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extensively in the province of Tochigi, about 100 miles 
north of Yokohama. The slender tall stalks produce a fiber 
somewhat finer than the average Kentucky hemp. Although 
this is one of the most promising strains of foreign hemps 
it is not likely to give satisfactory results in this 
country until after it has been acclimated by cultivation 
and selection two or three generations." (L. H. Dewey.) 
Capsicum annuum L. (Solanaceae . ) 42070-42071. Seeds 
of two varieties of Chile pepper from State College, New 
Mexico. Presented by Mr. Fabian Garcia, New Mexico College 
of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. These were procured on 
account of their being very prolific and early strains. 
Capsicum annuum L. (Solanaceae.) 42074. Seeds of red 
pepper from Barcelona, Spain. Presented by Mr. Carl Bailey 
Hurst, American Consul General. "Spanish sweet pepper 
known to Spanish agriculture and industry as Pimiento dulce 
morron . " ( Hur s t . ) 
Cassia siamea Lam. (Caesalpiniaceae . ) 42362. Seeds of 
Madagascar. Presented by Mr . Eugene Jaegle , Director , Agri- 
cultural Station of Ivoloina near Tamatave, through Mr. 
James G. Carter, American Consul. A valuable, medium-sized 
shade tree, having pinnately compound leaves and oblong, 
medium sized leaflets. It is decidedly ornamental on ac- 
count of its erect, terminal panicles of yellow flowers and 
elongated flat pods. It is commonly cultivated in the Phil- 
ippines and has done remarkably well in Cuba. .The wood is 
considered of value for house columns and in the making of 
furniture. (Adapted from De Lanessan, Plantes Utiles Des 
Colonies Francaises, and Catalogue of Manila City Nursery . ) 
Cercidiphyllum japonicum Sieb. & Zucc. (Trochodendra- 
ceae.) 42067. A hardy ornamental shrubby tree of pyramidal 
and when young, almost fastigiate habit, with handsome 
light green foliage, purplish . when unfolding, turning 
bright yellow or partially scarlet in fall. It prefers rich 
and moist soil, and grows rapidly when young. A recently 
introduced Chinese variety, var. sinense Rehd . & Wilson, 
is perhaps still more desirable than the type. It is the 
largest of all broad-leaved trees known from China, the 
trunk is sometimes free of branches for nearly 50 feet 
above the ground, and attains to 25 feet or exceptionally 
to 55 feet in girth. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclo- 
pedia.) This gorgeous tree Introduced from Japan by Col. 
Clarke who went to Sapporo for the Japanese Department of 
Agriculture deserves to be much more widely planted than 
it is. Its pink leaves are beautiful in Spring and in 
Autumn turn a wonderful yellow color. The trunk should be 
protected from the sun as much as possible. Likes moist 
ground. Perfectly hardy in the Arnold Arboretum at Boston. 
