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Persea amerieana (L»uraceae) , •• 50584. Avocado. 
From San Jose, Costa Rica. Collected by Mr, Wilson 
Popenoe, agricultural explorer. "No. 386. Budwood of 
Avocado No. 44, from the grounds of Challle and Ass- 
mann, in San Vicente, a suburb of San Jose. This vari- 
ety is recommended by Don. 0t6n Jlmlnez as the best 
with which he is familiar. It is of the West Indian 
race k and Is said to have been grown from a seed brought 
from Santa Clara, on the Atlantic side of Costa Rica. 
The tree is probably 30 or 40 years old at least, and 
is forty feet high, broad and round topped, with a well- 
formed crown and a shapely trunk branching 8 to 10 feet 
above the ground. The fruit, which Is said to ripen in 
September and October, Is green *. obovold in form, and 
probably a pound In weight at maturity. It Is thought 
that some of the West Indian varieties of Costa Rica, 
which have been grown in the highlands at altitudes 
of 4,000 to 6,000 feet, may ripen at a time of the year 
which will make them valuable In Calif ornia or Florida , 
more probably the latter. The variety under considera- 
tion comes from an altitude of aproximately 4 , 000 feet." 
(Popenoe.) 
. Petraea arborea (Verbenaceae ), 50665 , Prom Guate- 
mala, Guatemala. Collected by Mr . Wilson Popenoe , agri- 
cultural explorer. "No, 365a. •Cuero de Zapo . ' This is 
one of the finest flowering climbers of the Tropics. 
It Is occasionally seen in South Florida gardens, 
but 15 deserving of much wider cultivation in that re- 
gion, than it enjoys at present. It is a vigorous climb- 
er, with oblong leaves about 4 inches In length and 
harsh to the touch , and clusters of star-shaped flowers , 
of sky-blue color. It blooms more or less during the ;i 
year, but is fairly covered with flowers In the. -early* 
spring." (Popenoe.) 
Plumeria sp. (Apocynaceae) , 50668: From Guate- 
mala, Guatemala. Collected by Mr. Wilson Popenoe, agri- 
cultural explorer. "No. 354a. 'Palo de la Cruz.' Known 
in English as 'Frangipani, ' and source of the perfume 
of the same name . A stiff, erect small tree, reaching 
about 25 feet in height, the branches naked except for 
clusters of leaves at the summit of each, where also 
appear in early springs clusters of single , white , star- 
shaped flowers of delicious fragrance. This species is 
probably kfcown in Florida already, as several Plumer- 
las are grown there to a limited extent; but it de- 
serve*, much wider dissemination than has yet been given 
It in tjxat state." (Popenoe.) 
