
          the Southern States. The plant yields enormous crops of fruits that 
keep well and are more delicately flavored than the squash. The freedom 
from fiber, the fine texture, and the ease of its preparation for 
cooking render the chayote adaptable for use in a variety of delicious 
dishes. The fruits may be fried, creamed, stuffed, served in 
stews, baked with meats, pickled, or preserved. Special directions 
for growing and cooking will be forwarded on request.

15395. COLOCASIA ESCULENTA. Trinidad Dasheen. From Trinidad, 
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 edible corms 
and medium-sized edible 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 mealier 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.

44589. CORNUS CAPITATA. Dogwood. From Siena, Italy. Seeds presented 
by Dr. Agilulfus Preda. A highly ornamental, deciduous, or partially 
evergreen small tree of bushy habit, native to the Himalayas and 
China. As in our flowering dogwood, the apparent petals are really 
large, showy, cream-white or yellow bracts 2 inches long, subtending 
the inconspicuous flowers. Before falling, the bracts turn ruddy. 
The fruit is a fleshy, strawberry-shaped crimson head a little more 
than an inch wide; edible, but not very tasty. It should be grown in 
mild-wintered regions.

51780. CORYLUS COLURNA. Turkish Hazel. Seeds presented by John 
Dunbar, Assistant Superintendent of Parks, Rochester, N. Y. A vigorous 
tree, native to southeastern Europe and Asia Minor, reaching 60 
feet in height, and having a stout trunk and glossy leaves. The edible 
nuts, which are produced in clusters of 3 or 4, are small and 
hard shelled. The tree, which is of ornamental value because of its 
pyramidal form and attractive foliage, thrives in the climate of eastern 
Europe, where the summers are hot and the winters rather cold.

54075. COTONEASTER DIELSIANA. Originally from Western China. 
Seeds collected at the Arnold Arboretum. An ornamental shrub attaining 
6 feet in height with slender arching branches, firm, oval leaves, 
and pinkish flowers in small clusters, followed by attractive small 
red fruits.

38760. COTONEASTER FRIGIDA. From the Himalayan slopes of northern 
India, at altitudes of 7,000 to 10,000 feet. A very strong-growing 
species with large leaves. The very numerous white flowers are

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