1540 
soil and plenty of moisture." (Popenoe.) 
Sambueus nigra (Caprifoliaceae), 48839. Elderberry. 
From Wiesbaden, Germany. Seeds presented by Mr. Hugo 
Mulartt. "Last year I found growing in an aban- 
doned qua-rry in the Taunus Mountains, here near the 
Rhine, a young elderbush (Sambueus), apparently bear- 
ing for the first time. The fruits instead of being 
black were greenish golden in color and semitranspar- 
ent when ripe; the individual berries were about three 
or four times as large as those of common Sambueus nigra 
and very sweet and spicy. It was used in cooking and 
found excellent and quite distinct in taste. The fact, 
too, that its juice does not stain or discolor table 
linen is of no little importance. I have propagated 
it from seeds and cuttings successfully. The bush 
bore 2| pounds of fruit last year; this year I gathered 
21 pounds from it." (Mulertt.) 
Notes on Behavior of Previous Introductions. 
The following letter from Mr. Charles T. Simp- 
son, Littleriver, Fla. , was received July 19, 1919. 
"While at Mr. Deering's place at Buena Vista, I 
saw the 'governor plum,' Flaeourtia ramontchi (S.P. I. No. 
27929), a member of the Bixaceae. It is a strong- 
growing plant with attractive appearance, and several 
specimens were loaded with globular berries which are 
dark red (when fully ripe almost blaok). These vary 
from three-fourths of an inch to an inch in diameter 
and contain a half dozen moderate-sized seeds in a firm 
pulp which is very good. For eating out of hand they 
are fine, and probably could be made into jelly or 
sauce, for they have a pleasantly subacid flavor pe- 
culiarly their own. The only drawback is that the 
plant is dioecious. I have one fine plant that is a- 
bout 15 feet high and, although it never had any fer- 
tilizer, it is growing at an astonishing rate." 
