1914 
"The late Leslie Gordon Corrie purchased land near Miami, Florida, 
and started a plantation of cherimoyas, using trees which he sent from 
his home in Queensland. And Albert F. Benson, of Brisbane, who first 
called our attention to Pink's Mammoth, describes it as a very superi- 
or fruit. It seems worth while, therefore, to test this and other 
Australian varieties in southern California, where experience has shown 
that commercial cherimoya culture is practicable , provided varieties 
can be secured which will bear enough fruit to pay their board. In 
former years there were two or three small plantations at Hollywood, 
near Los Angeles, but the trees usually failed to carry enough fruit 
to make their culture profitable, and they were finally cut down." 
(Wilson Popenoe.) 
artocarpus communis (Moraceae) , 57771. Breadfruit. From Summit, 
Canal Zone. Plants presented by Holger Johansen, agronomist, Intro- 
duction Garden. "The jackfruit (Artocarpus integra) has been grown success- 
fully in southern Florida. The closely allied breadfruit, however, has 
not yet received an adequate trial in that State, and the Department 
is now attempting to introduce seedless forms, which are the only ones 
worthy of extensive cultivation. These are propagated by cuttings, 
which P. J. Wester, of the Philippine Bureau of Science has shown can 
readily be rooted in sand, if made in the proper manner. While it is 
not anticipated that the breadfruit tree will ever become of economic 
importance in the United States, it is thought that it may prove an 
interesting addition to the list of tropical economic plants which can 
be grown in the gardens of southern Florida." (Wilson Popenoe.) 
berberis japonica bealei ( Berber idaceae ) , 57704. Barberry. From 
Nice, France. Seeds presented by Dr. A. Robertson Proschowsky. An 
evergreen shrub, native in China, of a stiff, erect habit, with thick, 
unbranched stems 10 feet or more in length, bearing a few leaves at 
the top. The leaves, over a foot in length, are composed of 7 to 13 
leaflets, which, in this variety, at times reach a length of 8 inches 
and a width of 6 inches. The numerous yellow flowers are delightfully 
fragrant, and the oblong berries, about half an inch in length, are of 
a pleasing purple. (Adapted from Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the 
British Isles, vol. 1, p. 244.) 
colocasia esculenta (Araceae) , 57800. Taro. From Aitutaki, Cook 
Islands. Tubers presented by W. T. Hewett. "'Niue.' A taro with red 
inner skin and white flesh, and of excellent quality when cooked. 
It is slightly acrid when raw." (R. A. Young.) 
dioscorea alata (Dioscoreaceae) , 57749. Greater yam. From Bar- 
bados, British West Indies. * Tubers presented by John R . Bovell, Di- 
