JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1913. 



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35869 to 35883 — Continued. ^ 



35876. Persea Americana Miller. Avocado. 



(Persea gratissima Gaertn. f.) 

 ' ' (No . 462 . ) From Cuzco, Peru . " 



35876. OxALis TUBEROSA Molina. Oca. 

 "(No. 476.) From Omro, Bolivia." 



35877. Persea Americana Miller. Avocado. 

 (Persea gratissima Gaertn. f.) 



"(No. 518.) From Lima, Peru." 

 35878 and 35879. Ipomoea batatas (L.) Poir. Sweet potato. 



35878. "(No. 508.) Round fruit from Lima, Peru." 



35879. ''(No. 526.) Red-skinned fruit from Lima, Peru." 



35880 to 35883. Oxalis tuberosa MoUna. Oca. 



35880. *'(No. 575.) From Oruro, Bolivia." 



35881. "(No. 576.) From Oruro, Bolivia." 



35882. "(No. 577.) From Oruro, Bolivia." 



35883. "(No. 578.) From Cuzco, Peru." 



35884. Spondias cttherea Sonnerat. We fruit. 



(Spondias dulcis Forster.) 

 From Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by the director, Department of Agriculture 

 Received July 17, 1913. 



35885. Lansium domestictjm Jack. Duku. 

 From Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by the director. Department of Agriculture. 



Received July 17, 1913. 



35886 and 35887. 



From Cambridge, England. Presented by Mr. R. Irwin Lynch, curator, Cam- 

 bridge Botanic Garden. Received July 15, 1913. 



85886. Cajuputi hypericifolia (Salisb.) Skeels. Hillock tree. 



(Melaleuca hypericifolia Smith.) 

 35887. Heliophila scandens Harve'y. 



"The genua Heliophila belongs to South Africa. H. scandens is a perennial 

 climber with white flowers, the only climbing species of the genus, and, with 

 the exception of the Peruvian Cremolobus, the only climbing member of the 

 natural order of Cruciferae. This makes it extremely interesting from the botani- 

 cal point of view, but it is also of interest horticulturally as a white-flowered 

 climber flowering freely in the depth of winter. From this point of view there 

 is nothing to compete with it, and for lighting up a conservatory at this time of 

 the year it is certainly of value. It is slender in habit, sparingly branched; 

 the leaves are 1^ or 2 inches long, elliptic or oblong lanceolate, acuminate, and 

 pale green; the flowers are in racemes, pure white, and borne in considerable 

 numbers. They do not appear to be fragrant, as has been stated. The plant 

 was introduced to Kew some years ago from the Botanical Gardens of Durban, 

 in which locality, as well as Manda, in Natal, it inhabits shady places among 

 shrubs. In a corridor at the Botanic Garden, Cambridge, it flourishes and 

 flowers every year. The culture does not appear difiicult, and the plant strikes 

 readily from cuttings." (Gardeners' Chronicle, January 20, 1912.) 



