 
  for 
  breeding 
  purposes 
  

   have 
  called 
  to 
  our 
  attention 
  in 
  the 
  deserts 
  of 
  northeastern 
  Australia 
  

   a 
  remarkable 
  plant, 
  Atalantia 
  glauca, 
  having 
  scanty 
  gray-green 
  foliage 
  

   and 
  small 
  edible 
  fruit, 
  which 
  withstands 
  both 
  drought 
  and 
  cold 
  to 
  a 
  

   remarkable 
  degree. 
  It 
  is 
  probably 
  the 
  hardiest 
  of 
  all 
  evergreen 
  

   citrus 
  fruits 
  and 
  is 
  likely 
  to 
  go 
  through 
  warm 
  spells 
  in 
  winter 
  with- 
  

   out 
  starting 
  into 
  growth,, 
  

  

  Those 
  interested 
  in 
  obtaining 
  plants 
  better 
  suited 
  for 
  cultivation 
  

   about 
  city 
  homes 
  will 
  find 
  the 
  caraganas 
  (Nos. 
  29960 
  to 
  29962), 
  the 
  

   barberries 
  (Nos. 
  29957 
  to 
  29959), 
  and 
  the 
  cotoneasters 
  (Nos. 
  29963 
  to 
  

   29971) 
  sent 
  us 
  by 
  the 
  director 
  of 
  the 
  Kew 
  Gardens 
  of 
  special 
  value; 
  

   also 
  species 
  secured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Jose 
  D. 
  Husbands 
  in 
  Chile 
  (Nos. 
  30068 
  to 
  

   30079), 
  and 
  the 
  wild 
  roses 
  from 
  Dr. 
  Veit 
  Wittrock 
  in 
  Sweden 
  (Nos. 
  

   30254 
  to 
  30263) 
  . 
  Mr. 
  Aaron 
  Aaronsohn 
  has 
  sent 
  cuttings 
  of 
  the 
  Pyrus 
  

   syriaca 
  (No. 
  29994) 
  from 
  Palestine, 
  which 
  he 
  recommends 
  from 
  long 
  

   experience 
  as 
  a 
  stock 
  for 
  early 
  pears 
  in 
  arid 
  soil, 
  and 
  Dr. 
  L. 
  Trabut 
  

   has 
  sent 
  three 
  dry-land 
  wild 
  pears 
  from 
  Algeria 
  (Nos. 
  30031 
  to 
  30033) 
  . 
  

  

  The 
  claims 
  of 
  the 
  edible-fruited 
  Strychnos, 
  of 
  which 
  there 
  are 
  sev- 
  

   eral 
  varieties 
  in 
  East 
  Africa, 
  have 
  been 
  emphasized 
  by 
  the 
  fruiting 
  

   of 
  Strychnos 
  spinosa 
  in 
  Florida 
  and 
  the 
  discovery 
  of 
  its 
  remarkable 
  

   shipping 
  quality 
  and 
  the 
  almost 
  complete 
  freedom 
  from 
  poison 
  of 
  its 
  

   seeds. 
  Two 
  new 
  forms 
  (Nos. 
  30025 
  and 
  30026) 
  from 
  Amani 
  have 
  

   been 
  introduced. 
  

  

  Those 
  interested 
  in 
  Medicago 
  falcata 
  as 
  a 
  plant 
  for 
  pastures 
  and 
  

   ranges 
  should 
  have 
  their 
  attention 
  called 
  to 
  Dr. 
  N. 
  H. 
  Nilsson's 
  

   statement 
  regarding 
  its 
  value 
  in 
  Sweden. 
  The 
  alfalfa 
  breeders 
  will 
  

   be 
  glad 
  to 
  learn 
  of 
  the 
  introduction 
  of 
  the 
  promising 
  Medicago 
  

  

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