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CARISSA CARANPUS. 23750. Prom Sibpur, Calcutta, India, 
Oct. 1. "A dense, spiny shrub or sometimes a smaU 
tree flowering from Feb. to Apr. (in India) and bearing 
a small fruit which is grape-green when young, chang- 
ing to white and pink as it approaches maturity and 
black when fully ripe. The fruit ripens July-Aug. 
In India the fruit is made into pickle just before it 
is ripe, and is also employed in tarts and puddings. 
When ripe it makes a very good jelly equal to the red 
currant. The shrubs are also grown for hedges. This 
ought to be of value in Southern California where the 
red currant does not thrive." 
PHASEOLUS VULGARIS. 23916. Prom Rio Mucury, Brazil, 
Oct. 26. "This is a vine which grows to a length of 
40 or 50 feet, straggling over 3 or 4 trees of the 
size of orange trees. Bears a large number of pods of 
most delicious beans for 3 years in succession, and 
the beans will remain good on the vine for a long time 
after they are ripe. Wherever the summers are hot 
enough, as in Florida, and there is no frost, it 
would thrive, I think. The beans are so good that one 
friend said 'Everyone is mad after them'." Birch. 
PINUS. 23913. Rec. thru F. U. Meyer from Tung Ling, 
China, summer of 1908. "This pine grows all over 
Northern China and seems to vary a great deal." 
PODOCARPUS DACRYDIOIDES. 23742. Prom Wellington, Hew 
Zealand, Sept. 30. "One of the tallest trees of 
the colony said to occasionally attain a height of 150 
feet. The wood is white or pale yellow, tough and 
compact, straight-grained and easily worked, but un- 
fortunately not durable, when in contact with the ground 
or where regularly exposed to dam}). It is very suit- 
able for inside work of all kinds." 
RUBUS CHAMAEMORUS . 23894-95. Prom Harrington Harbor, 
Canadian Labrador, Oct. 17. "A fruit called locally 
the Bake Apple, it resembles a yellow raspberry in 
color and size, tastes of honey and banana mixed, grows 
in moist ground on a plant four inches high; the 
