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of the Surprise trees on his grounds, though they are 
growing in a pear orchard in which numerous suscepti- 
ble varieties have died out entirely from blight, and 
other varieties have blighted more or less every 
year." (B. T. Galloway.) 
Rubu8 sp. (Ro saceae) , 45891. Blackberry. Prom 
Colombia. Presented by Mr. Hermano Apolinar-Maria, 
Institute de la Salle, Bogota, at the request of Mr. P. 
M. Chapman, Washington, D. C. In April, 1913, while on 
a visit to Colombia, I found this variety growing in a 
little posada called El Pinon in the temperate zone 
at an elevation of 9,600 feet on the trail from Bogota 
to Pusagasuga. El Pinon is exceedingly wet and this 
giant blackberry may be found only under the conditions 
which prevail there. It is not the El Moral de Castile, 
a cylindrical berry which grows in profusion at from 
5,000 to 7,500 feet, but a much larger, rounder berry 
shaped more like a strawberry. These berries are of ten 
3 inches in length." (Chapman.)' 
Solandra longiflora ( Solanaceae ) , 45953. Prom Syd- 
ney, New South Wales ,» Australia. Presented by Mr. J. 
H. Maiden, Director, Botanic Garden. A West Indian 
evergreen shrubby vine, with ovate to obovate sharply 
pointed leaves on purplish petioles and yellow, fra- 
grant flowers usually a foot long. If left untrimmed 
it is a rampant climber but can be grown as a dwarf 
shrub by constant pruning. It is an adaptive plant as 
it grows well in the driest and poorest places but 
does not appear to object to gross feeding. The foli- 
age of this plant produces a valuable drug called 
solandrine which has the same active principles as at- 
ropine derived from the leaves and roots of Atropa bel- 
ladonna. The best method of propagation is by cuttings 
which should be taken from the flowering branches just 
after the flowering season is over and planted in a 
well-drained light sandy soil. (Adapted from the Agri- 
cultural Gazette of New South Wales, vol. 28, p. 670.) 
Stizolobium niveum (Pabaceae), 45940. Dedman's bean. 
From Salisbury, Rhodesia, Africa. Presented by the Di- 
rector of Agriculture. One of the principle advantages 
that this bean has over the Florida velvet bean is the 
absence of the fine prickly hairs on the stem and 
leaves which makes the curing of that plant for hay a 
difficult operation. It also seems to be more resist- 
ant to frost. For these reasons Dedman's bean, or as it 
