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49346 to 49349. Gossypium sp. Malvaceae. Cotton. 



From Lima, Peru. Uolls presented by James H. Roth, American vice consul 



in charge. Received March 1, 1920. Quoted notes by Mr. Roth. 



" Rough cotton, sometimes Isnown as vegetable wool, cultivated a few miles 



inland from the port of Payta, in the vicinity of Catacaos, valley of tlie Piura 



River, Peru. These forms are practically identical with those that have been 



discovered in prehistoric graves where they were buried with the mummies." 



49346. " White bolls. Samples of the best kind of rough Peruvian cot- 

 ton grown in the Piura-Payta section of the country. " 



49347. " Mestizo, naturally colored." 



49348. " Pardo, brown and maroon or purplish." 



49349. " Duro. Undeveloped boll, having been stung by an insect known 

 here as ' rabi-atado,' a plague which is doing enormous damage in this 

 province. " 



49350. Saccharum officinarum L. Poacese. Sugar cane. 



From Georgetown, Demerara, British Guiana. Seeds presented by R. 

 Ward, superintendent. Botanic Gardens. Received February 4, 1920. 

 Demerara No. 108 



49351 to 49356. Maxihot esculexta Crantz. Euphorbiacese. 



(M. utilissima Pohl.) Cassava. 



From' Barbados, British West Indies. Cuttings presented by John R. 

 Bovell. Director of Agriculture. Received August 12, 1919, grown in 

 quarantine, and numbered in March, 1920. 

 Introduced for testing in Porto Rico and Hawaii. 



49351. Friendship. 49354. Trinidad No. 2. 



49352. Helada. 49355. Trinidad No. 3. 



49353. Trinidad No. 1. 49356. White Greenmcay. 



49357. Phyllostachys mitis (Lour.) A. and C. Riviere. Poacese. 



Bamboo. 



From Nice, France. Rhizomes presented by Dr. A. Robertson Proschowsky. 

 Received February 5, 1920. 

 " As concerns the bamboo, it is the tallest species of those commonly cultivated 

 here, and the culms usually attain a height of 10 to 12 meters, rarely more. It 

 is an exceedingly hardy species and a very useful plant, tlie cuhiis being strong 

 and quite straight. Prof. Trabut, of Algiers, expressed the opinion that this 

 bamboo is the most useful also in Algeria. " (Proschowsky.) 



49358 and 49359. Manihot esculenta Crantz. Euphorbiaeece. 



(M. utilissima Pohl.) Cassava. 



From Barbados, British West Indies. Cuttings presented by John R. 

 Bovell, Director of Agriculture. Received August 12, 1919, grown in 

 quarantine, and numbered in March. 1920. 

 Introduced for testing in Porto Rico and Hawaii. 



49358. B. 101. 49359. Blue Top. 



49360 to 49363. Saccharum officixarum L. Poaceae. 



Sugar cane. 

 From Antigua, British AVest Indies. Seeds presented by Arnold W. Gall- 

 wey, acting curator and agricultural superintendent. Received Feb- 

 ruary 6, 1920. 



49360. B. 3-'tl2. 49362. D. IJf. 



49361. B. J,596. 49363. D. 109. 

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