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to a healthy maturity have been met by grafting them 
on Solanum mammosum, the so-called susumber tree, a rank, 
tropical weed closely related botanically to the egg- 
plant. The grafts are said to produce fruits of large 
size and fine flavor, and as the stock Is perennial, 
bearing Is continual." (Contributions of the U. S. 
National Herbarium, vol. 8, p. 242.) 
Zea mays (Poaceae), 46314. Corn. Prom Mexico. 
Presented by Mr. Arnulf o Ballesteros , LaBarca, Jalisco, 
at the request of Mr. JohnR. Sillman, American Consul, 
Guadalajara. "Early Pipitillo corn, which is cultivated in 
the swampy lands of Chapala. This corn is early in 
this region only when sown In the months of January, 
February, and the early part of March. It is then possible 
for the harvesting and drying to be completed four 
months afterward. If, on the other hand, it is sown in 
May or June, the time required for It to mature is six 
months." (Ballesteros.) 
Notes from Correspondent* . 
A letter dated September 13, 1918, from Mr. H. Tlsell, 
of Orange Center, Orange County, Florida, contains the 
following translation of an article on Rismollan, "Svenskt 
Land," December 15, 1917, p. 338. Believing that the 
article will prove of interest to our collaborators, 
we are quoting it entire. 
Rismollan. A Newly Discovered Utility Plant. 
"That necessity is the mother of Invention is 
found more and more true in our days. 
"In all walks of life the human intelligence is 
trying to procure substitutes for all that the world 
war has forced us to do without. What we especially 
have great need of is bread and more bread. The culti- 
vation of bread grains has fortunately increased, but 
not sufficiently to fill our needs. It has therefore 
been necessary to mix all kinds of possible and im- 
possible substances with the flour to make it go farther. 
"In Skane (the most southern district of Sweden) , 
a farmer, Ernst A. Lars son, Fllborna, Halsingborg, has 
drawn attention to a very fruitful plant: Rismollan 
(Chenopodium quinoa) , the grain of which can be milled Into 
flour and cooked as porridge. The leaves provide a 
tasty 'spinach.' 
"Mr. Larsson himself tells that during the winter 
