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45565 to 45567— Continued. 



very valuable asset as a spring as well as a fall wheat. It can 

 be sown under our climate until the end of March, and its earli- 

 ness and heavy yield recommend it for war-time cultivation." 



45568. Albizzia welwitschii Oliver. Mimosacese. 



From Loanda, Angola, Africa. Seeds presented by Mr. John Gossweiler, 

 Servicos de Agricultura. Received December 3, 1917. 

 Tree of 40 to 50, occasionally 80, feet in height, with a spreading truncate 

 crown. The flowers are yellowish green or from whitish to pale straw color, 

 and the silky puberulous petals and sepals are almost entirely united. The 

 tawny puberulous peduncles are 1 to 2 inches in length, and proceed from 

 the upper axils, or form short leafless terminal corymbs, sometimes scarcely 

 overtopped by the leaves. The wood is durable, very light, and rather smooth. 

 Reported from Upper Guinea, Lower Guinea, and Nile Land. (Adapted from 

 Oliver, Flora of Tropical Africa, vol. 2, p. 362, and Hiern, Catalogue of Wel- 

 witscWs African Plants, pt. 1, p. 317.) 



45569 to 45571. 



From Manila, Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. Adn. Hernandez, 

 Director of Agriculture. Received December 4, 1917. 

 45569 and 45570. Lilium philippinense Baker. Liliaceae. 



Benguet lily. 



" This new white trumpet lily seems destined to become of very great 

 value to both private and commercial growers. The short time necessary 

 to flower it after potting surprises all who are growing it for the first 

 time. We found last year that it was all the introducers claimed for it, 

 and from a batch of small bulbs potted September 8 we cut flowers 

 December 3 this year. These bulbs were grown in a coldframe for nearly 

 half that period, or they would have flowered earlier. 



" The long, pure-white, sweet-scented flowers arrange beautifully in 

 vases. The steins are sufficiently strong, without being too rigid, as 

 is the case with other forcing Liliums, and the foliage is so much more 

 graceful than that of other lilies that any flower lover would not 

 hesitate a moment which variety to select when both were purchasable. 

 For floral designs this lily is superior to any other white variety, and 

 we fully expect it will in a few years be as much a market necessity 

 as Lilium harrisii and L. longiflorum noio are. Six or seven bulbs may 

 be grown in a 6-inch pot or pan, and a dozen or more in an 8-inch pan 

 for a good effect." {Florist's Review, December 13, 1917.) 



45569. " Seeds." 45570. " Bulbs." 



45571. An nona cherimola X squamosa. Annonacese. Atemoya. 



" Bud sticks of No. 12." This cross has produced a hybrid, the fruit 

 of which is small and weighs on an average 175 grams, with a length 

 of 65 millimeters and a transverse diameter of 60 millimeters. The shape 

 of the fruit is cordiform, regular, and the carpels end in a more or less 

 pointed protuberance. The surface is green with reddish dots on the 

 sun-exposed side and covered by a white bloom. The skin is quite 

 thick and tough. The pulp is white, juicy, sweet, faintly aromatic, and 

 devoid of the cherimoya flavor, but it is of good quality. (Adapted from 

 Wester, Philippine Agricultural Review, third quarter, 1915.) 



