528 



Department. Two legumes secured along with a number of others 

 as promising plants for green manure crops. For distribution 

 later. 



DIOSPYROS SP. (Ebenaceae.) 32863. Cuttings of a wild 

 persimmon from Tangsi, China. Presented by Rev. Alex. Kennedy, 

 through Rev. J. M. W. Parnham, Shanghai, China. These cut- 

 tings are supposed to be from the same striking whitebarked 

 variety described in Meyer's bulletin on Agricultural explo- 

 rations in China, as being used as a stock for the cultivated 

 persimmon in central China, and illustrated in plate III, fig. 

 1, of that bulletin. For distribution later. 



DIOSPYPOS KAKI. (Ebenaceae.) 32748-750, 32864-872, 32886. 

 Cuttings and plants of various Japanese varieties of persimmon 

 from Sapporo, Yokohama, and Hiroshima, Japan. No. 32750 is 

 composed of scions from male persimmon trees, for which 

 special requests have been made, since practically all the 

 trees now growing in this country from imported cuttings pro- 

 duce either female flowers only or male flowers in entirely 

 insufficient numbers to supply an adequate amount of pollen. 

 For distribution later. 



FICUS SP. (Moraceae.) 32878. Cuttings of the Isabella fig 

 from Granada, Spain. Received from Mr. Pedro Giraud, at the 

 request of Mr. Wm. A. S. Davenhill, British vice-consul. 

 "This is cultivated extensively, I might say preferably, in 

 and about Granada. It is a medium-sized fig, rounded turbi- 

 nate, white in color with reddish pulp. In shape it resembles 

 the hirta of Japan with a well set neck. It is an exceedingly 

 good fig, and one of the best table varieties I have tasted. 

 It was ripe in September and we had good fruit yet in Novem- 

 ber, a long season for any fig. This fig, as far as I know, 

 has not been introduced to California." (Dr. Gustav Eisen, 

 at whose suggestion the cuttings were obtained.) For distri- 

 bution later. 



FICUS ROXBURGHII. (Moraceae.) 32752. Cuttings from the 

 Calcutta Royal Botanical Gardens, Sibpur, Calcutta, India. 

 Presented by Major A. T. Gage, Director. An Indian species 

 with fruits up to 3^ inches in diameter introduced for breed- 

 ing purposes. For distribution later. 



GARCINIA SP. (Clusiaceae. ; 32704. Seeds from Inhambane , 

 Portuguese Africa. Presented by Rev. Pliny W. Keys, Methodist 

 Episcopal Mission. "Native name pembe . Either a branched 

 bush, an erect tree, or a bushy tree, in each case the stems 

 set with numerous firm, little, more or less evergreen 



