
          32704. GARCINIA LIVINGSTONEI. Pembe. Mozambique, Africa. Presented by 
Pliny W. Keys, Inhambane. A small compact bush with stiff, very stout 
branchlets. The small, white flowers are followed by elliptic fruits 
2 inches long, orange-yellow when fully ripe. The leathery skin incloses 
light-colored, juicy flesh and two large seeds; the flavor is acid and 
aromatic. At Miami, Florida, this plant has proved to be hardy, and has 
borne fruit abundantly at an early age. It is of interest principally 
as a possible stock for the mangosteen. (Bell, Md.)

55762. GARCINIA MANGOSTANA. Mangosteen. From Paris, France. Purchased 
from Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co. This delicious tropical fruit is about the 
size of a mandarin orange, round and slightly flattened at each end, with 
a thick, smooth, rich red-purple rind, which when cut exposes the white 
segments lying loose in the cup. The cut surface of the rind is a most 
delicate pink. The separate segments are whitish and covered with a 
delicate network of fibers. The texture of the pulp resembles that of 
the plum and the flavor is indescribably delicious. For trial in 
extreme southern Florida and tropical America. (Bell, Md.)

59314. GARCINIA TINCTORIA. From Cienfuegos, Cuba. Collected by Dr. David 
Fairchild, Agricultural Explorer. A rapid-growing evergreen tree from 
tropical Asia, bearing on the mature wood, singly or in clusters, orange-
yellow fruits about 2 inches in diameter. The leathery skin incloses 3 to 
5 segments of juicy flesh, each segment usually containing a large, oblong 
seed. The flavor is rather acid. Introduced for trial as a stock plant 
on which to graft the mangosteen. (Chapman Field, Fla.)

59015. GENTIANA sp. From Yunnan, China. Seeds collected by J. F. Rock, 
National Geographic Society, Washington, D. C. An alpine gentian, about 
a foot high, which grows wild on the Likiang Snow Range at about 12,000 
feet above the sea. It has linear-lanceolate leaves and round heads of 
purple flowers. Should be tried in the southern and Pacific Coast States. 
(Bell, Md.)

62010. GORDONIA AXILLARIS. Theaceae. From Canton, China. Collected 
by F. A. McClure, Agricultural Explorer. A beautiful shrub about 10 
feet high, with thick, glossy foliage and delicate, white flowers 1 to 
2 inches in diameter. It should be tested in southern Florida and 
tropical America as an ornamental. (Chapman Field, Fla.)

53152. HYDRANGEA BRETSCHNEIDERII. From England. Presented by Dr. A. W. 
Hill, Director, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. A stout, bushy shrub 8 to 
10 feet high, with dull-green, slender, pointed leaves and flattened 
corymbs, 4 or 5 inches wide, of white flowers which become rosy. This 
hardy hydrangea, first discovered in the mountains near Peking, China, 
thrives best in a sunny position in good soil. Recommended as a vigorous 
and handsome, ornamental shrub. Probably hardy throughout the United 
States. (Bell, Md.)

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