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Citrus spp. (Rutaceae. ) 40674-676. Three varieties of cit- 
ron from the Lamao Experiment Station, Lamao, Bataan, pre- 
sented by Mr. P. J. Wester, Horticulturist. Two varieties 
remarkable for precocity, one of them, perhaps the small- 
est citrus In the genus, practically ever bearing, the 
other highly aromatic and differing strikingly from the 
citron in Its growth. 
Cotoneaster spp. (Malaceae. ) 40730, 40734-737. Seeds of 
five species of cotoneaster from Kansu, China. 40730, "a 
tall vigorous species, with rather large leaves and large, 
dark-violet berries, found on rocky cliffs and ledges, 
collected at an elevation of 6000 feet." 40734, "a very 
small bush, crawling between stones and grass, at eleva- 
tions between 6000 and 11000 feet, of value as a rockery 
plant." 40735 and 40737, "medium sized shrubs, one with 
small foliage and black berries, the pther resembling 
C. pyracantha, with bright red berries." 40736, "small, 
with small, orange-colored berries and very small foliage, 
found on stony mountain sides." (Meyer's introductions and 
descriptions . ) 
Cudrania javanensis Trecul. (Urticaceae. )40618. Cuttings 
from the Bureau of Productive Industry, Formosa, from Mt. 
Daiton, near Talhoku. "Kwakwatsu-gayu, an evergreen shrub 
of the family Urticaceae, of a vine-like nature, provided 
with thorns on the stems, and found in the provinces of 
Satsuma and Osuml. The barren and fertile flowers shoot 
separately on distinct plants. It bears flowers in summer 
and reddish yellow sweetish fruits in winter. They are 
eaten fresh or preserved in sugar. The wood is used for 
dyeing yellow." (Useful Plants of Japan, no. 213b.) 
Daphne blagayana Freyer. (Thymelaeaceae. )40613. Plants 
from Chester, England. Purchased from Dlcksons. "A dwarf, 
evergreen shrub of spreading habit. Leaves smooth, 1 to 
If inches long, aggregated in a tuft at the end of the 
twig. Flowers creamy white, very fragrant, produced in 
March and April, crowded In a head of 20 to 30 blossoms at 
the end of the twig and about two inches across, consist- 
ing of several umbels, subtended by thin greenish, silky 
bracts. Fruit pinkish white, rarely seen in cultivation. 
Native of the mountains of eastern Europe, discovered by 
Count Blagay in 1837, introduced about 1875. This beauti- 
ful and sweet-scented Daphne has perhaps nowhere been so 
successfully cultivated as in the Glasnevin Botanic Gar- 
dens. It is there planted on low mounds composed of 
stones and loam from a granite district. The secret of 
