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29106 to 29109. Saccharum officinarum L. Sugar cane. 



From Japan. Purchased from the Yokohama Nursery Co., Yokohama, Japan. 

 Received December 3, 1910. 



Cuttings of the following: 



29106. "Chikusho. Early variety." 



29107. "Earliest variety from Kagawa Ken." 



29108. " Kikaigashima. Early variety from Kagoshima Ken." 



29109. "Oshima. Early variety from Kagoshima Ken." 

 See No. 28193 for purpose for which introduced. 



29110. Citrus llmetta Risso. Lime. 



From Seharunpur, India. Received through Mr. R. S. Woglum, of the United 

 States Department of Agriculture, December 5, 1910. 



Sylhet. 



29111 to 29115. 



From Peradeniya, Ceylon. Presented by Dr. John C. Willis, director, Royal 

 Botanic Gardens. Received December 5, 1910. 



Seeds of the following: 



29111. Diospyros affinis Thwaites. 

 Distribution. — Known only from the island of Ceylon. 



29112. Diospyros attenuata Thwaites. 

 Distribution. — Known only from the island of Ceylon. 



29113. Diospyros insignis Thwaites. 



Distribution. — In the damp forests on the slopes of the mountains of Ceylon 

 up to an elevation of 2,000 feet, and on the Anamually Hills in southern India, 

 to an elevation of 2,000 to 3,000 feet. 



29114. Diospyros moonii Thwaites. 

 Distribution. — Known only from the island of Ceylon. 



29115. Maba oblongifolia Hiern. 



A small tree closely allied to Diospyros. 



Distribution. — Low moist regions up to an elevation of 1,000 feet in the island 

 of Ceylon. 



29116. Diospyros sp. Persimmon. 



From China. Presented bv Mr. E. T. Williams, a member of the Division of Far 

 Eastern Affairs, Department of State, through Dr. R. H. True. Received 

 December 5, 1910. 



"Some years since, when Mr. Frank Meyer was in China, he asked me to obtain 

 for him if possible some seeds of the Chinese persimmon, which is for the most part 

 seedless. I mentioned it at the time to a friend, who is now in Nanking and who 

 has sent me these seeds just found in a persimmon. If he had sent a larger quantity 

 an interesting experiment might have been made, since all Chinese persimmons are 

 propagated by grafting upon the wild stock." {Extract from letter of Mr. E. T. 

 Williams, Dec. 1, 1910, to Dr. True.) 

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