
          38050. FUCHSIA PROCUMBENS. 
From D. Petrie, Epsom,
Auckland, New Zealand. Trailing
Fuchsia. Slender much-branched,
prostrate plant 6 to 18 inches long,
with alternate, cordate-ovate leaves
1-2 to 3-4 inch long and 1-3 to 1-2 inch
wide. Flowers solitary, axillary,
apetalous, 1-2 to 3-4 inch long; the
short tube orange and the reflexing
obtuse lobes purple; anthers blue. 
Berries red. Suitable for basket culture.

36497. GARCINIA OBLONGIFOLIA. 
From Wm. J, Tutcher,
Hong Kong, China. A tree related to
the famous mangosteen, which 
because of its habitat in a subtropical,
much cooler climate than that to
which the mongosteen is supposed to
be confined, may prove suitable as a
stock for the latter in Hawaii, Porto
Rico or even Florida. Apparently
indigenous to Island of Hong Kong.

GARCINIA TlNCTORIA.
Medium sized evergreen tree from
East Indies. Foliage glossy, handsome.
Fruit edible, eaten fresh or dried and
used in medicine. Bark used to prepare 
bright yellow dye. The tree
yields an inferior grade of gamboge.
Of interest in connection with mangosteen 
breeding in tropical America.
        