
          23028. CITRUS LIMONIA. Meyer lemon. From northern China. Collected 
by Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural Explorer. Six plants of this dwarf 
lemon were secured by Mr. Meyer at Fengtai, near Peking, China, in 
1908, and from these plants hundreds have been propagated and distributed throughout the United States. In the North the Meyer lemon is 
keenly appreciated as a house plant both for ornamental use and for its 
fruits. Small plants handled in this way have been known to bear as 
many as a dozen good-sized lemons in one season. Owing to the fact 
that this is probably the hardiest lemon now grown in the United States, 
and at the same time is of excellent quality, it is likely that it will 
extend lemon culture in the South to northern limits hitherto unknown. 
The fruits are somewhat larger than the lemons usually seen on the 
market, and have a smooth, fine, thin skin of a light-orange color. 
The flesh, which is of a deeper tint than that of ordinary lemons and 
is less acid, contains only a few seeds.

23456. CLAUCENA LANSIUM. Wampi. From China. Presented by Mrs. 
J. Franklin Kelley, Hoitow, Island of Hainan. The wampi is a fruit 
the size of a large marble, yellow when ripe, with a tart, aromatic 
flavor; it makes a cooling drink and fine jam. The tree itself is 
symmetrical and of ornamental appearance. Sufficiently frost resistant 
for cultivation in southern Florida.

51768. COLEUS ROTUNDIFOLIUS. From Siam. Collected by J. F. Rock, 
Agricultural Explorer. A vegetable cultivated in the Malay Peninsula, 
and used in the same manner as the potato. Plants grown from tubers 
will not yield a crop the first season, but if grown from cuttings of 
the green portion of the stem, they will mature a crop within five 
months . When the leaves of the plant commence to fall the tubers may 
be dug and eaten.

54321. COLEUS ROTUNDIFOLIUS. From Mt. Silinda, Southern Rhodesia, 
Africa. Presented by Dr. W. L. Thompson. Native name Zwidata.

15395. COLOCASIA ESCULENTA. Trinidad Dasheen. From Trinidad, 
British West Indies. A variety of the taro which constitutes a valuable 
root crop for the South. The plant, related to the elephant-
ear, which it resembles closely in general appearance, produces large 
corms and medium-sized tubers which are used like potatoes. When 
properly prepared and eaten hot, they have an attractive nutty flavor, 
suggesting roasted chestnuts. The corms and tubers, when cooked, are 
drier and more mealy than potatoes, and are found by chemical analysis 
to contain a greater percentage of protein and starch than does the 
potato. The young leaves make delicious greens, but when raw they 
are very acrid (like the Indian-turnip) and must first be parboiled 
with baking soda to remove the acridity. A rich loamy soil and a 
growing season of 7 to 8 months are required to mature a crop of dasheens. Special directions for growing and cooking will be furnished 
on application.

29327. COLOCASIA ESCULENTA. Penang Taro. From South China. This 
is one of the finest flavored of all known taros. Although closely 
related to the dasheen, the Penang taro differs from it in producing

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