ATALANTIA GLAUCA. AUSTRALIAN DESERT KUMQUAT. 
Natural size photograph of fruit from specimens pre- 
sented by Mr. James Pink, Wellington Point, near Brisbane, 
Queensland. This very interesting citrus fruit is now intro- 
duced for the first time at the suggestion of Mr. Walter T. 
Swingle, because of its resistance to cold, drought, and hot 
spells during winter. He "believes it may he of the greatest 
importance in the breeding of citrus fruits. The seeds, which 
are quite small, germinate very readily, and in ten days from 
the time of sowing in the greenhouse, were an inch or more in 
height, and of sufficient strength to he inarched on two-year- 
old stocks. By this means it is hoped that within two years 
there will be flowers sufficient for whatever crosses may he 
decided to be worth while. Although the fruit is small, as 
shown in the photograph, it is sometimes cooked and eaten by 
Australians, and the expressed juice of the fresh fruits is 
also used to make a sort of lemonade. This plant may be worthy 
of cultivation in the arid regions of the southwest where the 
temperature rarely reaches zero Fahrenheit. Plant Introduction 
No. 29537. 
