APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1919. 21 



47448 to 47491— Continued. 



SECOND KAELY VAIUETIES COIltilUU'd. I,ATK VAIilKTIKS ((lilt ilUlcd. 



47464. Great Scot. 47476. Langworthi/. 



47465. Mauve Queen. 47477. Lorhar. 



47466. King George. 47478. Majestic. 



47467. The Ally. 47479. Mthxdale. 



47468. The Duchess. 47480. Ucctor. 



LATE VAKiETiES. ^^^^l. ^t.Anilrew. 



47482. Templar. 



47469. Arran Chief. 47483. The liUhop. 



47470. Arran Victory. 47484. The Factor. 



47471. Bunihouse Beauty. 47485. The Favorite. 



47472. Got den Wonder. 47486. The Provost. 



47473. Irish Queen. 47487. Tin irald Perfection. 



47474. Kerr's Pink. 47488. Ip-to-Date. 



47475. KingEdioard. 47489. M hit e City. 



The following two numbers are seedlings from the cross Snowball X 

 Myatt's Ashleaf: 



47490. No. 3. M. T. 47491. No. IG. M. T. 



47492. Carica papaya L. Papa3^ace8e. Papaya. 



From Richmond, Jamaica, British West Indies. Presentetl by Mr. Henry B. 

 Wolcott. Received May 10, 1919. 



" The development of commercial papaya culture depends upon obtaining 

 hardier types which are suitable for market purposes. For this reason, seed is 

 desired from all of the important regions in the Tropics where papayas are 

 commonly grown. Jamaica is one of the best known of these regions." {Wilson 

 Popenoe. ) 



47493 to 47495. Dioscorea spp. Dioscoreaceae. Yam. 



From Singapore, Straits Settlements. Tubers presented by Mr. I. Henry 

 liurkill, director, Botanic Gardens. Received April 17, 1919. 



47493. DioscoEEA bulbifera L. 



This yam grows wild in Sylhet, Chittagong, and throughout the western 

 Ghats to Bombay, and it is cultivated in the Western Presidency, espe- 

 cially in the Konkan. The tubers, after being dried and powdered, are 

 applied to ulcers. The bulbules on the stems and the tubers under ground 

 iire used as vegetables. The latter are bitter, but are rendered eatable 

 by being covered with ashes and steeped in cold water. (Adapted from 

 Watt. Dictionary of the Economic Products of Did id. vol. 3, p. J28.) 



47494. Dioscorea hispida Dennst. 



IMr. Burkill says in his letter announcing the shipment of these yams 

 tliat this one is "poisonous, lint its starch has been used in these parts 

 from time inunemorial when famine presses." 



47495. Dioscorea sp. 



"A lingered, lobulate yam from the Philippines. It is related to Dios- 

 corea pentaphylla or to D. cumiufiii; excellent cooked, but the yield is 

 too small." {Burkill.) 



