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tung and retailing at from 10 to 12 cents Mexican per 
pound. It is much relished as a condiment in soups and 
with meat dishes and is considered to be very healthful, so 
much so in fact that Confucius advised his jjupils to make 
ginger one of their relishes to be eaten daily. The 
Chinese plant the rhizomes as soon as the soil becomes warm 
and harvest the plants in the autumn after a light frost; 
the rhizomes are stored in cool dugouts and kept covered 
over with slightly moist sandy soil. Chinese name 'Hslen 
chiang', meaning 'Fresh ginger. 1 " (Meyer's introduction.) 
Ziziphus jujuba. (Rhamnaceae . ) 38244-247, 38249-253, 
38258-261. Scions of jujubes from Shansi and Honan, China. 
Thirteen varieties, all from regions heretofore unexplored 
horticulturally , and one with fruits said to be larger than 
ordinary hen's eggs. Some varieties preferably eaten 
fresh, others when put up in weak brandy. (Meyer's intro- 
duction. ) 
NOTES FROM CORRESPONDENTS ABROAD. 
Mr. F. Cook writes from Coban, Guatemala, May 20, 
1914: "At last we have reached a place accessible to a 
post-office, and can begin sending a few things. As I 
feared the Florida trip has made us too late for several 
things that could have been had in abundance in March and 
April. The cotton has been harvested for the most part, 
and we were not able to carry out the plan of making indi- 
vidual plant selections, and were obliged to content our- 
selves with seed in bulk. The hard shelled anona at Cahe- 
bin has a definite season in April, and no fruits or living 
seeds were to be had, but an American coffee planter has 
located here and I left some mailing tubes with him for 
next year, and with proper reminding in February or March 
these seeds could probably be had without serious difficulty 
as the trees are not rare about Cahebin. The tree is quite 
large and of upright habit j quite different from the other 
anonas. The leaves are thick, dark green and shining, like 
those of a magnolia. It is also said to be a free bearer, 
and the shell is very hard. Another find not properly 
appreciated before is the green sapote, injerto, or roxtul 
as the Indians call it. This was described recently by 
Pittier as Calocarpum viride but the generic name is a homo- 
nym and I have proposed Achradelpha to replace it. This new 
species is a much finer tree than the true sapote and ap- 
parently much better adapted to a cool climate. The foli- 
age is much heavier than that of the sapote and of a deeper 
green color, in form and general appearance not very unlike 
that of the loquat. But the trees grow to a large size and 
are very handsome. They take the place of the sapote al- 
together at the higher altitudes around Coban, though both 
trees are found in the Senabu and Cajabin districts. The 
