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in habit, some very luxuriant and' others quite dwarf, some 
now producing terminal clusters of fruit while others fruit 
on the lateral branches only. Many have glossy leaves 
which are quite as persistent as ovalifolium , the foliage of 
others matures early. From among the original planting we 
have now reduced the number which have unquestioned merit 
to 50 and these are growing at Edgewood. They vary at 
present in height from two feet to twelve. We anticipate 
that some of them will prove to be valuable hedge plants 
partaking enough of the characteristics of ovalifolium to 
give these plants desirable hedge qualities and at the 
same time prove more hardy owing to the infusion of Ibota 
blood. They have not yet been subjected to temperature ex- 
posures which have killed ovalifolium entirely to the ground , 
conditions which do occur occasionally' in this vicinity so 
their relative hardiness has not. yet been absolutely de- 
termined as yet." (Elm City Nursery Co.) 
Nephelium lappaceum L. ( Sapindaceae . ) 42086. One seed 
from Buitenzorg, Java. . Presented by Dr. J. C Koningsberg- 
er, Director Botanic Garden. "Jiamboetan atj'eh matj 'an. A 
tree up to 25 meters high. This fruiting tree is an or- 
nament of the Javanese village groves, because the pretty, 
often more or less dense leaf-crown is decorated on the 
outside with the numerous scarlet ,- long-stemmed fruits the 
size of a hen's egg. Arillus white f very, juicy, more or 
less sour." (Koorders and Vale'ton, Systematisches ver- 
zeichnis.) See Plant Immigrant No. 31, for photographs and 
previous description. ■ • * . z : *£>. 
Paulownia mikado Ito. ( Scrophularlaceae .) 42036 . Seeds 
from Taihoku, Formosa, Japan. .'Presented by Mr. M. Takata, 
Department of Productive Industries. A magnificent tree 
30 to 50 feet high,-' much resembling the well known P. 
imperialism but having slightly shorter panicles of larger 
lilac or purple- tinted flowers dotted with purple on the 
inside of the corolla. A native of Central Formosa. (Adapt- 
ed from T. Ito, Icones Plantarum Japonicarum, Vol. 1, p. 
5, pi. 9, 1912. ) 
Phaseolus lunatus L. (Fabaceae.) 42270. Seeds of Lima 
bean from Tamatave, Madagascar. Presented by Mr. James G. 
Carter, American Consul. "Commonly known in Madagascar as 
'pois du cap' (Cape beans). The annual quantity of Cape 
beans exported from the west coast of Madagascar amounts 
to about 7,000 tons. These go principally to England, and, 
from there, are exported in considerable quantities to the 
New York market." (Carter.) 
Phaseolus vulgaris L. (Fabaceae.) 42049. Seeds from 
Puerto Bertoni, Paraguay. Presented by Dr. Moises S. Ber- 
toni. "Forma tawana. The taguana, or giant bean of the Guar- 
