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Andropogon erianthoides P. Mueller. (Poaceae.) 45037. 
Satin-top grass from Burringbar, New South Wales, Aus- 
tralia. Presented by Mr. B. Harrison. An erect, 
glaucous grass, 2 or 3 feet high, with rather narrow 
leaves and usually 3 to 4 sessile, erect spikes about 
3 inches in length. It is a native of New South Wales 
and Queensland, where it is considered a very superior 
grass for forage purposes. It produces a heavy crop 
of rich, succulent foliage, spreads from the roots, 
and also seeds freely. (Adapted from Bentham <3fe Muel- 
ler, Flora Australiensis , vol. 7, p. 529, and from J. 
H. Maiden, Useful' Native Plants of Australia, p. 73.) 
Andropogon intermedins R. Brown. (Poaceae.) 45038. 
Rare bluegrass from Burringbar, New South Wales, Aus- 
tralia. Presented by Mr. B. Harrison. An erect grass, 
with rather narrow leaves and slender spikes, growing 
in large clumps 2 feet or more in height. It is a 
native of Australia, where it is used as a forage 
grass. It is readily propagated from the roots. 
(Adapted from Bentham & Mueller, Flora Australiensis, 
pp. 531, 532, and from Agricultural Gazette, New South 
Wales, May 2, 1914. ) 
Annona eherimola Miller . (Annonaceae.) 45020. Cheri- 
moya cuttings from Guatemala. Collected by Mr. Wilson 
Popenoe, of this Bureau. "(No. 164. From the sitio 
of Julio Guerra Antigua. July 16, 1917.) An un- 
usually productive and otherwise desirable cherimoya 
from the garden of Julio Guerra, who keeps a small 
tienda across the street from the rear of the Hotel 
Rojas. This is the most productive tree I have seen 
in this entire region, though I have examined a large 
number, not only in Antigua but in many of the sur- 
rounding villages. There is one peculiarity worthy 
of mention: Both this tree and the one from which I 
obtained budwood (No. 49) in Duenas, have been topped 
within the last few years and the present crown is 
all new wood. These two trees were the only ones I 
have seen bearing good crops of fruit, and this nat- 
urally brings up the question: Is the product ivenesjs 
of these trees due to the fact that they have been 
topped? It rather looks as though it may be; and it 
would be well worth while experimenting with some of 
the old seedling trees in southern California to see 
if topping would render them more productive. Topping 
is not done here with the intention of making the 
trees produce more fruit; it has been purely accidental 
