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40535), which he says has become a standard hay crop, teff hay 

 selling for as much as £5 a ton in Johannesburg. 



The tabog of the Philippines (Ohaetospermum glutinosum), seed 

 of which our late collaborator, Mr. William S. Lyon, sent in (S. P. I. 

 No. 40550), represented in the mind of this experienced observer, 

 whose death has recently been announced by the papers and whose 

 contributions to these inventories have been most valuable, a possible 

 stock for citrus fruits. 



The begonia, which years ago Prof. I. B. Balfour, of the Edin- 

 burgh Botanic Gardens, brought back from the island of Socotra, 

 east of the Gulf of Aden, appears to have been most successfully 

 used in the production of a race of winter-blooming begonias (S. P. I. 

 No. 40526). 



Of ornamentals for city dooryards and home gardens a number 

 of new or rare species are represented in this inventory — the yellow- 

 flowered Clematis tangutica (S. P. I. No. 40570), the dwarf Chinese 

 box, Buxus harlandii (S. P. I. No. 40566), the Cotoneaster dielsiana 

 (S. P. I. No. 40575) from central China, Vitis fiexuosa parvifolia 

 (S. P. I. No. 40600) from the same region, Primula littoniana (S. 

 P. I. No. 40857) from Yunnan, and Pyrus salicifolia (S. P. I. No. 

 40497) from Russia. 



Apple breeders may be interested in the new species of Malus from 

 Formosa, Malus formosana (S. P. I. No. 40619), which is very dis- 

 tinct from all other species of this genus, and asparagus breeders in 

 Asparagus lucidus (S. P. I. No. 40617) from the same island, the 

 roots of which are preserved in sugar and called Tenmondo in 

 Formosa. 



To assist in a study of the insecticidal properties of pyrethrum, a 

 large collection of species of Chrysanthemum was introduced (S. P. 

 I. Nos. 40511 to 40513, 40542 to 40548, and 40627 to 40644) and tested 

 by the Insecticide and Fungicide Board. 



What success will attend the trial in Florida and California citrus 

 groves of Cracca Candida (S. P. I. No. 40894) and Gracca villosa 

 purpurea (S. P. I. No. 40895), two cover-crop plants from Ceylon, 

 remains to be seen. The former appears to be a favorite green- 

 manure crop in that tropical island. 



Chinese names in this inventory have been brought, so far as pos- 

 sible, into accord with the best authorities, the geographic names 

 (except when fixed by decisions of the United States Geographic 

 Board) being given in the form accepted by the Chinese Ministry of 

 Communications Postal Guide. Many names of the smaller villages, 

 however, are not listed therein, and in all such cases the location of 

 the village is given with reference to the nearest town mentioned in 

 that reference work. 



