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paper making, and this may also prove of value for this pur- 
pose. For distribution later. 
CASTILLA PANAMENSIS. (Moraceae.) 30514. Seeds from 
Panama. Collected by Mr. H. Pittier of this Bureau. One of 
the six rubber-producing trees of this genus native to 
Panama, where it was collected by the Smithsonian Institution 
Biological Survey of the Canal Zone. For distribution later. 
CITRUS LIMJilTTA. (Rutaceae.) 30620. Seeds of the sweet 
lemon from Palestine. Presented by Mr. A. Aaronsohn, Direc- 
tor, Jewish Agricultural Experiment Station, Haifa. "This is 
the stock most used in our orangeries." ; (Aaronsohn. ) "The 
Jaffa orange, which is the great commercial orange of Pales- 
tine, 800,000 cases being exported annually, is generally 
grafted on this special sweet lime which Mr. Aaronsohn writes 
us is not used either in North Africa or the United States. 
As a stock this sweet lime requires less water and produces 
trees yielding earlier fruit than does the bitter orange." 
' (Fairchild.) For distribution later. 
CITRUS SP. (Rutaceae.) 30605. Seeds of orange from Bahia, 
Brazil. Presented by Mr. Southard P. Warner, American Consul. 
"Laranja da Terra. This variety of citrus Is used extensively 
at Bahia, the home of the Bahia navel oranges, as a stock on 
which to graft this remarkaole' seedless orange which has been 
so phenomenally successful in America. It is claimed that the 
Bahia navel when grafted on this' stock thrives better and 
bears better than when worked on the other common citrus 
s toe • known as the 'Laranga tanga.'" (Fairchild.) For dis- 
tribution later. 
COLOCASIA. (Araceae.) 30271-272. Tubers of dasheens 
from Port of Spain, Trinidad. Procured from Mr.- H. Caraccio- 
lo, St. Joseph Nurseries. 30271. "Some of the corms or root- 
stocks received were much elongated and very large, single 
specimens weighing up to five and a quarter pounds. These 
large corms had evidently grown continuously for about two 
years. Both corms and tubers are of good quality, and when 
baked are white and mealy. They are slightly acrid when raw. 
The corm is slightly different from the tubers in quality, 
although it is a trifle drier." (R. A. Young.) 30272. 
"Chinese eddo. This is eaten also, but not in large quanti- 
ties." (Caracciolo. ) "The corms and tubers are non-acrid and 
are of fair quality. When baked the flesh is mealy and white, 
except thax in the corms it is sometimes slightly violet 
colored." (R. A. Young.) For distribution later. 
