130 



13116 to 13129. 



iZEDS AXD PLAXT^ 



rom Hert 



Alar.-h 23 



5. England. Rec 

 1P05. 



13116. 



K- France. 



13117. 



Courde-i^ Cmrns. 



13118. 



Earl, of WanricJ: 



13119. 



I -a.. 



13120. 



3Irs. A, JSyass, 



13121. 



America. 



13122. 



Atropurpitrea. 



MPOETED. 





Rose. 



iam Paul 



«.v: Son. Waltham Cross, 



13123. 



Belle Poiteiine. 



13124. 



Blanc Doubh de Cmibert. 



13125. 



Calocarpa. 



13126. 



Chedane Guinoisseau. 



13127. 



Mercedes. 



13128. 



Xev: Century. 



13129. 



Bugom Reglkma. 



13130 and 13131. Castaxza spp. 



Eeceived from Mr. T. E. Steele, Palmyra. X. Y.. March 24. 1905. 



13130. Castaxia CKEN'ATA. Seedling Japanese chestnut. 



13131. Castaxia satia'a. Seedling Si>anish chestnut. 



Chestnut. 



13132. I Undetermined.) Matondo. 



Fr<:'in [Nlelsetter, Rhodesia, South Africa. Presented by Air. A^'. AI. Longden. 

 Received March 23, 1905. 



A frait by the name of "Matondo,"' described by Mr. Longden as follows: "The 

 tree is a large, evergreen one, casting a ciense shade. It grows to a height of about 

 60 feet, has a spreading habit, and is a prolilic bearer. Fruit oval in shape, with a 

 smooth skin and faint veins; color when ripe, yellow; dark green when unripe. 

 Size up to 3 inches by 2 inches in diameter. Peel tough and thick, not edible; 

 exudes milky fluid, very bitter and distasteful. Flesh edible, jelly-like in appear- 

 ance, sweet and pleasant to taste. It grows in the Sabi Valley principally, at an 

 altitude of about l.SlX) feet, where the climate is very warm and there is compara- 

 tively no frost.'' 



" This fruit should be experimented with in Porto Rico. Hawaii, and southern Cali- 

 fornia," ( FairchUd. ) 



13133. A^iTis sp. 



From Algeria, Xorth Africa. Presented by Dr. L. Trabut and 

 Mr. T. H. Kearney. Received March 27, 1905. 

 Boufarik (table) . A ieserr-resistant grape. 



G-rape. 



forwanled bv 



13134. AwAEicrs sp. (?) Mushroom. 



From Yokohama, Japan. Receive^! thru Yokohama Xnrserv Companv. Alarch 

 27, 1905. 



13135. Gaect^ta 3IANGOSTAXA. Mangosteen. 



Fr.jii; Biiitenzors, Java. Received thru Doctor Treub, March 24. 1905 



13136 to 13142. 



FrC'm Melsetter. Rhodesia, South Africa. 

 Received March 27. 1905. 



Prtsente'i bv Mr. W. AI. Lonsden. 



A collection of fruit trees, with descriptions by Mr. Longden, as follows: 



13136. Endetermuied. ) Ivory nut. 



"It .the nut grows on a palm tree, which sometimes reaches a height of 

 60 feet The natives eat the spongy substance between the skin and kernel. 

 The vegetable ivorv is, I think, an article of commerce." 



