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state about upcountry bungalows. The ovoid angular fruit is in season all the year; 

 though too acid to be used for dessert, it is very agreeable when stewed, and it can 

 also be made into jam and preserves. When ripe the fruit has a pleasant applelike 

 odor. Propagated by seed." {E. F. Macmillan, Handbook of Tropical Gardening 

 and Planting.) 



35142. " Larger than ordinary fruits. ' ' 



35143. " Fruits varying in size but of excelle t quality." (Proschowsky.) 



35144. Theobroma cacao L. Cacao. 

 From La Guaira, Venezuela. Presented by Mr. Thomas Voetter, American con- 

 sul. Received April 5, 1913. 

 Secured for the experimenters of the Philippine Bureau of Agriculture. 



35145 and 35146. Kerstingiella geocarpa Harms. Kandela. 

 From Togoland, Africa. Presented by Mr. G. Hofflerner, Imperial Station, 

 Sokode, Bassari, at the request of the director, Botanische Zentralstelle fiir 

 die Kolonien, Dahlem post Steglitz, Germany. Received April 7, 1913. 

 36145. Black. 35146. Reddish. 



See S. P. I. No. 34916 for previous introduction and description. 



35147 to 35160. 



From Paris, France. Presented by the director, Museum of Natural History. 

 Received March 28, 1913. 

 Seeds of the following: 



35147. X Acer boscii Spach. Maple. 

 See S. P. I. No. 33138 for previous introduction. 



35148. Aralia chinensis mandshurica Rupr. 



''This species is perfectly hardy and will thrive anywhere in England, pro- 

 ducing large and elegant foliage, which, however, falls at the first touch of frost. 

 The stems, which are prickly, are quite hardy, and attain a height of 10 feet 

 or so. When once established, this plant can be easily propagated by suckers 

 which rise from the base. During the summer its appearance is considerably 

 enhanced by the large trusses of flowers which, if not individually beautiful, 

 give the plant a further subtropical appearance. As the leaves have a great 

 spread when fully matured, an abundance of room must be allotted to the 

 shrubs when planted, a matter which might be easily overlooked, as when 

 denuded of their foliage one can hardly imagine them to be the same plant." 

 {The Garden, March 1, 1913.) 



35149. Cornus bretschneideri L. Henry. 



"The value of this Cornus consists in the color of its stems, which are pale 

 yellowish green or even sometimes lemon yellow with reddish tips, which in 

 winter produce a striking effect, seen against a background of dark evergreens." 

 {Journal de la Societe Nationale de Horticulture de France, ser. 4, vol. 11, p. 123, 

 1910.) 



35160. Elaeis GUiNEENSis Jacq. African oil palm. 



"The bright-yellow drupe, with shiny black-purple point, though nauseous 

 to the taste, is eaten by the people. The mawezi, or palm oil, of the consistency 

 of honey, is rudely extracted, and forms an article of considerable traffic in the 

 region around Lake Tanganyika. Despite its sickening flavor, it is universally 



