
          tarine. From New Zealand. Plants presented by H. R. Wright. The 
fruits of this variety are large and handsomely colored, being orange 
and dark red. The flesh is juicy, with distinctive flavor.

43143. AMYGDALUS PERSICA NECTARINA. Muir's Seedling Nectarine. 
From New Zealand. Plants presented by H. R. Wright. This large freestone nectarine is of handsome appearance and excellent quality. The 
flesh is slightly pink at the pit, juicy, and of fine flavor.

43144. AMYGDALUS PERSICA NECTARINA. New Boy Nectarine. From 
New Zealand. Plants presented by H. R. Wright. The fruits are of medium 
size, the skin green and mottled with red; the flesh is red near 
the pit, and of fair quality. The variety is said by Mr. Wright to be 
a prolific bearer.

43146. AMYGDALUS PERSICA NECTARINA. Surecrop Nectarine. From 
New Zealand. Plants presented by H. R. Wight. A productive sort, 
yielding medium-sized green fruits mottled with red. The flesh is of 
fair quality with a mild flavor.

55709. ANNONA DIVERSIFOLIA. Ilama. From Guatemala. Seeds forwarded 
by H. W. Goforth, American consul, at the request of Wilson 
Popenoe, Agricultural Explorer. The ilama, indigenous in the mountains 
and foothills of southwestern Mexico, Guatemala, and Salvador, is 
one of the finest annonaceous fruits which can be grown in the tropical 
lowlands. The fruit is conical, oval or round; large specimens 
weigh about 1 1/2 pounds. The edible pulp is cream-colored or rose-tinted 
and incloses the hard, smooth, nutlike seeds. The flavor is sweet, 
resembling that of the sugar-apple and the cherimoya, or is, in some 
varieties, mildly acidulous. Introduced for trial in southern Florida 
and southern California.

42455. ARRACACIA XANTHORRHIZA. Apio. Presented by Homer Brett, 
American consul, La Guaira, Venezuela. The apio, or arracacha as it is 
known in Colombia, is a plant belonging to the parsnip family, which 
has been cultivated since remote times in the cooler mountainous regions 
of northern South America, for the sake of its large yellowish 
edible root. The latter, which is not unlike a parsnip in shape, is 
either sliced raw and fried like potatoes, or boiled like parsnips, 
both methods making very palatable dishes. The plant is sufficiently 
frost resistant to grow in the Southern States and California, and is 
propagated by divisions of the crown, with about a quarter of an inch 
of root attached. Although not very particular as to soil, the plants 
require rain or irrigation at least once a month. Each hill should 
produce 10 to 15 tuberous roots, which are developed and harvested the 
first year.

51361. BAMBOS BALCOOA. Bamboo. From India. Seeds presented by P. 
H. Davies, Superintendent, Government Botanic Gardens, Lucknow, Oudh. 
This is the large and characteristic bamboo of the Bengal villages. 
The thick-walled stems grow in clumps, attain 50 to 70 feet, and are 
silvery gray. It is said to be the best species in Bengal for scaffolding 
and other purposes which require size, lightness, and strength,

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