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Amygdalus persiea L. (Amygdalaceae . ) 43289-43291. 
Peach seeds from Canton, China, introduced for the 
study of the office of Horticultural and Pomological 
Investigations f Presented by Mr. P. R. Josselyn, 
American Vice Consul in Charge. Chinese peach trees 
are grown for the most part in the northern provinces, 
where the climate is cold. Those grown in Kwangtung 
Province are Inferior in size, color and flavor to 
those grown further north. There are three species 
of peaches cultivated in this province, viz., the 
sweet, the sour and the bitter." (F. D. Cheshire.) 
ling Tsui Tao (eagle's beak). Very sweet with a point 
resembling the ' beak of the eagle and having a hairy 
coat. It Is grown mostly at Sum Chuen, in the Pun Yu 
district; Poon Tang, in the Nam Hoi district; and also 
in the Pa Yuen, Samshui and Tung Kun districts. " 
(Josselyn.) Ha Mut Tao (honey-tasting peach). Very 
sweet, slightly round in shape; came originally from 
Manchuria. This peach Is grown for the most part at 
Pati and Tong Kat and some other points in the Pun 
Yudistrlct." (Josselyn.) Shuen Tao (sour peach). Grown 
at various places in Canton, mostly in the hilly dis- 
tricts. Some are imported to Canton from Shui Kwan 
and Shui Tung district." (Josselyn.) 
Amona cherimola x squamosa. (Annonaceae .) 43263. Seeds 
of Atemoya from Manila, P. I. Presented by Mr. Adn. 
Hernandez, Director of Agriculture. "Plants very 
similar in appearance to the cherlmoya. The fruit is 
small, about 10 ounces in weight, yellowish green, 
with very thick tough skin and white tender flesh, 
juicy sub-acid. It has 4 to 7 seeds, darker colored 
than those, of the cherimoya." (Wester, Philippine 
Agric. Review, p. 71, Feb. 1914.) 
Arauearia brasiliana A. Richard. (Pinaceae.) 43383. 
Seeds from Monte Serrat, near Itatiaya, Brazil, col- 
lected by Dr. J. N. Rose and Mr. P. Q. Russell, Na- 
tional Museum. "A tall evergreen tree native in 
southern Brazil, sometimes 100 feet high, with large 
and nearly globular cones. The wood is used in con- 
struction work, for turning, ships' masts, cabinet 
work and for matches. The thick resinous bark yields, 
by a fermenting process, an agreeable medicinal drink, 
and the ashes contain much potash; the resin exuded 
by the bark furnishes by-products useful in the in- 
dustries and in medicine. The edible seeds produce 
white and delicate starch." (Adapted from Bailey, 
Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, p. 346, and from 
Correa, Flora do Brazil, p. 61.) 
