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COLCHICUM SP. 25928. From Alpine heights of Ge <vje Dagh, 
Amamis Mts. Presented by Mrs. P. A. Shepard, Aintab, 
Turkey. Received August 19. "A wild colchicum having 
large, pink very showy blossoms in Sept. Fruit ripens 
in May. " (Shepard. ) 
CRINUM ASIATICUM. 25800. Presented bv Mr. Jacob E. Conner, 
American Consul, Saigon, Cochin China. Received July 30. 
"I consider this one of the most ornamental plants I 
know for a lawn or a large jardinier". (Conner.) 
CUCUMIS MELO. 25464. Purchased from Yolohama Nursery Co., 
Yokohama, Japan. Seed received May 5. Makuw;-uri. "This 
is produced much in the village Mikuwa in the province 
Mino, whence the name is derived. The male and female 
flowers are separate on the same vine. The fruits ripen 
in midsummer. They are oval-shaped, about 5 inches long 
and of a yellow color with longitudinal stripes. They 
are eaten 1 or 2 days after having been gathered and are 
very sweet and delicious. There are several varieties 
of different colors and forms". (Yokohama Nursery Co.) 
CUCUMIS MELO. 25929-931. Prom Columbia, Mo. Presented by 
Mr. G. C. Broadhead. "Between 1825 and 1835 the Rev. 
Albert Holladay of Virginia was Prest. missionary to 
Persia. He brought to America seeds of a cantaloupe. My 
father raised the melon in Virginia and in 1836 brought' 
seed to St. Charles Co. , Mo. , where he raised it until his 
death in 1853. Relatives and friends have since raised 
it. The melon raised in Virginia and in Missouri for 
10 or 20 years was smaller and sweeter than that raised 
since. It seems the first was not much over 4 inches 
in diameter and good to the outer rind. The melon now 
is as much as 6 inches in diameter and at least J- in. of 
rind. When ripe it pulls off easily and generally has a 
red gum at stem when it breaks. A good melon of this 
kind is better than most others and we call it the 'Persian 
cantaloupe'". (Broadhead.) 
DIPTEROCARPUS DYER I (Dau song nana) 25801. DIPTEROCARPUS 
PUNCTULATUS. (Dau do) 25802. Seed prerented by 
