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unarmed palm, with a slender, straight stem and long 
pinnate leaves, growing In protected situations and 
where the rainfall is evenly distributed. It Is one 
of the most attractive and graceful palms that I have 
seen and, from my experience with It at Lamao , It will 
make a good plant for the conservatory and possibly a 
good house palm." (Wester.) 
Jaearatia mexieana (Papayaceae ) , 46696. Bonete. From 
Yucatan. Presented by Dr. Mario Calvlno, Director, 
Estacion Experimentale Agronomica, Santiago de las 
Vegas, Cuba. "Seeds of Bonete from Yucatan. It produces 
edible fruits of a shape and taste much like Carici papaya. 
The Bonete plant lives longer than the Papaya. " (Calvino . ) 
"A remarkable tree belonging to the same family as 
Cariea papaya, but growing to a much greater size. The 
fruit, which Is commonly called Bonete in tropical Mexico, 
is of a peculiar shape : oblong, pentagonal, five-celled, 
containing a milky pulp. They are somewhat sweet and 
edible. Tbey are in many places prepared with sugar 
in the form of conserves. The leaves are compound and 
digitate, composed of seven distinct acute lobes." 
(Safford.) 
Lilium eolumbianum (Llliaceae), 46660. Lily. Prom 
Bellingham, Washington. Seeds collected by Dr. David 
Griffiths, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. "A valuable 
native lily of the North Pacific Coast region, growing 
under very variable conditions from Northern California 
to far into Canada. Locally it is called Tiger lily, 
but is a very different thing and can be readily 
distinguished from that species by an entire lack of 
stem bulblets . The species produces abundant seed which 
germinate readily. This seed was collected near Bel- 
lingham, Washington, in September, 1918." (Griffiths.) 
x Mains arnoldiana (Malaceae), 46698. Apple. From 
Jamaica Plain, Mass. Seed collected at the Arnold 
Arboretum by Dr. Walter Van Fleet, of the Bureau of 
Plant Industry. "Vigorous and very fruitful. May be 
useful as a stock for dwarfing commercial varieties of 
apples and for variety breeding." (Van Fleet.) 
"Attention has been called to the hybrid Crabapple , 
Malus eerifera. This plant is probably one of the parents 
of another hybrid which sprang up spontaneously in the 
Arboretum many years ago and has been called M. arnoldiana. 
The other parent is probably M. floribunda, itself believed 
to be a hybrid which originated in China. If this view 
