﻿Inventory 42, Seeds and Plants Imported. 



Plate I. 



Giant Acorns of a Mexican Oak (Quercus insignis, S. P. I. No. 39723). 



A white oak which occurs about midway down the flanks of Mount Orizaba, forming there trees 

 60 to 80 feet high branching 30 or 40 feet from the ground. Believed by Dr. C. A. Purpus capa- 

 ble of acclimatization in Florida, Porto Rico, and Hawaii. The acorns are edible. Photo- 

 graphed, natural size, by Mr. E. L. Crandall, Washington, D. C, March 14, 1914 (P13834FS). 



