New Plant Immigrants. 
AFRICA, Lourenco Marquez. 21 packages of seeds from Mr. 
Barrett as follows: 
Hos. 1,2,3. Kafir corn. Varieties cultivated "by the 
Kafirs. 
Ho. 4. Yeronia (?) sp. Rambling ornamental shrub. 
Flowers fragrant, numerous, of unstable colors (white 
to bluish or rose). 
Hos. 5, 6. Can aval i a (?) spp. A wild vine in the bush 
and along river banks. 
Hos. 7, 8. Vigna spp. "Kafir beans". 
Ho. 9. Eleusine coracana. A common crop in the lower 
Zambezi Valley Prefers heavy alluvium. 
Hos. 10, 14, 15, 18. "Legumes" 
Hos. 11, 13. Indigofera spp. Woody herbs of the veld. 
Mb. 12. Crotalaria (?) wild, woody herb of open veld. 
Ho. 16. Gossypium. A dwarf wild cotton of the open 
veld. Prolific. 
Ho. 17. Spathodea (?) sp. A close branched evergreen 
tree, suitable for a wind belt. 
Ho. 19. Telfairea pedata. A gigantic cucurbit, appar- 
ently wild. Oil of good quality; kernels said to con- 
tain 60 per cent. Planted as a new oil crop. 
Ho. 20. Calpurnia (?) sp. A gray-leaved shrub or small 
tree growing in sand in coast region. Suitable for 
wind hedge in Florida. 
No. 21. Mucuna (?) sp. Seeds from bank of Chindi River 
AFRICA, Pretoria. Vitis vinifera. Presented by Mr. 
R. A. Davis, Government Horticulturist, Aug. 29. 
Mr. Davis says this is a really good table fruit, 
possessed of hardy qualities and largely resistant to 
