38 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



39542 and 39543— Con. (Quoted notes by Mr. C. T. Simpson.) 



by the natives of India and are strung into beautiful necklaces. The 

 flowers are brownish, in long spikes. The tree is a rapid grower and 

 is quite ornamental." 



39543. Kopsia arbokea Blume. Apocynaceae. 



"A large shrub or small tree belonging to the Apocynaceae, with spatu- 

 late, thick, shining, dark-green leaves in whorls and small white flowers 

 in clusters. These are followed by deep red, almond-shaped, nutlike 

 fruits which are quite ornamental. It is a very handsome tree or large 

 shrub, but it is very tender." 



39544. Amygdalus sp. Amygdalacae. Wild peach. 



From near Chaoyu, near Luanfu, Shansi, China. Collected by Frank N. 

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

 ceived November 17, 1914. 



"Dried fruits aud stones of the real wild peach, collected at an elevation 

 of 4,000 feet above the sea." (Meyer.) 



39545. Oryza sativa L. Poacese. Rice. 



From Constantinople, Turkey. Presented by Mr. G. Bie Ravndal, American 

 consul general. Received December 7, 1914. 



" Information obtained from a rice dealer, whose principal house is in Mouda- 

 nia in the Vilayet of Broussa, shows that about 100 to 150 tons of rice is yearly 

 grown in the district of Pazarkioi-Guemlek and about 150 to 200 tons in the 

 Broussa district, but, owing to the increased amount sown, a crop of 400 tons 

 is expected this year. All of the rice is consumed locally. It is described 

 as being of better quality than that grown in Philippopolis, just across the 

 Turkish frontier in Bulgaria, which is, I am told, very good rice. One 

 kileh (20 okes = 56.40 pounds) of seed rice is usually sown on 3 deunums 

 (2,569.44 square yards), producing 100 to 120 kileh (5,640 to 6,76S pounds) 

 of good unshelled rice. Twenty okes (56.40 pounds) of unshfilled rice yields 

 14 okes (39.48 pounds) of shelled rice." Sowing is usually done in the latter 

 part of April and harvesting in August or the beginning of September. Rice 

 grows in black, loose soil and is well watered by frequent rains as well as, 

 lately, by irrigation canals which keep the soil damp. The cost of this rice, 

 wholesale, is 3£ to 3* piasters ($0,143 to .$0,154) per oke (2.82 pounds) ; 

 unshelled rice can be bought for 55 to 60 paras ($0.0605 to $0,166) per oke 

 (2.S2 pounds). The past year it was sold for 3* piasters ($0.ir>4) per oke 

 (2.82 pounds)." (Ravndal.) 



39546. Saccharum officinarum L. Poaceae. Sugar cane. 



From Santiago dr las Vegas, Cuba. Presented by Mr. J. T. Crawley, 

 director, Agricultural Experiment Station. Received December 8, 1914. 

 Grystallina. "Noel Deerr in his 'Cane Sugar,' page 26, says that the 

 Crystallina is a Batavian cane and is the lighter of the two purple Batavian 

 canes. It is known in Hawaii as Roue Bamboo, in the British West Indies as 

 White Transparent, in Cuba as Cristallina, and in Louisiana as Home Purple. 

 It is of no distinct color, sometimes being a pale or ash color, and at other 

 times a wine-colored cane. Its color depends upon its age and environments. 

 the younger the cane the more color it contains, and the young parts of the 

 same cane are more colored than the older parts. It is a comparatively thin 

 cane, with long joints, and has a longitudinal channel running from the eye 



