10 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



43016 to 43019. Gossypium hirsutum L. Malvaceae. Cotton. 

 From Caiuaguey, Cuba. Presented by Mr. Robert L. Luaces, director, Granja 

 Escuela Caspar Betancourt Cisneros. Received July 10, 1916. 

 "Bolls from plants grown by Mr. Minor at Bartle, Cuba." (Liidces.) 



43016. No.l. 43018. No. 3. 



43017. No. 2. • 43019. No. 4. 



43020. Amygdalus persica L. Amygdalaceae. Peach. 



{Primus persica Stokes.) 

 From Sori-ento, Fla. Scions presented by Mr. Victor Lent. Received .July 

 10, 1916. 

 Lent Golden. "The original seedling tree of this peach grew on the Levi 

 llisiiiger place here at Sorrento. The tree originated about 1902. I can say 

 nothing of the parentage of the tree. It has been dead for several years now, 

 find no trees were budded from it except the ones which I now have. I have 

 been raising tliis varietv now for almost eight years; other yellow peaches 

 do very poorly here. This year they ripened earlier than usual. I picked the 

 first ripe fruit May 29 and the last on .luly 4. Last year none were ripe until 

 June 30, and the last were picked on July 24." {Lent.) 



43021 and 43022. 



From China. Collected by Mr. Frank N. Meyer. Agricultural Explorer for 

 the Department of Agriculture. Numbered July 7, 1916. Quoted notes 

 by Mr. IMeyer. 



43021. Clerodendrum cyrtophyllum Turcz. Verbenacese. 



"(No. 2319a. Mokanshan, Chekiang, China, August 6, 1915.) A 

 spreading shrub, from 2 to 5 feet high, sending up many stalks; 

 found on debris on mountain slopes at altitudes of 1,200 to 2,000 feet. 

 Leaves glabrous. opp«isite, light green, of somewhat fetid odor ; flowers 

 small, white, but with large bracts of rosy color ; berries blue. Ornamen- 

 tal but somewhat weedy. Of use for large parks and estates in mild 

 climates as a cover shrub for sandy and waste places." 



43022. Iris sp. Iridacese. • Iris. 

 "(No. 2320a. Mokanshan, Chekiang. China, August 6, 191.5.) An iris, 



forming big clumps, found in a garden, but said to occur wild in moun- 

 tain ravines. Flowers reputed to be purplish." 



43023. OsTERDAMiA MATRELLA (L.) Kuiitze. Poaceas. Grass. 

 (Zoysla pungens Willd.) 



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

 Received July 10, 1916. 

 Var. Korai. A creeping grass, important for binding coast sands, which does 

 well on alkali sods and also as a lawn grass. Said to be relished by stock. 



43024. CANARiuMiNDiCDMStickm. Balsameacese. Java almond. 

 {Canarium commune L.) 



From Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by Dr. J. C. Koningsberger, director, 

 Botanic Gardens. Received July 10, 1916. 



