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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



(No. 51099) which bear delicious-flavored fruits the size of a man's 

 head. 



A new lawn grass {Aeluropus hrevifolius^ No. 51110) for alkaline 

 soils will interest a wide circle of those who live in the Southwest, 

 some of whom doubtless know its sender, Dr. R. H. Forbes, who 

 lived in Anzona for many years before he went to Egypt. 



A wild species of tulip {Tulipa stellata^ No. 51113) from Punjab, 

 India, with pure-white petals and bulbs which are frequently eaten 

 by the East Indians, may interest the bulb growers and hybridizers. 



Crotalarias appear to be excellent nitrogen gatherers in the sandy 

 soils of Florida, and a new one {Crotdiaria ver^^cosa^ No. 51119) 

 from Puntarenas, Costa Rica, is worthy of a fair trial. 



The pandan has become so thoroughly at home in Florida that 

 many horticulturists will be glad to try the four species {Pandanm 

 spp., Nos. 51135 to 51138) sent in from Buitenzorg by the Java 

 Department of Agriculture. 



The accoub of Syria {Giindelia toumefortAi^ Xo. 51142) appears 

 to be a promising new vegetable. It is a perennial spiny composite, 

 similar to the globe artichoke but said to be superior to it. 



The accounts of the mowra tree of India {Mcjlhuca indica. No. 

 51155) are so remarkable that efforts ought to be made to establish 

 this species on the dry waste lands of Florida, where its unusuallTj!' 

 sweet, edible blossoms could be utilized for alcohol manufacture. 

 Single trees have been known to yield 300 pounds of flowers which 

 yield from 40 to TO per cent of invert and cane sugar mixed. 



A collection of Wright's new peaches and apples (Nos. 51162 to 

 51179) from Auckland, New Zealand, including the Alpha apple, 

 which he considers the earliest of all apples, will interest breeders 

 of these fruits. 



Wester sends in a new green-leafed vegetable for the South in 

 his Talinum (No. 51193) a relative of purslane, which he reports 

 makes an excellent dish for the table. 



Bischofia trifoliata (No. 51194), the Javanese timber and shade 

 tree, is proving such a beautiful thing in southern Florida that a 

 distribution of it as a street tree is contemplated. 



Eugenia, curranii (No. 51201) from the Philippine Islands, accord- 

 ing to Wester, bears immense quantities of fruits suitable for pre- 

 serves. 



The leaves and stems of a form of Chenopodium alhum (No. 

 51214), which is closely related to our- own lamb's-quarters, according 

 to Mr. Carter, of Calcutta, are used as greens in India, and the 

 seeds are eaten as a cereal. The hill tribes of the western Hima- 

 layas cultivate this species as one of their principal crops. 



Doctor Shantz finds the ati grass {Heteropogon contortus^ No. 

 51226) of the region about Nairobi to be an excellent forage grass. 



