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CAMOEFSIA MAXIMA. 25107. Prom Angola, West Africa. Presen- 
ted by Mr. John Gossweiler. Received March 4. A new im- 
portation of seed of what is probably the largest-flowered 
and certainly one of the most delicately "beautiful vines 
in the world. Its pure white fluted petals are margined 
with gold, changing to a darker tinge with age, and have 
a delicious fragrance when first opening. The individual 
flowers are sometimes eight inches long. This magnifi- 
cent vine adorns the tops of lofty trees on the outskirts 
of forests in tropical Africa. The clusters are pendulous 
and sometimes contain nearly a dozen flowers. The great 
drawback to the cultivation of this noble plant is that 
it will "bloom only in hot houses of considerable size. 
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EUCAIiYPTUS. 25246. Prom Algeria. Presented by Dr. L. 
"Trabut. Received April 7. "A hybrid of A. botryoides x A. 
rostrata. Tree very vigorous, wood very good, growth 
rapid, stem straight and high. Comes true to seed." 
(Trabut. ) 
LITCHI CHINENSIS. 25274. Prom Poochow, China. Received 
"thru Mr. Samuel L. Gracey, American Consul, at Plant In- 
troduction Garden, Chico, California, March 30. Por 
further description see numbers 10670-673, 14888 and 
16237-243. 
PELARGONIUM ODORATISSIMUM. 25253. Prom Valencia, Spain. 
Presented by Mr. J. L. Byrne. Received April, 1909. 
"There is only one variety of the rose geranium culti- 
vated in this region for its perfume. Judging from in- 
quiries received at this Consulate it would appear that 
an impression prevails in the United States that the rose 
geranium employed in the famous essence manufactory near 
this city is a special variety peculiar to the district. 
Such, however, is not the case, but the plants raised in 
the vicinity of Valencia have been distinguished from 
time immemorial by the intensity of their fragrance and the 
quatity of essential oil they yield, qualities which 
undoubtedly depend to some extent on local climatic and 
soil conditions, as the same geranium transplanted to 
other European countries or even to other regions of 
