34 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



28626 Continued. 



wound and then be planted rather deeply in the ground in comparatively dry soil. 

 Because of the value of its fruits it seems that this species is likely to prove a very 

 valuable one for dry soils where other plants are not likely to thrive." (Robertson- 

 Prosehowshy, Journal (T Agriculture Tropicale.) 



28627 to 28631. Mangifera ixdica L. Mango. 



From India. Purchased from Mr. P. S. Kanetkar, superintendent, Empress 

 Botanical Gardens, Poona, Bombay. Received August 8, 1910. 



Seeds of the following: 



28627. Amin. From Madras Presidency. 



28628. Borsha. From Poona. 



28629. Fernandez. P>om Goa. 



28630. Peter pasant. From Madras Presidency. 



28631. Shendrya. From (Kothrud) Poona. 



28632 and 28633. Capsicum annuum L. Pepper. 



From Sibpur, near Calcutta, India. Presented by Maj. A. T. Gage, superin- 

 tendent, Royal Botanic Garden. Received August 2, 1910. 



Seed of Nepal peppers from northern India, as follows: 



28632. Red. 28633. Yellow. 



28634 to 28636. 



From Chile. Received through Mr. Jose D. Husbands, Limavida, Chile, August 

 3, 1910. 



Seeds of the following; descriptive notes by Mr. Husbands: 



28634. Chenopodium quinoa Willd. Quinoa. 

 "(No. 585.) A grain said to produce 1,000 for 1. After rubbing and washing 



well to remove its bitterness it is eaten boiled, toasted, and ground into flour, 

 used in soups, etc. The ashes of the plant contain an extra amount of potash 

 and are used in soap making." 



28635. Myrtus sp. 



"(No. 590.) A new class of ' Arrayan,' a Myrtus that flowers in the fall, has 

 crimson seed berries, and seeks the altitude of the driest arid hills; the fra- 

 grance is about the same as of that which flowers in the spring and only grows 

 in wet or moist places. A dense, evergreen, ornamental treelet or bush worthy 

 of cultivation." 



28636. Persea meyeniana Nees. 

 "(No. 584.) 'Lingue' of central Chile." 



28637 to 28642. Vitis vinifera L. Grape. 



From Elqui, Chile. Received through Mr. Jose D. Husbands, Limavida, Chile, 

 August 11, 1910. 



28637 and 28638. "Italia. This is the finest raisin grape known." 



(Husbands.) 

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