20 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



41457 to 41360— ton. (Quoted notes by Dr. Walter Van Fleet.) 



41358. "Much the same as S. P. I. No. U357; possibly slightly better 

 in flavor and tenderness of flesh." 



41359. "Trees of this number bear much larger nuts than those of 

 either of the two preceding. The nuts are much Larger than the Amer- 

 ican type, about the size of a Spanish chestnut, and are very sweet." 



41360. "Tree L'O. These are nuts of high quality, much the same in 

 size and flavor as s. P. I. No. 41359." 



41361 to 41371. Diospyros kaki L. f . Diospyraceae. Persimmon. 



From Okitsu, Japan. Cuttings presented by Prof. Ishiwara, Horticulture 

 Experiment Station. Received October 9, 1915. 



Numbered from 1 to 10; also one package of mixed numbers. 



41372 to 41383. 



From Poona, Bombay, india. Cuttings presented by Mr. W. Burns, Eco- 

 nomic Botanist, Agricultural College. Received October 9. 1915. 

 41372 to 41376. Opuntia spp. Cactaceae. Prickly-pear. 



41372. Opi mi \ sp. 



41373. Opuntia dii.i.kmi (Ker-Gawler) Haworth. 

 41374 and 41375. Opuntia spp. 



41376. Opuntia elatior Miller. 

 41377. Nopat.ea cocheniixifeba l L. I Salm-Dyck. Cactacea?. 



Cochineal cactus. 



"A cactus with fleshy, obovate, unarmed branches, native of Mexico, bul 



cultivated on a large scale, especially in the Canary Islands, for cochineal 

 breeding. This is net the only plant which is suited for this purpose; 

 there are several other kinds, characterized by unarmed branches, used* 

 for the same purpose; the reason for the choice of this is obvious, 

 because the workmen are not injured by spines. Cochineal, the well- 

 known, splendid, very brilliant color, is produced from the bodies of the 

 scale insect (Coccus carti), killed by means of steam. Since the develop- 

 men of the aniline-dye industry this branch of agriculture, which was ex- 

 tremely profitable to the above islands, has -one down and become prac- 

 tically unremunerative." (Engler and Prantl, Pflanzenfamilien.) 

 41378 to 41383. Opuntia spp. Cactacese. Prickly-pear. 



41378. Opuntia ttxipendula Engelmann. 



41379 to 41381. Opi mi a spp. 



41382. Opuntia decumana (Willd.) Haworth. 



41383. Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) .Miller. 



41384. A\\<i.\As]>. Annonacere. 



Seeds from Cajahon. Guatemala. Presented by Mr. Walter F. Curley. Re- 

 ceived < >ctober 7. 1915. 



•■/ .in mi a I'm. so called here in the Indian language. I had never seen them 

 until seme [ndians broughl them in; they say they are quite common on the 

 mountain of Chaal near the British Honduras border. They are quite small, 

 yellow outside with corrugated skin, and resemble the larger fruit sincuya 

 < innona purpurea). There is very little inside to eat, but thai is of fine 

 Haver. The seeds are very abundant Ripens in the district of Cajabon, Guate- 

 mala, in September." {Curley.) 



