7rt SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPOETED. 



12001 to 12018 Continued 



12010. Crimean. 



( i-rown from seed originally imported in quantity of over 14,000 bushels 

 from the Crimea in 1901 by the millers of Kansas and Oklahoma. ('. I. 

 No. 1559. 



12011. 



Banal. 



frown from S. P. 1. No. 5496. (' 



1. No. 



1560 



12012. 



Harsh,. 



Grown from S. 1'. 1. No. 5498. ( 



'. I. X. 



. 156 



12013. 



Turkey. 



< frown from CI. No. 1558. 







Tlit- best grade of this variety was grown near Halstead, Kans., from 

 seed originally from the Crimea. A sample was planted in the experi- 

 ment plats at Halstead in the autumn of L901 for future experiment. 



12014. Weissenberg. (irown from S. 1'. I. No. 5499. ('. I. No. 1563. 



12015. Pesterboden. < irown from s. 1". I. X,,. 5500. ( '. 1. No: 156:!. 

 12016 to 12018. Panici m miliaceum. Broom-corn millet. 



12016. Red Voronezh. Grown from S. P. I. No. 9424. Original seed 



from Russia. 



12017. Black Voronezh. Grown from S. P. I. No. 9425. Originated 



from Russia. 



12018. /.'.-/ Orenburg. Grown from S. 1'. 1. Xo. UVS.\. Original seed 



from Russia. 



12019. GrARCTNIA XANTHOCHYMUS. 



From Honolulu, Hawaii. Presented by Mr. G. P. Wilder. Received October 

 31, L904. 



"Fruits from a tree growing in the Government nursery of Honolulu. Sent for 

 identification. This species is promising as a stock upon which to graft the mango- 

 sieen. Its fruits have an agreeable acid flavor." t Fairchild. ) 



12020. PoRTULACARlA afra. Spek-boom. 



From Durban, Natal. Received thru Messrs. Lathrop and Fairchild ( Xo. 1097, 

 February 8, I'm:; . November 9, L904. 



" A native South African shrub or small tree with succulent shoots which, accord- 

 ing to von Miiller, has been tested lor many years in Australia, and which Mr. John 

 M. Wood, of the Durban Botanic Garden, says has been sent to Algeria for experi- 

 mental purposes; The shoots are said to be keenly relished by live stock, and the 

 plant is reported to grow on dry, waste places without requiring attention. The cut- 

 tings take root easily, and von Miiller says that the plant may even be propagated 

 from the leaves. The range of this species is not known by the writer, but it will 

 probably thrive only in a frostless region. The plant grows on hot, rocky slopes, 

 preferably of doleritic nature. Plant on stony ridges or in sandy, desert soil. This 

 species deserves to be given a wide distribution in regions where it will grow wild,, 

 and should be called to the attention of those interested in the cattle-range question 

 of Arizona and Hawaii. These cuttings were donated by Mr. Wood." (Fairchild.) 



12021. Garcixia coohixchixexsis. 



From Durban, Natal. Received thru Messrs. Lathrop and Fairchild (No. 1102, 

 Februarys, 1903), November 9, 1904. 



"This tree is a more vigorous one and easier to adapt to cultivation than G. man- 

 gostana, the true mangosteen. It is also a heavier bearer, and it is valuable in con- 

 nection with experiments on the cultivation of the mangosteen in Porto Rico and 

 Hawaii. The fruit is a golden-yellow color, one- seeded, with characteristic acid- 

 flavored pulp. Most people do not care for the taste of this fruit, but the writer found 

 the fruits most refreshing, and Mr. Wood, of the Botanic Gardens in Durban, who 

 kindly donated the seeds, says that a former governor of Natal was very fond of 

 them. Trees of this species should be raised in gardens in Florida, Porto Rico, and 

 Hawaii accessible for breeding and grafting experiments. It may prove a good stock 

 for the mangosteen. ' ' ( Fairchild. ) 

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