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MELINIS MINUTIFLORA. (Poaceae.) 29100. Seeds from Brazil. Pre- 
sented "by Dr. Orville A. Derby, Servico Geologico e Mineralogico 
do Brazil, Rio de Janeiro. "The species of grass Panicum melinis 
(Melinis minutiflora) occurs in at least two distinct varieties: 
capim catingueiro roxo and catingueiro claro. A variety has been 
found at Petropolis, but as I had no opportunity to see this 
variety I think it is an adaptation to the different conditions 
of humidity in the mountains." (Alberto Lofgren, Director, 
Botanical Garden, Sao Paulo, Brazil.) For distribution later. 
NICOTIANA TABACUM. (Solanaceae . ) 29091. Tobacco seed grown on 
the Santa Maria plantation, 12 miles east of the city of Pinar 
del Rio, and in the Vuelta Abajo, Cuba. Presented by Mr. H. H. 
Norton, Consolacion del Sur, Cuba. "I believe there is only one 
variety of tobacco grown in Cuba and that the different types 
are the results of different soils, climate and the methods of 
cultivation and curing." (Norton.) Introduced as were the two 
following for testing its resistance to the so-called Granville 
tobacco wilt, now threatening the North Carolina tobacco indus- 
try. For distribution later. 
NICOTIANA TABACUM. (Solanaceae.) 28092-093. Tobacco seed from 
Cuba. Presented by Mr. Prancisco A. Montero, Santa Clara, Cuba. 
No. 28092. Remedios. Prom the district surrounding the town 
of this name, Province of Santa Clara. No. 29093. Yara. Prom 
the district in the vicinity of the town of this name, Province 
of Oriente, 16 miles east southeast of Manzanillo. For distri- 
bution later. 
PASSIFLORA EDUL1S. (Passif loraceae. ) 28826. Seeds of passion 
fruit from Melbourne, Australia. Presented by Mrs. Alexander 
Graham Bell, Washington, D. C. "Passion fruit will grow in the 
States; they prefer a loose sandy soil, but must be high enough 
up to be out of reach of frosts, near the sea for preference 
within, say, 10 miles. They require plenty of manure and to be 
grown on a wire trellis, that is, an ordinary fence with posts 
15 feet apart and in place of having the wire as in the fence, 
nail a cross-piece about 18 inches long on the top of each post 
and run two wires along this cross-piece. Train the vine up "by 
main stem until the wires are reached, then run an arm out each 
side along the wires. The lateral growth will hang down like a 
curtain and the fruit is borne on this lateral growth. Plant 
vines 15 feet apart, one between each post} train vine up a 
stick until it reaches the wire. Rows to he 15 feet apart; the 
best manure for them, 15 cwt. to the acre, 7 bonedust, 5 super- 
phosphate, 3 potash. If the winter be fairly warm, a winter 
crop can "be grown "by pruning in late spring or early summer "by 
cutting off the lateral growth a foot below the wires and then 
manuring, but if the winter is not mild I would simply go in for 
