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company. One of nine forage crops little known in this 
country introduced for the work of the Office of Forage 
Crop Investigations. Among the others are the serradella, 
gorse or whin, yellow trefoil, various lupines, Scotch 
broom and giant spurry. 
Passiflora ligularis Juss. (Passif loraceae . ) 39360. Seeds 
of a granadilla from Bogota, Colombia. Presented by Dr. 
Ancizar, secretary of the Colombian Legation, through Mr. 
W. E. Safford. "An egg-shaped fruit with parchment-like 
shell filled with an abundance of sweet juice and many 
small seeds. Used in tropical America for making sherbets 
and ices alone or with the addition of lemon juice or 
spices. Of easy culture in all the warm localities, grow- 
ing in the form of a vine from trellises and arbors, and 
desirable not only for its fruit but its beautiful flow- 
ers." (Safford.) 
Tibouchina stenocarpa (DC . ) Cogn. (Melastomaceae . ) 39333. 
Seeds from Lavras, Minas Geraes, Brazil. Presented by Mr. 
Benjamin H. Hunnicutt, Director, Escola Agricola de Lavras . 
"Seeds of a wild shrub, commonly called 'Quaresma' or 
'Lent,' as it blooms at Lent. It has a beautiful purple 
flower and the blooming season covers a number of months. 
It grows well on the poorest, driest grounds we have and 
blooms during the dry season. I think it has been culti- 
vated in some gardens in Brazil, although I have never 
seen it. Ornamental only." 
NOTES FROM CORRESPONDENTS ABROAD. 
China. Tientsin. Dr. Yamei Kin writes November 18 in 
reply for information concerning peach blossoms, "I had 
just sent off a letter with some seeds when yours with 
photos of the peach flowers and inquiries came to hand. 
"I will do as you request and take a special look at 
the orchards of the u vicinity when they come into bloom 
this spring, but I thought it might interest you to know 
the answers to my questions from the people of my staff 
and country patients that happen to be on the premises. 
"Without saying anything about what your inquiries 
were (whether the blossoms were typically large and clear 
pure white, or small and creamy white) I merely took the 
photos and asked them if they were like the peach flowers 
that they were accustomed to see in their fruit orchards. 
Unanimously without the slightest hesitation they pointed 
to the photo with the intermediate and small flowers, and 
generally designated voluntarily the middle branch (that 
with small, relatively inconspicuous flowers) as being the 
most like, and also remarked that the color was white as a 
rule though pink ones were not unknown. A few people said 
