INVENTORY 



28883 and 28884. 



From Teneril'fo, Canary Islands. Procured by Mr. Ross J. Hazeltine, American 

 vice consul, from Sefior Luis Diaz. Received October 3, 1910. 

 Cuttings of the following: 



28883. Prunus akmeniaca L. Apricot. 

 Yellow. 



28884. Prunus sp. Plum. 

 Yellow. "One of the finest I have ever seen." (Hazeltine.) 



28885. HoRDEUM spontaneum Koch. Barley. 



From Haifa, Palestine. Presented by IVIr. Aaron Aaronsohn, director, Jewish 

 Agricultural Experiment Station. Received October 3, 1910. 



28886. Spondias sp. 



From Mauritius. Presented by Mr. G. Regnard, Port Louis, Mauritius. Received 

 October 14, 1910. 



"This is much like the species dulcis as regards appearance of the tree and fruit, 

 but not the seeds. The only specimen in Mauritius grows at the Botanical Gardens, 

 Pamplemousses; it has not been classified and eeems not to have been noticed." 

 (Regnard.) 



28887. Carica papaya L, Papaya. 



From Camp Overton, Mindanao, Philippine Islands. Presented by Maj. Charles 

 H. Muir, Twenty-third Infantry, Fort Clark, Tex., through Mr. E. C. Green, 

 in charge. South Texas Plant Introduction Garden, Brownsville, Tex. Re- 

 ceived October 3, 1910. 



"This seed is from the best variety of this fruit I have ever met with in either the 

 Philippines or Cuba; it is spoken of as the Dapitan by some and as the Java by others." 



(Muir.) 



28888 to 28893. Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. Cowpea. 



From the Province of Para, near the town of Bragan^a, Brazil. Presented by 

 Mr. Walter Fischer, acting director, Campo de Cultura Experimental Paraense, 

 Para, Brazil. Received October 3 and 4, 1910. 



Seeds of the following: 



28888. Large brown eye. 



28889. Pinkish clay-colored seeds. 



28890. Brownish clay-colored seeds. 



28891. Reddish brown. 



28892. Under color brownish clay thickly marked with purplish lines or 

 marblings. 



28893. Like the preceding, except that the ground color is almost completely 

 obscvu-ed by the purple marblings. 



"The two preceding numbers (I believe one of them is a hybrid with some speckled 

 variety) are said to give a luxmiant growth of foliage, but further than this I heard 

 nothing." (Fischer.) 



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