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near Boston, deserves to be tested in comparison with the Japanese 

 vegetable. 



A most noteworthy addition is the Grimaldi collection of hybrid 

 grapes, selections of many hundreds of hybrids made by Dr. Clemente 

 Grimaldi between the Italian varieties of the European grape and 

 various American species of Yitis (Xos. 42477 to 42519). These were 

 presented by Mr. F. Paulsen, director of the Regio Vivaio di Viti 

 Americane, direct from Palermo. They are presumed to contain some 

 stock varieties and direct producers of exceptional value because of 

 their resistance to drought and to an excessive content of lime in the 

 soil. 



The cherimoya has shown itself so well adapted to cultivation in 

 California and Florida and its rapid recovery from frost injury has 

 been so noticeable that five named grafted varieties from Chile (Xos. 

 42897 to 42901), gifts of Sr. Adolf o Eastman, of San Francisco de 

 Limache, have already attracted considerable attention in those re- 

 gions where this delicious fruit can be grown. 



The roselle jelly plant is a success in Florida and Texas, but too 

 often the crop is cut short by frost. Wester's strain, Temprano, 

 which matures 20 days before the others, may make the growing of 

 this remarkable jelly-producing plant a success farther north (Xos. 

 42471 to 42475). 



The Macadamia is bearing in southern Florida and California, 

 and several people are studying its possibilities. Macadamia minor 

 (No. 42468), a smaller species sent in by Mr. J. F. Bailey, should be 

 tested in the same localities. 



We are accustomed to connect high protein content with leguminous 

 crops, but in the Capoeira branco, Solarium bullatum (No. 42815), 

 which Mr. Benjamin H. Hunnicutt, of Lavras, Brazil, reports is rel- 

 ished by cattle and horses, we have one of the Solanaceae, the leaves 

 of which, according to analysis, contain 20 to 28 per cent of protein, 

 and the branches 14.06 per cent of protein, dry weight. This is higher 

 in protein than many alfalfas, and it deserves the consideration of 

 forage-crop specialists. 



Dr. J. H. Maiden, of Sydney, Australia, proposes the Japanese 

 grass, Osterdamia matrella (No. 42389), for culture on swamps and 

 dry flats near the sea and believes it worthy of trial in sand-hill dis- 

 tricts or on saline lands near the coast. 



It is recognized that bamboo thickets form good grazing grounds 

 for cattle. The switch cane of our Southern States no doubt fur- 

 nishes a very considerable amount of fodder for southern cattle. In 

 the Andean Cordilleras another bamboo, the canea, Chusguea quila 

 (No. 42388), is highly considered as a forage plant and exists in 

 great quantities there, according to Dr. Vereertbrugghen, who has 

 succeeded in obtaining a quantity of seed for trial. 



