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the Ramboetan and the Poelasan; a south China relative of the 
orange (Atalantia bilocularis) for breeding purposes; the 
Indian bael fruit and its near relative from the Philippines, 
Belou glutinosa; the edible passion fruit of Mexico, a much 
neglected fruit possibility for the Southwest; Diospyros 
ebenaster, a relative of the persimmon; a new, fine-flavored 
mango from Tahiti; strains of the Chilean strawberry; five 
varieties of Chilean anonas ; the Legrellei pomegranate, an un- 
usually hardy form from Switzerland; a collection of valuable 
pomegranates from Bagdad, Arabia, and an interesting aromatic 
fruit from East Africa, the Kafir orange. Cereal and forage 
crop growers will be interested in a Japanese rice which prom- 
ises to supersede other types in Hawaii; nine varieties of rice 
from Trinidad; the JowarSh olapur, a new class of Indian 
durra; seventeen varieties of sorghum from Togo, Africa; a col- 
lection of soy beans from India and ten varieties from Man- 
churia; Chinese grains from an altitude ofll,000 feet in the 
Yangtze valley; an unusual collection of grains, legumes and 
sorghums from the uplands of Abyssinia, and tropical legumes 
from Bombay. Another collection of muskmelons consisting of 
extra-choice winter varieties adapted to California conditions 
has been received from the American vice-consul at Valencia, 
Spain. A curious rubber plant only recently described has 
been received from Angola, West Africa. It is a slow-growing 
desert type in which the rubber is stored up in turnip-shaped 
underground roots. A new East African rubber tree was sent 
in by Mr. Barrett and the famous virgin rubber tree secured 
from Colombia, South America. Numerous other useful and 
ornamental plants and trees are described in these inventories. 
