114 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



6827. Zea mays. Corn. 



From Cairo, Egypt. Received through Mr. D. G. Fairchild (No. 624), July 1, 

 1901. 



Secured for Mr. Fairchild by George P. Foaden, esq., secretary of the Khedivial 

 Agricultural Society of Cairo. 



Morelli. "It is a low-growing sort and does not exhaust the soil as the tall-grow- 

 ing American kinds do. As much as 80 bushels per acre are harvested in Egypt. It 

 has been tested in comparison with the following American sorts and yielded heavier 

 and twenty days earlier: Morelli, the Egyptian sort, yielded 12}f ardebs per feddan; 

 Tender and True, an American variety, yielded ll|f ; Hickory King, also American, 

 10; and Imperial Learning only 9 ardebs. (These are Egyptian units, given only for 

 comparison. ) It is a white variety, preferred to most others in Egypt because of its 

 extreme earliness and great productivity. It grows scarcely half as high as the Amer- 

 ican sorts. Here in Egypt the maize is broadcasted very thickly, much as we plant 

 fodder maize. The hill system is little known. Perhaps this and the irrigation sys- 

 tem used in the comparative test may account for the comparatively high yield of the 

 Egyptian. This variety should be tried in irrigated regions, such as those of southern 

 California, and a quantity should be reserved for experiments in the Colorado Desert." 

 ( Fairchild. ) 



6828. Quebrachia lorentzii. Quebracho Colorado. 



From Tucuman, Argentina. Presented by Mr. Joel Blarney, Huasan, Andal- 

 gala Catamarca, Argentina. Received July 5, 1901. 



"Large handsome trees, 40 to 50 feet high, found in the heavy river bottom forests 

 of Argentina and Paraguay, not yet introduced into this country. The wood is of a 

 red color, very hard, contains from 25 to 28 per cent of tannin, and is impervious to 

 weather conditions. Logs exposed for a hundred years are still sound. It is used in 

 Argentina for beams in house and bridge building, railroad ties, all kinds of posts, 

 and for tannin. There were imported into the United States in 1901 60,000 tons of 

 extract, worth nearly $300,000. Klipstein & Co., New York, state that 240,000 tons 

 of wood are also imported annually." (Harrison.) 



6829. Ebony tree. 



From Tucuman, Argentina. Received through Mr. Joel Blarney, Huasan, 

 Andalgala Catamarca, Argentina, July 5, 1901. 



6830. Viraris. 



From Tucuman, Argentina, Received through Mr. Joel Blarney, Huasan, 

 Andalgala Catamarca, Argentina, July 5, 1901. 



6831. Olea europaea. Olive. 



From Tunis, nurseries of M. G. Castet. Presented by Dr. L. Trabut, Govern- 

 ment Botanist of Algeria, through Mr. C. S. Scofleld. Received July 2, 1901. 



Chetoni or Octonbri. This is described by N. Minangoin as an oil olive " very com- 

 mon in northern Tunis at Tunis, Soliman, Tebourba, Bizerte, and Grombalia, where 

 it enters to at least the extent of two-thirds into the composition of the olive orchards." 

 (Bulletin de la Direction de V Agriculture et du Commerce, Regence de Tunis 6 No. 8, 

 January, 1901, p. 35, pi. 6, fig. 11. ) 



6832. Ficus carica. Caprifig. 



From Aidin, Asia Minor. Received through Mr. George C. Roeding, July 5, 1901. 

 "Very large caprifig from S. G. Magnisalis, Aidin." (Roeding. ) 



6833. Quercus aegilops. Valonia oak. 



From Nazli, Province of Smyrna, Asia Minor. Received through Mr. George 

 C. Roeding, July 5, 1901. 



This species of evergreen oak is the one furnishing the "Valonia" of commerce, 

 one of the best tanning materials known. The acorn cups are the parts containing 

 the tannin. 



