42 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



39941 to 39945. Ipomoea batatas (L.) Poir. Convolvulacese. 



Sweet potato. 



From Cuba. Presented by Mr. Juan T. Roig, botanist, Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station, Santiago tie las Vegas, Cuba. Tubers received February 

 19, 1915. Quoted notes by Mr. Roig; .yields stated in arrobas (of 25 

 pounds each) per caballeria (33 J acres.) 



39941. " No. 6. Papa; white. Froin the station. Yielding 10,550 arro- 

 bas per caballeria." 



39942. "No. 200. Mani; white. From Trinidad, Santa Clara Province. 

 Yielding 29.217 arrobas per caballeria. 



39943. " No. 182. Santiago; white. From El Caney, Oriente. Yielding 

 22,817 arrobas per caballeria." 



39944. " No. 198. Papayon; white. From Trinidad, Santa Clara Prov- 

 ince. Yielding 6,792 arrobas per caballeria." 



39945. '• Xo. 24. Blanco. From Luyano, Habana. Yielding 43,930 arro- 

 bas per caballeria." 



39946. Prunus maritima Wangenheim. Amygdalaceye. 



From Wading River, Long Island, N. Y. Presented by Mr. E. S. Miller, 

 through Mr. W. F. Wight. Received February 24, 1915. 



Pomology No. S0370. 



A deciduous shrub of low, compact habit, 4 to 8 feet high and more in diameter, 

 with gray, downy young branchlets, becoming dark with age. Flowers white, 

 one-half inch across, produced in May, usually in pairs or in threes at each bud 

 on last year's shoots. Fruit red or purple, round or oblong, one-half to 1 

 inch in diameter. Native of the eastern United States, frequently inhabiting 

 sandy or gravelly places near the coast. Its fruits are gathered for preserves, 

 but they appear to vary in quality and sweetness. The flowers are borne 

 profusely in this country [England], and the species is one of the most attractive 

 of dwarf plums. (Adapted from W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the 

 British Isles, vol. 2, p. 2'i2.) 



39947. Quercus insignis Martens and Galleotti. Fagacerc. Oak. 



From Zacuapam, Vera Cruz, Mexico. Presented by Dr. C. A. Purpus. 

 Received February 24, 1915. 



See S. P. I. No. 39723 for previous introduction and description. 



39948 to 39951. Nicotiana sp. Solanace.v. Tobacco. 



Collected by Dr. J. N. Rose, United States National Museum. Received 

 February IS, 1915. Quoted notes by Dr. Rose. 



39948. "Tobacco from Santa Clara, Peru. Collected July 3, 1914." 



39949. "Tobacco seed from near San P.artelonie, Peru. Collected July 

 20, 1014." 



39950. " Like Nicotiana glauca, but leaves narrow. Collected August 

 12, 1914." 



39951. "Collected September 3, 1014." 



39952. Garcinia mangostana L. Clusiaceae. Mangosteen. 



From Kingston. Jamaica. Presented by Mr. W. Harris, Hope Gardens. 

 Received February 26, 1915. 



