﻿22 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



Of the nine plants represented by cuttings, No. 4 [S. P. I. No. 39809] repre- 

 sents the plant which fruited in 1913; the remainder first bore fruit in 1914. 



39808. No. 3. " This proved to be one of the best among the hybrids 

 that fruited this season." (H. T. Edwards.) 



39809. No. 4. "Fruited last year." (H. T. Edwards.) 

 39810 to 39816. 



" These proved to be the best among the hybrids that fruited this 

 season." (H. T. Edwards.) 



39810. No. 5. 39814. No. 14. 



39811. No. 6. 39815. No. 16. 



39812. No. 11. 39816. No. 17. 



39813. No. 12. 



39817 to 39819. 



From Tolga, Queensland, Australia. Presented by Mr. J. A. Hamilton. 

 Received January 16, 1915. Quoted notes by Mr. Hamilton. 



39817. Cymbidium suave R. Brown. Orchidacea?. 



Distribution. — An epiphytal orchid with narrow leaves 1 foot long 

 and racemes of red-blotched greenish flowers, found along streams in 

 Queensland and New South Wales. 



39818. Passiflora edulis Sims. Passifloracere. Passion fruit. 

 " Large-fruited passion fruit. Season 1914." 



39819. Rubus sp. Rosacea?. Wild raspberry. 

 " Wild raspberry, Evelyn Table-land No. 2." 



39820 to 39826. Prunus serrhlata Lindl. Amygdala ceae. 



Flowering cherry. 



From Tokyo, Japan. Presented by Mr. E. H. Wilson, Arnold Arboretum. 

 Cuttings received January 15 and 23, 1915. 

 "To be grown on the ordinary Japanese cherry stocks." (Wilson.) 



39820. No. 58. 39824. No. 62. 



39821. No. 59. 39825. No. 63. 



39822. No. 60. 39826. No. 64. 



39823. No. 61. 



39827. Ficus sycomorus L. Moracese. Fig. 



From Cairo, Egypt. Presented by Mr. Thomas W. Brown, director, Horti- 

 cultural Division, Gizeh Branch, Ministry of Agriculture. Cuttings re- 

 ceived January 26,. 1915. 

 " No. 3. Var. beledi. A variety which is most commonly eaten at Alexandria." 

 (Brown.) 



" The tree is cultivated in Egypt and is identical with the sycamore of Scrip- 

 ture. Ficus sycomorus, or the Egyptian fig, seems to be invariably infested with 

 the insect Sycophaga crassipes, which is the same insect supposed to effect 

 caprification in Malta* according to Rev. T. F. Marshall. This fig never pro- 

 duces ripe seed in Egypt, though it has been introduced from the earliest times. 

 Not only are the ancient coffins made of the wood, but it was adopted as the 

 sacred ' Tree of Life.' It probably came from Yemen, where Prof. Dr. Schwein- 

 furth saw many seedling trees grown spontaneously. The tree bears three crops 

 per annum, in May, June, and August-September. Boys cut off the top of the 



