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PHASEOLUS SEMI-ERECTUS . 24639. Seed grown at Biloxi, Miss., 
in 1908 by Prof. S. M. Tracy. Received Jan. 1909. 
"Original seed from Cu"ba where the plant is valued high- 
ly as a semi -volunteer crop in orange groves. Flowers 
are in spikes which continue to grow indefinitely so 
that ripe seed and fresh flowers occur on the same 
stem." (Tracy.) Distribution Panama, Peru, Brazil and 
West Indies. 
PISTACIA CHINENSIS. 24659. Seeds from Lao tun chuang, 
Shantung, China. Collected by Mr. Henry S. Cousins. 
Received Peb. 8. "A beautiful shade tree." Por fur- 
ther information see previous introductions, Nos. 
17734, 17735, 18272, 18273, 18605, 19391, 21975. 
SOLANUM SPP. 24650-651. Prom D. W. May, Mayaguez , Porto 
Rico,' Peb. 3. SOLANUM MAMMOSUM. 24650. "A large- 
fruited wild species used as a stock on which to graft 
the cultivated varieties of egg plant. The handsome 
yellow fruits are reputed to be poisonous." (Chisolm. ) 
SOLANUM TORVUM. 24651. "A very small-fruited variety." 
NOTES PROM PORE IGF CORRESPONDENTS. 
BALUCHISTAN. G. C. Prench, Jan. 7. Is sending seed of 
Pinus gerardiana, the dry land species known as the 
Chilgoza pine. 
CHILE, Llmavida. Jose D. Husbands, Jan. 6. Sends report 
regarding potatoes in Archipelago of Chiloe. 
CHINA, Canton. G. Weidman Groff, Dec. 31. Is sending 
peach grafts of the varieties Paak Wat To and Ying Tsui. 
ENGLAND, Warminster. E. S. Beaven, Jan. 18. Sends a re- 
port in regard to his barley cultivations, offering for 
sale to the Department various races of barley which he 
...fcae developed . 
