NO. 17. 
BULLETIN OF FOREIGN PLANT INTRODUCTIONS. 
May 20 to June 10, 1909. 
NEW PLANT IMMIGRANTS . 
ACACIA CATECHU. 25543. From Saharanpur, United Provinces, 
India. Presented "by Prof. A. T. Gage. Received June 2. 
"A leguminous tree, native of India and East Africa. Nat- 
uralized in Jamaica, where it is common in dry locations. 
It is said to "bear some frost and may prove hardy in fav- 
orable localities in the southern United States. The ex- 
tract from the hark and wood forms the drug catechu, and 
the dyeing and tanning agent, cutch. (Stockberger. ) 
Seed turned over to Dr. Stockberger for experiments in 
tannin production. 
ANONA. 25528. From Paraguay, South America. Seeds present- 
ed by Mr. Thos. Gwynn. Received May 19. "Chirimonio" 
(Avatacuy. ) "It is a large fruit, aromatic to the ut- 
most; seed full of oil." {Gwynn.) For propagation; 
plants available later. 
AVENA SATIVA. 25580-591 Twelve varieties of oats from 
Bucharest, Roumania. Presented by Hon. Horace G. Knowles. 
Received May 22. 
CUCUMIS MELO. 25494-25503. Received from Mr. Jose D. Hus- 
bands, Limavida, Chile, May 27. All sweet, thick flesh, 
good size, grown dry on low lands where corn and water- 
melons dried up on account of the unusual drought. Each 
of these ten numbers is a different kind. 
ILEX PAR AGUA YENS I S . 25529. From Paraguay, South America. 
Presented by Mr. Thos. Gwynn. Received May 19. "The 
tea of this country. To procure plants from this seed 
you will have to put it in hot water, about 90°F for 36 
hours; then plant in a hot bed, the seed being buried 
about \ inch under a soft mould. When large enough to 
harvest you cut all the limbs and twigs, scorch well and 
dry over a hot fire, after which they are ground fine 
