Limoncello apple . . Middle and southern Italy-, especially 
Naples, down to and including. Sicily. The only apple 
adapted to a warm and dry climate, at the^ same time posr 
sesslng qualities which compare favorably with those of 
good northern apples . The best variety of. apple- grown in 
Italy for the general market. Medium or below medium, 
apex truncate, constricted below the apex, wider' at base*. 
Oblong, much longer than wide . Stalk short, slender, core 
long, narrow, solid, with very few seeds, flesh solid,! 
white, sweet anc: subacid , crisp and juicy. Color of skin 
lemon yellow, shaded to a very slight pinkish flush.. Fla- 
vor strong, agreeable , resembling that of certain red 
Cabernet grapes . Very fine shipper. Ripe from end of No- 
vember to February. This variety is not to be preferred 
to our better American apples in the northern states , : its 
value consisting in its adaptability to warm countries 
where the northern apples do not thrive-. . Should do well 
in California, Arizona, and Texas , in localities with : de*p 
and rich, soil . It Is superior to any. - California apples 
grown on the central and southern plains and compares well 
with those grown in the mountains, except as to size. Re- 
tails at 35, 40 to 50 centesimi a kilo, or from one -half 
to one cent American each, more or less according to size/. " 
(Eisen. ) 
Marsdenia tejAicissima (Roxb. ) Wight & Arnott. (Asclepia- 
daceae. ) 39685. Seed rom the Royal Botanic Garden, Sib- 
pur, near Calcutta, India. Presented by Mr. C. C. Calder . 
"A climbing plant distributed throughout the. lower Hima- 
layas, ascending to 5000 feet from Kumaon to Assam and 
Burma. The plan; is fond of dry barren localities , twining 
on the bushes and small trees. The bark of the stem 
yields a large quantity of beautiful fine silky fiber 
which is extracted by cutting the stems into sections and 
then scraping them clean with the finger nails or with a 
stick. The mountaineers of Rajmahal make their bowstrings 
from this fiber 
In Dr . Roxburgh ' s 
because of its strength and durability, 
test of twine made from this fiber he 
found that in the dry and wet states it bore a strain of 
248 and 343 pounds, when hemp in the same state bore 158 
More recent tests however, place it below 
but above it in elasticity . The fiber 
making fishing nets and is not liable to 
and 190 pounds, 
hemp in strength 
is much used in 
injury by submersion in water. One of the chief charac- 
teristics of this 
sidered to be the 
fiber is Its elasticity and it is con- 
secon best fiber in India. This spe - 
cies, though producing a good fiber is not in general cul- 
tivation, for, b^ing a climber, difficulties exist with 
cultivator has not attempted to deal. A 
milky juice exudes from the cuts on the stems which thick-- 
ens into an elastic substance which acts in the same way 
