3. 
LIGUSTRUM SP. 26767. From hills near Sevastopol, Crimea. 
"A low, "bushy, setni-evergreeii privet growing on dry, rocky 
mountain sides in somewhat shady places. Of use as a garden 
shrub in semi-arid reg'.ons." (Meyer's introduction.) For 
distribution later. 
LUCUMA. 26768. From Mayaguez, Porto Rico. Presented by Mr. 
W. E. Hess. "Fruit 1+ to 2 inches long and wide. The pulp 
eatable, texture and color strongly suggesting the yolk of 
'hard boiled egg. Should be valuable as an ornamental and 
avenue tree for South Florida and California. It might 
also prove a vigorous stock for Lucuma rivicoa, var. angusti- 
folia; the fruit of this species is very delicious but it 
seems to be a very slow grower." (Hess.) For distribution 
later . 
MORUS. 26761. From Estate of Maximoff, near Sebastopol, 
Crimea, Russia. "A handsome fastigiate form of the Russian 
mulberry resistant to drought and heat, suitable for an or- 
namental garden and park tree, especially in the semi-arid, 
hot-summered regions of the United States." (Meyer's intro- 
duction.) For distribution later. 
NEPHELIUM SP. 26658. Seeds from Medan, Sumatra, presented by 
Dr. L. R. de Pussy. 
NOPALEA COCCI NELL I FER A . 26611. Presented by Mr. R.W. Thornton, 
Cape Town, South Africa. "Mo record can be found as to 
- where this variety was originally imported from, but of the 
26 varieties grown in Cape Colony this is the most nutri- 
tious and is free from thorns. A strong point in its favor 
is that up to the present the fruit has never matured, which 
makes it impossible for it to cross with our thorny vari- 
eties and thus spread and become a pest instead of a bles- 
sing. It also seems to be almost entirely free of the acid 
principle which causes excessive scouring in stock; hence 
the local name of sweet-flesh prickly pear.-" (Thornton.) 
