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Burope and is found occasionally in waste plaoes in Western 
Asia, Northern Africa, Australia and New Zealand." (Rioker.) 
The following numbers were sent "by Mr. Jose D. Husbands, 
limavida, Chile, Deo. 4, 1908. 
ACACIA. 24309. "An exceedingly valuable wild thorned tree; 
grows abundantly throughout central Chile, seeks the dry- 
est regions and is generally used for fences, The wood is 
red streaked with "black, extra hard. Grows quickly in 
worst dry soils; the long tap root reaches moisture at great 
depths in a few months. It is a splendid shade tree, 
leaves are very fine and "beautiful. Every part of the 
"branches "bloom, forming a dense mass of yellow flowers so 
deliciously fragrant that it is extracted by the Paris 
perfumers. 
ANDR0P0G0N SORGHUM. 24305. A food plant recently found in 
Chile; unknown. "Resembles somewhat the white durra of 
Syria." (Ball.) 
BEANS. 24211-261. A collection of fifty kinds of beans. 
CANNABIS SATIVA. 24307. The ordinary Chile hemp. 
CAPSICUM ANNUUM. 24294-24301, Various sorts of peppers in 
daily use; noted for their extra fine flavor. 
CICER ARIETINUM. 24265. Grown dry in poor soil. 
CRYPTOCARYA RUBRA. 24310. Peumo with crimson fruit. 
CUCURBITA. 24268-293, 24306. Collection of squashes. 
CYNARA SCOLYMUS. 24263. Common artiohoke. 
HORDEUM VULGARE. 24308. The common Chile barley grown on 
dry hills in the worst olass of red clay soil; if this 
same seed be sown on better land it increases largely in 
weight and size and grows cleaner. 
JTJGLANS NIGRA. 24209, Seeds. "The Bolivian black walnut 
is a majestic forest tree with handsome hanging foliage; a 
quick grower of great industrial value. Its wood is hard, 
beautifully veined in dark and light grains, takes a very 
high finish and is useful for any purpose. The fruit is 
large, abundant and oily, but is not edible on account 
of its bitterness." 
