4. 
DIOSPYROS. 26902-903. From Tientai, via Ningpo, China. Pre- 
sented by Rev. A. 0. Loosely. The fruit of one is the size 
and shape of a large egg, the other is larger, round and 
flat. They are a delicious fruit for eating raw or dried. 
They have a long season of about two months, are prolific and 
a sure crop." (Loosely.) For distribution later. 
PESTUCA RUBRA. 26820. Red fescue grown on campus of Agricul- 
tural College, College Park, Maryland, in dense shade. It 
would not produce seed there, so was sent to Pullman, Wash- 
ington, where it seeded freely." (Evans.) For distribu- 
tion latere 
FICUS CARICA. 26679. From near Sevastopol, Crimea. "A form 
of wild fig growing on exposed rocks. It freezes "back, 
however, in severe winters. To "be experimented with in the 
northern limits of fig growing sections." (Meyer's Intro- 
duction. ) 
GARCINIA SPP. 26853-854. Two species of Garcinia from 
Buitenzorg, Java. Presented "by Mr. H. Wigman of the Depart- 
ment of Agriculture. For distribution later. 
GLYCINE HISPIDA . 26839-840. Two varieties of soybean, large 
black seeded and small black seeded, from Kalgarh, Midnapore, 
India. Presented by Mr. A. L. Eeenan. 
HEDYSARUM SP. 26669. From near Kirikinesh, Crimea. Found 
growing in the same localities as 26668 (Ononis?), and the 
same remarks apply to it. (Meyer's Introduction.) 
HERA OLEUM SP. 26881. From near Kirikinesh, Crimea. "A 
Heracleum with very large umbells, found on a stony moun- 
tain side. Of value as an ornamental plant in parks and 
large gardens." (Meyer's Introduction.) 
JUNIPERUS EXCELS A . 2,6688. From mountains near Soucha.ja Ret- 
sha, Crimea, Russia. "A very beautiful juniper with bluish- 
green foliage, bearing large berries of dark velvet color 
and covered with a white bloom. A tall bush but sometimes 
growing into a tree 20 feet in height. A fine ornamental 
evergreen for mild-wintered, hot-summered localities. 
This juniper seems to occur only in the Crimea and Caucasus." 
(Meyer's Introduction.) 
