INVENTORY 



43980. Berberis trifoliolata Moric. Berberidacea?. Barberry. 



From College Station, Tex. Presented by Mr. B. Youngblood, director, 

 Agricultural Experiment Station. Received January 8, 1917. 

 An evergreen .shrub from western Texas, with leaves composed of three to 

 five spiny leaflets, which produces red, aromatic, acid berries, about the size 

 of peas. These berries ripen in May. They are often called " currants," and 

 are used for tarts, .iellies, etc. (Adapted from Coulter, Contributions from the 

 I'nited Stales Xational Herbarium, vol. 2, /j. JO.) 



" According to Mr. Youngblood's verbal statement, this barberry jelly is 

 being made each year in increasing quantities and is h'ghly prized by all who 

 have tested it. There would appear to be a field for the plant breeder in the 

 development of heavy-fruiting barberries of good flavor with few or no seeds, 

 and it seems remarkable that no one has undertaken the task." {Fair child.) 



43981. Dahlia sp. Asteraceee. Tree dahlia. 



From Tactic, Alta Vera Paz, Guatemala. Cuttings collected by Mr. Wilson 

 Popenoe, Agricultural Explorer for the Department of Agriculture. Re- 

 ceived January 10, 1917. 



" No. 78. Double white variety. The pink tree dahlia is common throughout 

 a large part of Guatemal-a. I have seen it from Antigua to Coban, often in great 

 abundance, its huge single pink flowers, 4 inches in diameter, making it a very 

 striking thing. The pink form, which apparently is the typical one, is the only 

 form which I have seen in the southern part of Guatemala, but in the vicinity 

 of Tactic there are three other forms. None of these is so common as the pink 

 form, although all are seen occasionally in gardens. The forms in question 

 are a single white, identical with the typical single pink except in its color, 

 which is pure white ; a double pink, of the same lilac-pink shade as the typical 

 form, but with double flowers 3 inches in diameter; and a double white form, 

 of the same character as the double pink, but pure white. The tree dahlia is 

 called shikar in the Pokomchi dialect, the language of the Indians at Tactic. 

 It is very commonly planted around gardens and dooryards to form a hedge, 

 large cuttings 3 to 4 feet long and of stems 1 to 2 inches in diameter being 

 inserted in the ground and apparently rooting very readily. The plants grow 

 to 15 feet in height, and when in full bloom, as they are at this season of the 



1 Each introduction consists of seeds unless otherwise specified. 



It should be understood that the varietal names of fruits, vegetables, cereals, and other 

 plants used in this inventory are those under which the material was received by the 

 Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction; and further, that the printing of such 

 names here does not constitute their official publication and adoption in this country. 

 As the different varieties are studied, their identity fully established, their entrance into 

 the American trade forecast, and the use of varietal names in American literature become.s 

 necessary, the designations appearing will be subject to change with a view to bringing 

 the forms of the names into harmonv with recognized American codes of nomenclature. 



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