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hybridization, and in localities where spring frosts 
are of rare occurrence. Where Pyrus ealleryana occurs 
wild one finds it associated with the Chinese pistache, 
the jujube, Ligustrum lucidum, L. quihoui, Xylosma raeemosum, 
Celtis sinensis , Ulmus parvifolia , Pinus massoniana , Vitex negundo, 
Cudrania trieuspidata , Phyllostaehys sp. , Poneirus trifoliata, Zan- 
thoxylum alatum, etc. In gardens with it, one finds 
cultivated Osmanthus fragrans, Meratia praeeox, Paulownia 
tomento8a, Ichang lemon, grapefruit, mandarin orange, 
flowering cherry, raisin tree, loquat and others. The 
fruits of Pyrus ealleryana when ripe become soft and as- 
sume a brown color, while those of P. betulaefolia also 
become soft and turn quite black. When not soft, how- 
ever the fruits of the two species cannot be separated 
when once mixed, unless there are leaves attached to 
them. Chinese name Yeh tang li (Wild crab apple pear)." 
(Meyer. ) 
Saeeharum offieinarum (Poaceae), 45611. Sugar cane. 
Prom Trinidad, B. W. I. Presented by the St. Clair 
Experiment Station, Department of Agriculture. Louisiana 
511, one of the sugar cane seedlings tested in 1908 
at the Louisiana Sugar Experiment Station at Audubon 
Park, New Orleans, is particularly noteworthy because 
of the unusually high sucrose content (16.3 per cent) 
for Louisiana conditions. The parent cane was Trinidad 
lr89. (Prom a paper by H. P. Agee, in the Louisiana 
Bulletin No. 127, May 19ll.) "The success of seedling 
canes raised in Louisiana from imported Trinidad seed 
may make the reintroduction from that same island of 
seed produced by the Lousiana selected cane of special 
interest to sugar cane breeders." (Pairchild.) 
Stadmannia oppositifolia (Sapindaceae) , 45663. Prom 
Port Louis, Mauritius. Presented by Mr. G. Regnard. 
A large hardwood tree, once frequent in the primeval 
forests of the island . of Mauritius but now becoming 
scarce, with alternate, pinnate leaves; dense panicles 
of inconspicuous flowers; and hard, spherical fruits 
nearly an inch in diameter. (Adapted from Baker, 
Flora of Mauritius.) The fruits make an excellent 
jelly, very much like that of the quince. This tree 
grows in a wild state, and the pulp of its fruit, un- 
less made into a jam or jelly, is only fit to be eaten 
by monkeys." (Regnard.) 
