10 SKIDS ANH PLANTS IMPORTED. 



19089 and 19090. Manciit.ka indica. Mango. 



From Miami, Fla. Received through the Subtropical Laboratory and 

 Garden, Augusl 10, 1906. 



19089. Mulgoba. 19090. No. II. 



19093. < i N 111 M «.N BMO n. 



l ' r< • 1 1 1 Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by Dr. M. Treub, director of the 

 Departmenl of Agriculture, through Mr. Walter Fischer. Received Au- 

 gusl 15, l '.">(•,. 



"A ii- f erecl habil growing in the Easl Indian Archipelago, whore it is 



frequently cultivated; fruits edible. The leaves are also eaten when boiled, 

 wiiii irdage is made from the bast of the trunk, imported nol for its eco- 

 nomic value, t'ui for the interesting problems in morphology which it presents." 



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19094. Persea gratissima. Avocado. 



From Key Largo, Fla. Received through Mr. Edward Gottfried, Augusl 

 I.".. 1906. 



s i- .ii' a iyi r avocado described as follows: 



"Shape, ovoid to roundish, obliquity marked. Seed medium, fitting very 

 t i ir 1 1 1 1 \ in cavity and having a closely adherent seed coal which does n<>i remain 

 .attached t" cavity wall upon removal of seed. Flesh comparatively thick, 

 practically flberless; relatively large proportion of 'green.' Flavor medium 



t" g I. skin more granular than leathery, thickish, separating readily from 



pulp. Name suggested for tins variety, 'Gottfried.'" (Barrett.) 



19095. Xanthosoma sp. Yautia. 

 From Santa Barbara, Cal. Presented by Dr. F. Franceschi, of the South- 

 ern California Acclimatization Society. Received Augusl IT, 1906. 



"Offsets of the Linares, N. I... Mexico, yautia. Probably identical with 

 s. P. i. No. 171 i'.'." i Bam u.\ 



19096 and 19097. 



I'n. in 1 1. 'in:! I inn. India. Received through Mr. Frank Benton, apicultural 

 Investigator, t . s. Departmenl of Agriculture, August 16, 1906. 



19096. Cassia sp. 



•■ Seeds of a tree commonly grown for ornamenl and shade on the plains 

 of India and iij. t<> an altitude of 3,500 tori : bears large yellow hios- 



BOmS." [H'i>t',r.\ 



19097. TEEMINALIA ai;.m\a. 



"A shade and ornamental tree growing commonly in the plains — the 

 holiest portions of India, ii will also -low at an elevation of 4,000 feet 

 ill India. Inn will not stand s,-\cyr cold. The wood is useful and the 

 blossoms, which are very sweet scented, are freely visited by bees for 

 honey. The s.-ed i< very difficult to germinate. Probably it should be 

 plunged int" boiling water." {Benton.) 



19098 to 19103. Oryza sativa. Rice. 



From Amani, German East Africa. Presented by Prof. Dr. A. Zinimermann, 

 of the Biologisch Landwirtschaftliches Institute. Received August 20, 

 1906. 

 A collection of rice samples, the first five of which are from Neu Lanzenburg, 

 Tenyika District, and the last one from Ujiji, German East Africa. The num- 

 bers in parentheses are those assigned by Doctor Zimmerman. 



19098. Sihara. (No. 138.) 19101. Guindimba. (No. 143.) 



19099. Hadji jakunjwa. (No. 19102. (No. 144.) 



13 9-) 19103. (No. 145.) 



19100. Mpungara. (No. 142.) 

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