
          KOKIA ROCKII. From J. F.
Rock, Honolulu, Hawaii. Almost 
extinct relative of the cotton, and for
breeding purposes should by all means
be saved from extinction. A tree 15 to
25 feet high, found growling on 
exceedingly arid land and bearing large
scarlet flowers of striking beauty. The
seeds are covered with short dark
brown cotton, resembling the so-called
Peruvian cotton.

LAGENARIA VULGARIS, South
African pipe gourd.
Annual vine suitable for growing
south of New York. To make pipes let
gourds mature, cut off crooked necks,
clean in side and scrape outside, fit with
plaster or meerschaum bowl and rubber
mouthpiece, as described in Circular
No. 41, Bureau of Plant Industry. 
Culture like that of cucumber. Straw 
under growing gourds prevents decay.

LAGERSTROEMIA SPECIOSA.
Crape Myrtle. From the Philippine
Islands. A shrub or tree 10 to 25 feet
high, of the loosestrife family. It produces 
an abundance of pink fringed
flowers in spring and summer. Valued
as an ornamental throughout the
tropics and warmer temperate regions.
Also considered valuable for its wood.
Strong grower, hardy as far north as
Baltimore. Known also as L. indica.
        