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33786 and 33787— Continued. 



' The average exportation of citronella from Colombo is about 40,000 pound*, 

 valued at £8.000, or about 4 shilling? and 1 j>enny per pound. It i< largely used 

 to give the peculiar flavor to what l< known as honey soap' and in the making 

 of perfumes. In Travancore the propagation of this grass is left to nature, no care 

 of any kind whatever being given. It is treated purely as a natural product of 

 the jungle. It is even lo<^ked down upon as a glutton upon soil food, deserving, 

 if possible, extermination and cremation. In Ceylon the citronella grass is 

 raised from seed and planted like guinea grass and will give two or three crops a 

 year. When fit to cut, the grass is carried to a large boiler and the oil is dis- 

 tilled. It is estimated to give about three dozen bottles to the acre, but the 

 demand is limited and the price fluctuates from 2 shillings and 6 \yence a bottle 

 to 4 shillings and 6 pence. At the latter price it pays handsomely, while at the 

 former it little more than covers the expenditures. A still capable of turning 

 out a dozen bottles a day costs £300. 



"A decoction of the leaves is used, it is said, to purifj- blood. It is also given 

 in cases of. cough and used in steam baths for colds. Externally, it is applied to 

 remove rheumatic pains, in which case it is said to equal the oil of the famous 

 Samadera indica of the sandy regions of North Travancore. The oil is said to be 

 good for cholera. For children it is a gixnl tonic. It is also a stimulant and 

 diaphoretic." 



33788. Citrus auraxtium sinensis L. Orange. 

 From the Atlas Mountains, Algeria. Presented by Dr. L. Trabut, Algiers. 

 Received June 20, 1912. 

 "A late orange from the Atlas Mountains. Cultivated in the valleys of the moun- 

 tains. Fruii, excellent; grown from seed by the natives." {TrabiU.) 



33789 and 33790. Prunus sp. 



From St. Petersburg. Russia. Received through Mr. Frank X, Meyer, agri- 

 cultural explorer, for this Department, April 2, 1912. 

 These seeds were picked out of S. P. I. Xo. 33312. See this number for remarks. 



33791. Chrysobalaxus icaco L. Icaco. 



From San Jose, Costa Rica. Presented by Mr. Carlos Werckle, National Mu-eum. 

 Received June 19, 1912. 

 ** A much improved, superior variety; black." (Werckle.) 

 See Xo. 32402 for preWoiL- introduction. 



33792. Panax quinquefolium L. Ginseng. 



(Aralia qui nque folia Decne. and Planch.) 

 From Seoul. Chosen (Korea). Presented by Miss Katherine Wambold. care of 

 Severance Hospital. Received April 25, 1912. Xumbered June 10, 1912. 

 Distrihution. — Throughout the eastern part of the United States from Canada south- 

 ward to the mountains of Georgia, and in Manchuria, Chosen (Korea), and Japan. 



33793. RuBus hawaiensis A. Gray. Akala. 



From the Kau District, Island of Hawaii. Presented by Mr. Ralph S. Hosmer, 



Superintendent of Forestrj", Honolulu. Received June 24, 1912, 

 The native raspberry, akala. Thi^ specie.- is quite generally distributed through 

 this Territory between the elevations of 3,500 and 5,000 feet It is a tall-gr<»wing 



