DECEMBER, 1903, TO DECEMBER, 1905. 195 



15372. COLOCASIA ANTIQUOKUM ESCULENTUM. TarO. 



From Mayaguez, P. K. Received thru Mr. H. C. Henricksen, Agricultural 

 Experiment Station, August 15, 1905. 



"This is one of the 40(?) varieties of taro cultivated in Hawaii. Roots of this 

 variety, called Japanese, were sent from the Hawaiian Experiment Station to the 

 Porto Rico Experiment Station in 1903. It does not compare favorably in Porto 

 Rico with the Trinidad taro of the same type." {Barrett.) 



15373. COLOCASIA ANTIQUOKUM ESCULENTUM. Taro. 



From Mayaguez, P. R. Received thru Mr. H. C. Henricksen, Agricultural 

 Experiment Station, August 15, 1905. 



"This variety is known as the Royal taro in Hawaii. It is one of the few true 

 taros having purplish roots. The Porto Rico Experiment Station received this 

 variety in 1903 from the Hawaiian P]xperiment Station, but it did not grow satisfac- 

 torily in the testing plats at Mayaguez, P. R." (Barrett. ) 



15374. Arracacia esculenta. Apio. 



From Ponce, P. R. Received thru Mr. J. W. van Leenhoff, August 15, 1905. 



" Tho this plant is not cultivated in Porto Rico so widely as in Venezuela, it always 

 sells for a good price in the local market. It grows better in elevated districts, pre- 

 ferring a cool, moist situation. Partial shade seems to be beneficial at low elevations. 

 It should be treated like carrots." (Barrett.) 



15375. Pyrus sp. Pear. 



From Shanghai, China. Received thru Rev. J. M. W. Farnham, August 16, 1905. 



15376. Rubus sp. Raspberry. 



From Shanghai, China. Received thru Rev. J. M. W. Farnham, August 16, 1905. 



"A berry growing wild on the mountains about 150 miles southwest of Shanghai. 

 The fruit is a little larger than the red raspberry which grows in New England, and 

 has not quite so strong a raspberry flavor." (Farnham. ) 



15377 to 15422. 



From Mayaguez, P. R. Received from Mr. H. C. Henricksen, of the Porto Rico 

 Experiment Station, thru O. W. Barrett, August 15, 1905. 



These varieties comprise a large part of the collection made by Mr. O. W. Barrett 

 while botanist of that station. 



15377. Xanthosoma sp. Yautia. 



Guayamera Verde. "A dwarf yautia with pink tubers of first quality; not 

 widely cultivated. ' ' ( Barrett. ) 



15378. Caladium sp. 



Brava. "A weed in fields. Leaves have a coppery luster. The grated 

 yellow corm is used to kill maggots in sores on cattle." (Barrett.) 



15379. Xanthosoma sp. Yautia. 



Orqueta. "A small yautia with whitish petioles and pale leaves; the tuber 

 is hard, yellow, and of second quality; cultivated in but few districts in Porto 

 Rico." (Barrett.) 



15380. Xanthosoma "sp. Yautia. 



"A yautia received from the Botanic Gardens, Aburi, Gold Coast, West 

 Africa; it is apparently identical with one of the Jamaican varieties and was 

 very probably introduced into Africa from the West Indies." (Barrett.) 



15381. Colocasia sp. Taro. 



Malanga 2. "Presented to the Porto Rico Experiment Station by Mr. E. 

 Andre, of Trinidad." (Barrett.) 



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