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and Pacific coasts. It would be a mistake to consider 
melilot better than alfalfa or other useful home fodders, 
its advantage Toeing in its ability to redeem poor land." 
(Baker. ) 
ORYZA SATIVA. 25469. From Canton, China. Presented by 
Mr. Leo Bergholz. Received May 8. Szemiu. "This is 
absolutely the best rice grown within this province." 
• (Bergholz. ) 
PEDILANTHES. 25511. Candelillo from Saltillo, Mexico. 
Presented by Mr. J. R. Silliman. Received May 12. "A 
wild, euphorbiaceous Mexican plant which is of great in- 
terest because the dry stems yield, it is claimed, from 
3 to 5 per cent of a firm, hard wax which seems suited to 
coating phonograph cylinders and similar uses. Grown in 
the dry, semi-desert regions of Forth Central Mexico, 
Lower California and Southwest Texas." (P. Chisolm. ) 
For propagation; plants available later. 
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RUBUS. 25466. A wild red raspberry from Bataan Mountains, 
Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. Wm. S. Lyon. Rec- 
eived May 7. "A rather promising and prolific raspberry. 
It was in fully ripe fruit March 1 and found at 3700 feet 
altitude on dry, rocky, sterile ridges. Should prove 
hardy. A little dry (not offensively so) and quite as 
showy as the best garden Cuthbert I ever recall seeing. " 
(Lyon.) Por propagation; plants available later. 
SOLAUUM ZUCCAGNIANUM. 25467. Grown at Miami, Florida, by 
Mr. P. J. Wester. "An herbaceous plant growing about two 
feet high with smooth, ovate, wavy-margined leaves on 
long petioles. The flowers are white, borne in clusters 
of one to three or more, on short, drooping stems. The 
fruit is round, about \ in. in diameter, roughened and 
furrowed, becoming red when ripe." 
STIZOLOBIUM SP. 25254. From Yokohama Nursery Co. Received 
April 9 and 12, 1909. This is widely cultivated in Hok- 
kaido. It is an annual leguminous climber, cultivated on 
common dry land. The young soft grains are eaten boiled 
