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boys, but Is sweet and insiped. Being a forest tree, the 
seed should be sown In nurseries and young plants should 
be planted in a definite place under cover of some shady 
shrub while young. They must not be directly in open 
ground." (Regnard.) 
Paeonia suffruticosa Andrews. (Ranunculaceae . ) 41710. 
Seeds of tree peony from Taochow Old City, Kansu, China. 
Presented by Rev. C. P. Snyder at the request of Mr. P. N. 
Meyer. "The real wild moutan peony which occurs in very 
inacessible mountain valleys in Tibet proper, where white 
men are not allowed to proceed to under ordinary circum- 
stances. Ripens its seeds in the Chinese 8th moon (about 
September 15th to October 20th)." (Meyer.) 
Panicum distachyon L. (Poaceae.) 41746. Seeds from 
the Australian Exhibit at the Panama-Pacific International 
Exposition, San Francisco, California. Procured by Mr. 
Roland McKee. "Excellent pasture and hay grass; 2-g- feet, 
leafy, fine seed habits for a Panicum." (McKee.) "The 
stems of this grass creep and root at the joints; it is an 
immense ylelder, and is grown for hay in the northern dis- 
tricts. This is one of several indigenous grasses tested 
at Gracemere, near Rockhampton, and considered best for 
the purpose of hay-making." (Bailey, in Maiden, Useful 
Native Plants of Australia.) 
Primus serrulata Lindley. ( Amygdalaceae . ) 41817-41870. 
Cuttings of 54 varieties of flowering cherry from Japan. 
Presented by the Yokohama Nursery Company, Yokohama, Japan, 
through Mr. George W. Guthrie, American Ambassador, Tokyo. 
For a full discussion of the numerous varieties of the 
flowering cherry, see Miyoshl, in the Journal of the Col- 
lege of Science, Imperial University of Tokio, vol. 34, 
art. 1, pp. 1-264 where the flowering cherry hitherto known 
as P. pseudocerasus is treated under the name P. serrulata 
Lindl. Attempt has been made to bring the varietal names 
Into accord with this work. Mr. E. H. Wilson has also re- 
cently published a study of the Japanese cherries. 
Pollinia fulva (R.Br.) Benth. (Poaceae.) 41754. Seed 
from the Australian Exhibit at the Panama-Pacific Inter- 
national Exposition, San Francisco. , Calif. Procured by 
Mr. Roland McKee. "Brown top. Considered by stock owners 
to equal the Mitchell grass as a drought resister, and on 
account of its sweetness is often called sugar grass. 3 
feet, leafy, fine stem, good seed habit." (McKee.) 
Bandia aculeata L. (Rubiaceae.) 41810. Seeds of the 
ink berry received from San Jose, Costa Rica. Presented by 
Dr. Carlos Werckle, Department of Agriculture. "A beauti- 
ful, very small-leaved shrub, very fine hedge plant for 
cold highlands . " (Werckle . ) "A shrub or small tree, widely 
