
          The fruits are the size of a small orange, and are covered with soft 
hairs which are rubbed off by hand. The thin skin surrounds a quantity 
of very juicy, translucent pulp and numerous small seeds. The 
juice is much used in northern South America in the preparation of 
ices and refreshing drinks, which suggest a mixture of pineapple and 
lemon in flavor. The plant should he tried in the southern United 
States, where it is likely that best results will he obtained by 
starting plants in the greenhouse and transplanting to the open ground 
as soon as danger from frosts is past. By this procedure it may be 
possible to secure fruits the first summer. Plants are injured by a 
temperature helow 30° F., and should he tried as perennials only in the 
most favored portions of California and Florida.

40597. SORBARIA ARBOREA. Originally from China. Plants presented 
by Vicary Gibbs, Elstree, Herts, England. A handsome, upright shrub 
with rather large, bright-green, compound leaves and small white flowers 
in large, showy panicles, which appear in summer and are followed 
by small, capsular fruits. The handsome foliage develops very early 
in the spring. The species thrives in a rather moist, rich soil and 
does well in somewhat shaded situations. May be propagated by hardwood cuttings, root cuttings, suckers, or seeds.

52459. SPIRAEA MYRTILLOIDES. Native to western China. Seeds presented 
by Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co., Paris. A very graceful shrub, 6 to 
12 feet high, of spreading habit. It has somewhat papery leaves and 
produces dense masses of small white flowers. The species occurs in 
western Szechwan at 9,000 to 15,000 feet altitude, and may prove suitable for cultivation in the Southern States.

42596. STRYCHNOS SPINOSA. Kafir Orange. From Inhambane, Mozambique, 
Africa. Seeds presented by Rev. P. W. Keys. A remarkable East African 
shrub or small tree with evergreen foliage and short spines. The large 
round fruits, with extremely hard shells, turn yellow when ripe and 
have the fragrance of cloves. The flesh is edible, suggesting the 
taste of a brandied peach. It succeeds in southern Florida and in 
protected situations in California.

43741. TECOMA ARGENTEA. From Asuncion, Paraguay. Seeds presented 
by C. F. Mead. A small tree from Paraguay and southeastern Brazil. 
When the huge clusters of yellow flowers appear, it is a strikingly 
attractive ornamental. From the behavior of young plants in southern 
Florida, where some have already flowered, it may be said that 
the species is a promising one for that region.

53470. TERMINALIA MYRIOCARPA. From Calcutta, India. Seeds collected 
by J. F. Rock, Agricultural Explorer. A valuable timber tree 
of northwestern Assam where it reaches a height of 80 to 100 feet in 
the more open forest lands. The tree is evergreen, and very handsome 
when in flower or fruit, its pendent boughs being loaded with panicles 
of pink flowers and yellow fruits. The heartwood, which is brown mottled 
with dark streaks, takes a beautiful polish. The tree ascends to 
5,000 feet altitude in Assam, Bhutan, and upper Burma. Suggested

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