New Plant Immigrants. 
Alfafa, 10 varieties from Lima, Peru. Purchased from 
T. P. Sedgwick. August 19. 
Almond, Salamanca, Spain. Secured "by Mr. Manuel Praile 
from a tree 30 years old growing in a garden in Villa- 
mayor. August 24. 
Arostotelia maqui, Santa Ines, Chile. Prom Salvador 
Izquierdo. "The Chilean shrub which is so much used 
for giving color to pale wines." August 18. 
Averrhoa spp. , Cochin China. Presented "by Hon. Joseph E. 
Conner, Consul at Saigon. "Pruit is juicy, piquant 
and agreeable. As it can stand slight frost it ought 
to succeed in Southern Plorida. " August 25. 
Bassia latifolia - Mahwah. Prom Khandwa, CP. , India. 
Prom D. 0. Witt. "A tree fifty feet high. Dry, stony 
ground. Endures slight frost. Wood bo tough as to be 
good for plows and various machinery. Corolla affords 
nourishing saccharine food to inhabitants. Each tree 
yields 2-3 cwt. Each cwt. gives about 8 gallons 
spirits. Essential oil also obtained from corolla. 
Plowers also used for feeding cattle. Will keep 
long time." August 24. 
Dammar a australis, Auckland, New Zealand. Kauri pine: 
presented by Mr. D. Petrie. "Magnificent tree, under 
favorable circumstances 180 feet high, 17 feet diam- 
eter. Purnishes straight-grained timber, one of most 
durable of coniferae. Yields Kauri resin of commerce.* 
August 13. 
