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Brassica chinensis Jusl. (Brasslcaceae . ) 41031. Seeds of 
Pakchol or Korean cabbage from Songdo, Korea. Presented 
by Rev. C. H. Deal, Anglo-Korean School. "Korean cabbage. 
I think this is strictly a Korean article, as I have never 
met with it anywhere else. It grows very much like celery 
but with leaves very much like a turnip or mustard leaf. 
The stems are stocky and bleach beautifully. It is used 
here for making a kind of pickle called Kimchi. The na- 
tives call the cabbage Pachoo which would be a good name 
in case you have not already Introduced the seed under an- 
other name. The seeds are planted in the fall, about Sep- 
tember, in hills about fifteen Inches apart each way and 
thinned out to one stalk to a hill. It Is not gathered in 
until after frost, just before the first heavy freeze. It 
takes a good deal of water and rich land and plenty of 
fertilizer. "(Deal.) 
Canarium amboinense Hochr . (Burseraceae . ) 41001. Seeds 
from Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by the Director, Botanic 
Garden. "A burseraceous tree 80 to 90 feet high, closely 
related to C. moluccana but differing in the nearly smooth, 
oblong fruit, that of C. moluccana being very rough and 
very much more elongate. This tree branches about 25 feet 
from the ground, trunk about eight feet in circumference; 
possesses large arching prop-roots at the base; bark 
smooth and white; crown umbrella-shaped. " (Hochreutiner, 
Plantae Bogoriensis Exslccatae, p. 55.) 
Canarium ovatum Engler. (Burseraceae . )40926. Seeds of 
Pill nut from Manila, Philippine Islands. Presented by 
Mr. H. T. Edwards, Director, Bureau of Agriculture. "Be- 
cause of the easy digestibility of these nuts, they are 
being used In Increasing quantities for the preparation of 
an Infant food, the excess of oil being removed and the 
nuts ground to a paste. These nuts have been gathered by 
one of our representatives residing on the island of 
Catanduanes and are fresh stock, hulled by the cold-water 
process ." (Adn. Hernandez.) 
Citrus grandis (L. ) Osbeck. (Rutaceae.) 40917. Seeds of 
pomelo from Paramaribo, Dutch Guiana. Presented by Dr. 
J. A. Samuels, who secured it from Mr. Bueno de Mesqulta. 
"Alamoen. A new. type of citrus fruit. As the fruit is 
apparently a new type of grapefruit, it may possibly be 
resistant to the canker and should be made a subject of 
investigation as soon as possible . " (D.G. Falrchlld.) This 
fruit, which is most likely the largest variety of the 
Citrus, is called Guidieon-apple in Surinam. According to 
