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Bureau. "Pacaya palms are grown here in great abundance 
so that any amount of seed could be obtained. Some of the 
palms have four five or even six pacayas, as the edible 
male, inflorescences are called. I feel confident that the 
palms would grow very well under slat house conditions, 
and would suggest that a planting be made on that basis at 
Miami, with the idea of leaving some of the palms to grow 
to maturity. They attain a height of 12 to 15 feet, but 
fruit much younger, possibly in the third or fourth year." 
(Cook. ) 
Passiflora laurifolia. (Passlf loraceae . ) 38373. Plants 
of passion fruit from Manila. Presented by Mr. H. T. 
Edwards, Director of Agriculture, through Mr: Harry H. 
Boyle,- Assistant Horticulturist. "An edible variety ob- 
tained from Mr". P. Morange, Director, Saigon Botanic Gar- 
dens , Cochin China. The fruit is a bright yellow color, 
pear-shaped, about the size of the ordinary pear tomato, 
and very similar to it in appearance. There is extracted 
from the leaves a bitter substance which is employed to 
counteract Intermittent fever." (Boyle.). 
Persea ameHcana. (Lauraceae.) 38400-402, 38477, 38549- 
564, 38578, 38581, 38583, 38587, 38638-640. Scions and 
seeds of avocados from Coban, Antigua, and Guatemala City, 
Guatemala. Collected by Mr. 0. P. Cook, of this Bureau. 
"The avocado season is much too far along now (in May and 
June) to do satisfactory work. In most places the season 
is > completely over but at the higher altitudes a few 
fruits are still in the market, as yet none of a quality 
to particularly recommend them. It is the late varieties 
of these countries that we want. The early varieties 
ripen in August and September, the others in December, 
etc., and as the colder places are reached the crop goes 
around into the spring months." (Cook.) Twenty-seven 
varieties of hard-shelled avocados. 
Reinhardtia spp. (Phoenicaceae . ) 38538-540. Seeds of a 
palm from Livingston, Guatemala. Collected by Mr. O. P. 
Cook. "A small palm 10-15 feet high; trunk 4 inches 
thick, bearing large clusters of coral red fruits about 
the size of thorn apples (Crataegus) and having exactly 
the same taste." (Cook.) 
Rhododendron dauricum. (Ericaceae.) 38413. Seeds of 
a rhododendron from Novospasskoe , Russia. Presented by 
Mr. A. Woeikoff, Director, Bureau of Acclimatization. 
"Ttils purple-flowered Rhododendron is a native of Dahuria, 
Manchuria, and Sachalln, and coming from a cold region, a 
spell of mild weather in midwinter causes It to begin to 
open its flowers very early in this country (England); 
