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PRUNUS. 25880. Prom Ottawa, Canada. Prefented by Mr. W. T. 
Macoun, horticulturist, Central Experiment Farm. Re- 
ceived at the Upper Mississippi Plant Introduction Garden, 
Ames, Iowa, July 29. "This cherry appears to he hardier 
in fruit hud than any other cherry we have at the Experi- 
mental Farm and as it makes good preserves and is fair 
eating I think it quite an acquisition." (Macoun.) 
SCHIEICHERA TRIJUG-A. 25848. Seed from Dhamtari , Raipur, 
India. Presented by A. E. Lowrie, Deputy Conservator of 
Forests. Received August 12. "This Indian tree known as 
the lac tree or Ceylon oak is one of the sources of shellac. 
The wingless fertilized females of the lac insect (Tachardia 
lacca Kerr) with its piercing mouth parts punctures the 
bark of the young tender twigs from which the shellac 
flows down the stems and hardens. The seeds yield a fatty 
oil, the so-called 'Macassar' oil, which contains free 
hydrocyanic acid as well as the glycerides of oleic, 
palmitic and arachidic acids. The wood, which ia much 
used, is hard and durable and takes a polish. The 
sap-wood is white, the heart-wood is reddish brown. (True) 
TACCA(?) SP. 25816. Seeds from Quelimane, Zambesia, Port- 
ugese East Africa. Presented by Mr. 0. W. Barrett. Re- 
ceived July 31. "Semi-cultivated plant having 3-5 Amorpho- 
phallus like leaves from a cluster of thin-skinned, round- 
ish corms and a corymbose cluster of greenish flowers on 
the summit of a naked yellowish erect stipe. Corms edible. 
The natives use it in a variety of ways--like potatoes 
and dry it in the form of a coarse flour. Habitat in and 
near the gardens of natives in Zambesia district. Native name 
I'lide. (Barrett.) 
TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE. 25832-837. Six varieties of red clover 
grown at the North Dakota Sub-Experiment Station, Dickinson, 
N.D. , for Mr. Chas. J. Brand under the supervision of 
Prof. L. R. Waldron. Crop of 1908. Received June 10, 1909. 
VICIA FABA. 25898-901. Four varieties of horsebean from 
United Provinces, India. Presented by Mr. T. F. Main, 
Poona. Received August 27. "The last 3 numbers seem to 
be of one variety collected from different villages while 
the firgt is <iuite different." (Main.) 
