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falls to the ground, leaving the "boll of cotton, which 
varies in size from four to eight inches in diameter'." 
(Mead. ) As a stuffing for mattresses and pillows this cotton 
is used in the same way as the "kapok" of the East Indies. 
For distribution later. 
CITRUS AUSTRAL IS . (Rutaceae.) 31877. Seeds from 
Australia. Presented by Mr. James Pink, Wellington Point, 
near Brisbane, Queensland. "These were got on the range of 
hills which is the source of the Brisbane River, where in 
winter they occasionally get 10° to 15° frost in the early 
morning, but they appear to suffer no harm therefrom." 
(Pink.) For distribution later. 
CLAUCENA LANSIUM. (Rutaceae.) 31730-731. Seeds of the 
wampee from Canton, C ina. Received through Mr. C. V. Piper, 
pf this Department. "Both of these varieties were purchased 
in the market at Canton, where they occur in great abundance 
at this season( July ) . The former is an acid variety, the 
fruit as large as a muscat grape, but tapering to the. apex. 
The latter is sweet, a little smaller and perfectly ellip- 
soid. Botn are greenish yellow in color and normally contain 
five(?) seeds, but the sour one rarely has more than one 
seed. The fruit is only of mediocre quality, but the Chinese 
eat large quantities of it." (Piper.) For distribution 
later. 
COFFEA DEWEVREI. (Rubiaceae.) 31758. Seed of a coffee 
from Belgian Congo . Presented by the Minister for the 
Colonies, Brussels, Belgium, at the request of M. Emile de 
Wildeman, Conservator, Brussels Botanical Gardens. For 
distribution later. 
CORNUS BRETSCHNEIDERI . ( Cornaceae . ) 31866. Plants of 
Cornus from Rochester, New York. Presented by Mr. John 
Dunbar, assistant superintendent of parks. This is a very 
ornamental shrub from the mountains of western China, espe- 
cially striking in the winter against a background of ever- 
greens because of its bright lemon-yellow twigs. It has 
proven thoroughly hardy as far north as Rochester, N. Y. For 
distribution later. 
DICHROSTACHYS NUTANS. (Mimosaceae . ) 31899. Seeds from 
South Africa. Presented by Prof. J. Burtt Davy, Government 
agrostologist and botanist, Pretoria, Natal. "Shrubs or small 
trees of which the pods are eaten by game and stock, much as 
is the case with the mesquit of the Southwest. The wood is 
very hard and durable and is much valued in termite-infested 
