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thrive anywhere in England, producing large and elegant 
foliage, which however, falls at the first touch of frost. 
The stems which are prickly are quite hardy, and attain a 
height of ten feet or so. When once established this 
plant can be easily propagated by suckers which rise from 
the base. During the summer its appearance is consider- 
ably enhanced by the large trusses of flowers, which if 
not individually beautiful, give the plant a further sub- 
tropical appearance. As the leaves have a great spread 
when fully matured, abundance of room must be allotted to' 
the plants when planted, a matter which might easily be 
overlooked, as when denuded of their foliage one can 
hardly imagine them to be the same plant." (The Garden, 
March 1, 1913.) For distribution later. 
BUDDLEIA NIVEA. (Loganiaceae . ) 35093. Seeds from 
La Mortola, < Ventimiglia, Italy. Presented by the Direc- 
tor, Mr. Alwin Berger. "A new species from Central China 
and of doubtful promise. The flowers not so striking as 
some of the species recently introduced, but this defect 
is compensated for by the great beauty of the foliage, 
the whole under surface of which is, together with the 
young wood and leaves, covered with a dense white woolly 
tomentum. The flowers in tail-like panicles at the end of 
the branch are rose-purple in color, individually small, 
but in a mass conspicuous." (Hortus Veitchii.) For dis- 
tribution later. 
CACARA EROS A . (Fabaceae.) 35135. Seeds of the yam 
bean from San Jose, Costa Rica. Presented by Mr. Rafael 
Arias C. , through Mr. J. E. van der Laat, director of the 
Department of Agriculture. This is a Salvadorian form of 
the yam bean so highly recommended by Mr. William Harris, 
Superintendent of Hope Gardens, Jamica, as a garden vege- 
table. For distribution later. 
CARICA CANDAMARCENSIS. ( Papayaceae . ) 35142-143. Seeds 
of a papaya from Nice, Alpes Maritimes, France. Presented 
by Dr. A. Robertson-Proschowsky , Chemin des Grottes, St. 
Helene. "A small semi-herbaceous tree with a crown of 
large coarse palmate leaves, native of Colombia and 
Ecuador, similar to the papaya of the low-country, but 
with fruit only about f or one sixth the size of that of 
the latter. The ovoid angular fruit is in season all the 
year around; though too acid to be used for dessert, It is 
very agreeable when stewed, and it can also be made into 
jam and preserves. When ripe the fruit has a pleasant 
