﻿APRIL 
  1 
  TO 
  JUNE 
  30, 
  1911. 
  51 
  

  

  30908. 
  Sonchus 
  arboreus 
  (Brouss.) 
  DC. 
  

  

  From 
  Canary 
  Islands. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  George 
  V. 
  Perez, 
  Puerto 
  Orotava, 
  

   Teneriffe. 
  Received 
  May 
  19, 
  1911. 
  

   "Seed 
  of 
  a 
  rare, 
  herbaceous 
  plant, 
  which, 
  like 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  Canary 
  plants, 
  ought 
  to 
  

   do 
  well, 
  I 
  should 
  say, 
  in 
  the 
  climate 
  of 
  southern 
  California, 
  which 
  is 
  very 
  much 
  like 
  

   ours. 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  striking 
  plant 
  and 
  grows 
  over 
  6 
  feet 
  high." 
  {Perez.) 
  

  

  30909 
  and 
  30910. 
  

  

  From 
  Moscow, 
  Russia. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  Immer 
  & 
  Sons. 
  Received 
  May 
  13, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  30909. 
  Helianthus 
  annuus 
  L. 
  Sunflower. 
  

  

  30910. 
  Trifolium 
  pratense 
  L. 
  Red 
  clover. 
  

   Perm. 
  

  

  30911. 
  Colocasia 
  sp. 
  Taro. 
  

  

  From 
  Cuba. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Robt. 
  M. 
  Grey, 
  director, 
  Harvard 
  Botanic 
  Sta- 
  

   tion, 
  Belmonte, 
  Cienfuegos, 
  Cuba. 
  Received 
  May 
  15, 
  1911. 
  

   "Commonly 
  cultivated 
  here 
  for 
  culinary 
  purposes." 
  (Grey.) 
  

  

  "The 
  tubers 
  are 
  slightly 
  acrid; 
  the 
  flesh 
  cooks 
  white 
  or 
  yellowish 
  white, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  

   rather 
  moist 
  and 
  of 
  poor 
  flavor." 
  (R. 
  A. 
  Young.) 
  

  

  30912 
  and 
  30913. 
  

  

  From 
  Porto 
  Rico. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  John 
  Gifford, 
  Cocoanut 
  Grove, 
  Fla. 
  Re- 
  

   ceived 
  at 
  the 
  Subtropical 
  Plant 
  Introduction 
  Garden, 
  Miami, 
  Fla., 
  May 
  8, 
  1911. 
  

  

  30912. 
  Magnolia 
  splendens 
  Urban. 
  "Laurel 
  sabino." 
  

   "A 
  first-class 
  timber 
  tree, 
  50 
  to 
  100 
  feet 
  in 
  height. 
  Olive 
  heartwood, 
  chang- 
  

   ing 
  after 
  exposure 
  to 
  brownish. 
  Fine 
  grained 
  and 
  aromatic. 
  White, 
  sweet- 
  

   scented 
  flowers, 
  2 
  to 
  3J 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter. 
  Leaves 
  with 
  silvery 
  pubescence 
  

   underneath, 
  although 
  not 
  always 
  pubescent. 
  

  

  "Next 
  to 
  asubo 
  (Sideroxylon 
  mastichodendron 
  Jacq.), 
  this 
  is 
  probably 
  the 
  most 
  

   valuable 
  timber 
  tree 
  on 
  the 
  reserve. 
  Used 
  wherever 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  too 
  scarce 
  and 
  

   expensive 
  for 
  construction 
  work 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  beams 
  and 
  boards. 
  Valuable 
  

   for 
  cabinet 
  work. 
  Still 
  found 
  in 
  patches 
  in 
  the 
  more 
  inaccessible 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  

   reserve. 
  Flowers, 
  leaves, 
  and 
  fragrance 
  similar 
  to 
  Magnolia 
  glauca 
  of 
  the 
  

   southern 
  United 
  States. 
  With 
  its 
  light-colored 
  trunk, 
  silvery 
  foliage, 
  and 
  

   fragrant, 
  showy 
  flowers 
  this 
  tree 
  is 
  worthy 
  of 
  cultivation 
  for 
  ornamental 
  pur- 
  

   poses. 
  It 
  is 
  probably 
  called 
  'laurel 
  ' 
  because 
  its 
  leaves 
  are 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  condiment, 
  

   as 
  is 
  the 
  famous 
  laurel 
  (Laurus 
  nobilis 
  L.) 
  of 
  southern 
  Europe, 
  and 
  'sabino' 
  

   because 
  of 
  the 
  cedary 
  aroma 
  of 
  its 
  wood." 
  (Gifford, 
  J. 
  C. 
  The 
  Luquillo 
  Forest 
  

   Reserve, 
  Porto 
  Rico. 
  Bulletin 
  54, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Forestry, 
  U. 
  S. 
  Department 
  of 
  Agri- 
  

   culture, 
  1905, 
  p. 
  35.) 
  

  

  Plants. 
  

  

  30913. 
  Thespesia 
  grandiflora 
  DC. 
  (?) 
  "Maga." 
  

   "Rare 
  in 
  the 
  Luquillo 
  region. 
  A 
  thick-foliaged, 
  very 
  beautiful 
  ornamental 
  

  

  shade 
  tree 
  with 
  large, 
  pendant, 
  reddish 
  flowers. 
  Yields 
  a 
  first-class, 
  fine, 
  hard, 
  

   olive-brown 
  timber. 
  Its 
  height 
  varies 
  from 
  30 
  to 
  60 
  feet." 
  (Gifford, 
  J. 
  C. 
  

   The 
  Luquillo 
  Forest 
  Reserve, 
  Porto 
  Rico. 
  Bulletin 
  54, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Forestry, 
  U.S. 
  

   Dept. 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  p. 
  36.) 
  

  

  Cuttings. 
  

   242 
  

  

  