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MANGIFERA INDICA. (Anacardiaceae . ) 31477. Cuttings of mango 

 from Piracicaba, Brazil. Presented "by Mr. Clinton D. Smith, 

 Escola Agricola Pratica, Piracicaba. Introduced like the preced- 

 ing. For distribution later. 



MANGIFERA ZEYLANICA. (Anacardiaceae.) 31633. Seeds of a 

 native Ceylonese small-fruited mango from Peradeniya, Ceylon. 

 Presented "by Dr. John C. Willis, Director, Royal Botanic Gardens, 

 Peradeniya. Introduced as a possible stock for the common mange. 

 For distribution later. 



MEDICAGO SPP. (Fabaceae.) 31609-612. Seeds of native 

 medicagos from Chile. Received through Mr. Jose D. Husbands, 

 Limavida, Chile. Forms of Medicago arabica and M. hispida. For 

 distribution later. 



MEDICAGO SP. (Fabaceae.) 31617. Seeds of alfalfa from near 

 Baba, northwestern Mongolia. "M. falcata? An alfalfa, found here 

 arid there in large quantities on the hills, growing between dense 

 grass at altitudes about 4000 feet, reaching a height of 

 apparently not over two feet. As the cold is very intense in 

 these regions, these plants may be tested in the most northern 

 sections of the United States." (Meyer's introduction.) For 

 stribution later. 



MEDICAGO SATIVA. (Fabaceae.) 31687. Seeds of alfalfa from 



gutchak, Mongolia. "A strain of alfalfa said to be much 



iier than the ordinary varieties, but also said to be of 



slower growth. While fields sown to imported Turkestan seed give 



three cuttings a year in Chugutchak, this variety gives but twc , 



while of the Turkestan alfalfa one third of the plants get 



killed in a severe winter, this strain is said not to suffer at 



all. To be tested in a cool dry region especially in Wyoming, 



Montana, Idaho, etc." (Meyer's introduction.) For distribution 



later. 



PERSE A AMERICANA. (Lauraceae.) 31614, 31616, 31631. Seeds 



of avocados from Amatitlan and Livingston, Guatemala, and from 



Chile. Introduced in the effort to get the best varieties of this 



t promising fruit for thorough trial in southern Florida and 



California. For distribution later. 



PHYTOLACCA DIOICA. (Phytolaccaceae . ) 31482. Seeds of the 

 Ombu from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Presented by Mr. Joseph E. 

 Wing, agent of the United States Tariff Board. "This tree does 

 not withstand much frost. It is the common tree of the plains 

 of Argentina, and is seen making a dense green mound of verdure 

 in the very dry soils, green during the worst droughts. It makes 

 extraordinarily rapid growth. I have seen the trees fully 12 

 feet in diameter. It is a very tenacious tree and once 



