4. 
"A small tree, native of the Philippine Islands, introduced 
into India and cultivated in gardens. The fruit is like a 
large quince and in some places is called mangosteen; its 
proper name should he the Mabola fruit. It is agreeable and 
has a pink colored, fleshy rind." (Lyon.) For distribution 
later . 
FEI-TOA SELLOWIANA . 26120-121. Two varieties from Los Angeles, /) 
California. Presented by Mr. H. Hehre . "Feijoa sellowiana 
is worthy to be mentinoed under promising new fruits and 
deserves the widest distribution. The plant stands more 
cold than the guava, is beautiful in bloom, evergreen, and 
otherwise hardy. The fruit is green and when ripe gets a 
tinge of yellow. As it blooms for a period of about two 
months the fruit ripens successively for 2 months. There- 
fore there are all sizes of fruit on the plant at the same 
time, which grow at the axil of the leaf on the wood." 
(Hehre.) For distribution later. Its flavor is decidedly 
aromatic and is said to be keenly relished by many people. 
GARCINIA MANGOS TANA . 26047. Seeds from Port of Spain, Trin- 
idad. Presented by Mr. F. Evans. Mangosteen. This delici- 
ous fruit is about the size of a mandarin orange, round and 
slightly flattened at each end with a smooth, thick rind, 
rich red-purple in color, with here and there a bright, 
hardened drop of the yellow juice which marks some injury 
to the rind when it was young. As these mangosteens are 
sold in the Dutch East Indies :- heaped up on fruit baskets 
or made up into long, regular bunches with thin strips of 
braided bamboo, they are as strikingly handsome as anything 
of the kind could well be, but it is only when the fruit 
is opened that its real beauty is seen. The rind is thick 
and tough and in order to get at the pulp inside it re- 
quires a circular cut with a sharp knife to lift the top 
half off like a cap, exposing the white segments, five , six 
or seven in number lying loose in the cup. The cut surface 
of the rind is of a most delicate pink color and is studded 
with small, yellow points formed by the drops of exuding 
juice. As you lift out of this cup, one by one the delicate 
segments which are the size and shape of those of a mandarin 
