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Whether the Palmyra pahn of India (No. 35040) can be grown 

 in southern Cahfornia or Florida remains to be seen. In India it 

 thrives in a hot, dry climate similar to om-s and is cultivated for its 

 sugar and the toddy which the Indians make from its sap. On the 

 mainland of India and in Ceylon 100,000 acres of these palms are 

 said to be cultivated. 



Some remarkable forest trees and shrubs are possibly to be found 

 among the 14 species of seed (Nos. 34837 to 34850) received from 

 Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia. 



From a previous introduction (No. 22326) Mr. Conner, at ChiUi- 

 cothe, Tex., has selected a dwarf form of kafir (No. 34911), sim- 

 ilar to feterita, which seems to have unusual drought-resistant quali- 

 ties, making it worthy of further distribution. 



The manuscript of this inventory has been prepared by Miss May 

 Kiley, the botanical determinations have been made and the notes 

 on geographic distribution compiled by ^ir. H. C. Skeels, and the 

 notes on nomenclature have been prepared under the supervision of 

 the Committee on Scientific Orthography by Mr. S. C. Stuntz, who 

 has general supervision of the inventories, as well as of the other 

 pubhcations of this office. 



David FAmcHiLD, 

 Agricultural Explorer in Charge, 



Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction, 



WasTiington, D. C, December 8, 1914. 



