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oidium. The Transvaa] Agricultural Journal says it 
is a good fruit, "but in many cases does not "bear well. 
CANARY ISLANDS , Teneriffe. Solarium muricatum. Present- 
ed "by Mr. Solomon Berliner, Sept. 21. "Cuttings of a 
fruit known here as 'Pera Melon' or Melon Pear. This 
fruit grows on "bushes about 2 or 3 feet high and when 
ripe is yellow and the shape of a melon. In taste it 
is a "blend "between a cantaloupe and a pear." 
CEYLON, Colombo. Musa spp. Species of Ceylon banana, 
procured by Dr. C. Drieberg, Sept. 18. 
CHINA, Mokanshan. Rubus spp. Presented by Rev. J. M. W. 
Parnham, Shanghai, China. Received September 5. 
No. 23532. "These grow on the stem like the black- 
berry and have no core like the raspberry. They are 
red and pleasantly acid and might be useful in proper 
location or may be useful in hybridizing". 
No. 23534. "I found these growing wild here on the 
mountain 2000 feet above the sea. It resembles the 
raspberry in that the lobes of the berry are arranged 
around a core or center, but the vine is more like 
the blackberry tho the leaves are very light on the 
under side, almost white. The lobes are slightly aoid 
and red". 
CHINA, Nodoa, Island of Hainan. Pious carica. Presented 
by Mrs. J. P. Kelley, Sept 8. "Color when ripe dark 
red. Grows beside running water. Pigs grow on trunk 
of tree near base. Pruit is cool and delicious. Di- 
ameter as much as 3 7/8 inches, outside pulp 1 inch 
thick, and a large ball of white custard in the cen- 
ter, surrounded by seeds". 
FINLAND, Helsingfors. Phaseolus vulgaris; Pinnish run- 
ner bean. Presented by Mr. V. P. Sagulin, Sept. 10. 
RUSSIA, Orenburg. Glycyrrhiza glabra. Presented by Mr. 
W. S. Bogdan, Sept. 8. 
SPAIN, Cordoba. Received thru Mr. Manuel Praile, Sept. 4 
Punica granatum. 
Crocus sativus. 
Amygdalus communis. "These almonds are said to flower 
