38 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



29134. Ilex paraguariensis St. Hil. Yerba mate. 



From Paraguay. Presented by Mr. C. F. Mead, Cahi Puente, Paraguay. 

 Received December 10, 1910. 

 "Crop of 1910." 

 See No. 29097 for description. 



29137. Persea Americana Miller 1768. Avocado. 



(Persea gratissima Gaertn. f. 1805.) 



Material growing at the Subtropical Garden, Miami, Fla. Numbered December, 

 1910. 

 "Bud wood fm-nishedby Mr. Andrew Hardie, Cocoanut Grove, Fla., who mailed a 

 specimen of fruit to this office. The tree is a seedling of the Trapp variety, but 

 differs from this sort in the shape of the fruit, which is slightly ovoid and of a very 

 attractive purplish-red color. It is said to be quite prolific and promises to be one 

 of the most valuable accessions to oiu* avocado collection, not so much on account of 

 superior quality but for its unusually attractive appearance and the fact that it 

 ripens late, about Christmas. The fruit is medium to large size, possesses a very 

 thick skin, and the meat is medium thick, yellow, and very tender. The seed ia 

 comparatively large but firmly inclosed by the meat." {H. F. Schultz.) 



29138 to 29140. Medicago spp. 



From India. Presented by Mr. F. Booth Tucker, Salvation Army, Simla, India. 

 Received December 14, 1910. 

 Seeds of the following; notes by Mr. Tucker: 



29138. Medicago hispida apigulata (Willd.) Urban. 



From the Punjab Agricultural College (irrigated colonies). "This is known 

 here as Maina. The Director of Agriculture tells me that this is an excellent 

 fodder for cattle, and especially for milch cows, but that it is not suitable for 

 horses." 

 28139. Medicago falcata L. 



From Lahul, in the heart of the Himalayas, near Kashmir. " Lahul is a valley 

 10,000 to 11,000 feet above the sea, surrounded by glaciers and snowy moun- 

 tains and covered with snow during the winter months." 



29140. Medicago sativa L. Alfalfa. 

 From the Punjab Agricultural College (irrigated colonies). "The ordinary 



Medicago sativa as grown in the Punjab by horse breeders." 



29141 to 29150. 



Received through Mr. Frank N. Meyer, agricultural explorer, December 10, 1910. 

 Cuttings of the following: 



29141. RiBES sp. Red currant. 

 From near Guldscha, Russian Turkestan. "(No. 791, October 10, 1910.) 



Found gro-ftdng on a dry mountain side at an elevation of about 6,000 feet. Of 

 vigorous growth, the tallest stems being 8 feet long. Of value in hybridization 

 experiments and, when somewhat improved, as a hardy garden fruit for the 

 northern sections of the United States." (Meyer.) 



29142. RiBES nigrum L. Black currant. 

 From near Terek-Dawan, Russian Turkestan. "(No. 792, October 13, 1910.) 



Found growing in a cold, stony canyon at an elevation of over 9,000 feet above 

 sea level. The Russians who live here and there in the mountains make a very 

 palatable preserve from the ripe berries. This shrub may be of value as a garden 

 fruit in the most northern sections of the United States." (Meyer.) 



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