Passiflora maliformis . ( Passl f loraceae . ) 39223-226. 
Seeds of four varieties of the kuruba from Bogota, Co- 
lombia. Presented by .Mr. P. L. Rockwood, Clerk of the 
Legation/ "In my opinion the yellow kuruba will be a val- 
uable addition to table fruit in the United States, for it 
grows in a fresh cool climate, and it is the main market 
fruit of that class here. The red kuruba is not common 
and the families that have it think it Is the best, but It 
is not a prolific bearer and not so hardy. A climbing 
vine, it covers walls, outhouses and small buildings with 
evergreen, continually bearing fruit. The flowers are 
very handsome . " (Rockwood) . 
Persea americana. (Lauraceae.) 39173. Seeds of an 
avocado from Lumlja, Chiapas, Mexico. Presented by Mrs. 
H. H. Markley. "These are slightly pear-shaped , 5-6 inches 
long, and 10 Inches in circumference at the largest point. 
The skin is very thin, the tree a prolific bearer, growing 
40 or more feet high, symmetrical in shape, like a well 
formed oak. Our temperature ranges from 70 to 100° P." 
(Markley. ) 
Prunics avium. (Amygdalaceae . ) 39175 . Seeds of a cher- 
ry from Rome , Italy. Presented by Dr. Gustav El sen. 
"Marasca Grossa di Firenze, probably a seedling from Marasca 
di Piedmonte. Very large, dark brownish black, flesh very 
firm, very slightly adhering to the stone , which however 
separates rapidly. Subacid , sweet and slightly astringent . 
Pine shipper. Suitable both for table and preserves. 
This cherry is larger than any I have seen In California, 
and in my opinion of exceptional qualities." (Eisen. ) 
Rosa abyssinica. (Rosaceae.) 39186. Seeds of a rose 
from Asmara, Eritrea, Africa. Presented by the Director, 
Bureau of Colonization. Technical description. "An erect or 
often clambering shrub, glabrous, with spines more or less 
curved. Leaves of 5-7 membranous, oval or elliptical, 
acutely serrate, leaflets, with the petiole usually gland- 
ular. Flowers corymbose, rarely solitary, with pubescent 
peduncles, receptacles and calyxes; sepals lanceolate-acu- 
minate, three, with one to three setiform laciniations or 
without; petals white; style free, projecting. Habit that 
of R. sempervirens . " (Adriano Fiori, Boschi e Piante 
Legnose dell 'Eritrea. ) 
Saccharum officinarum . (Poaceae. ) 39165. Cuttings of 
a fodder cane from Brisbane, Queensland. Presented by Mr. 
Leslie Gordon Corrie. "Quacsofoca. The standard fodder 
cane grown here for stock food purposes and known as the 
Indian cane. Amongst other seedlings tested for this pur- 
