12 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



19111 to 19115— Continued. 



19113. Aristotelia MACQUI. 



" Spanish name Maqui. A beautiful evergreen bush or tree which pro- 

 duces a small, reddish black fruit of the size of a pepper. The juice of 

 this fruit is used for coloring wine, and is therefore imported in large 

 quantities to Europe, Argentina, and Peru. It has a sweet-acid taste. 

 The plant prefers alluvial soil along river banks and would pay to be 

 cultivated." ( Finger.) 



" The berries of this plant though small have the pleasant taste of 

 billberries and are largely consumed in Chile. The plant would thrive 

 in mild forest valleys." (F. v. Mueller.) 



19114. Saxegothaea conspicua. 



" Spanish name Mnniu. This is one of the prettiest Chilean forest trees, 

 growing to a height of 18 meters in dense forests. It is a tree greatly 

 appreciated for its ornamental value in the south of Chile." {Finger'.) 



"The Mahin of southern Chile ami Patagonia. A medium-sized tree 

 with line-grained, yellowish timber." (F. v. Mueller.) 



19115. GlJEVlNA aveli.a.na. Chilean nut. 



"Spanish aame Avellana. This is a tree of great beauty and worth 

 cultivating Cor its splendid dark green foliage and red. edible fruits. I 

 consider this one id' the two prettiest Chilean forest trees. It blossoms 



and bears through the whole year. It should be planted in shady places 

 and requires continual rains." Winner.) 



"The evergreen hazel tr< f Chile, extending to the Chonos Archipel- 

 ago (45 lat. south), one of the most beautiful trees in existence, attain-] 

 iug a beighl of 30 feel. The snowy white flower spikes are produced 

 simultaneously with the ripening of the coral-red fruit. In the colder 

 southern regions the tree attains considerable dimensions. The wood 

 is tougb and elastic and used partly for boat building." (F. v. Mueller.) 



19116. (iossvi'u m niKsiTiM. Cotton. 



From Deesa, Etajputana, India. Received through Mr. Frank Benton, 

 apicultural investigator. Q. S. Department of Agriculture, July 20, 1906. 



"(No. 84.) Tree cotton seed. The tree reaches, under favorable conditions, 

 4 to 5$ feet six months after planting seed; yields the first year 400 to 800 

 pounds of cotton per acre and four times this after the second year, or 5 to 10 

 pounds per tree of clean cotton during twenty years or over. Said to have been 

 ranked in Liverpool markets by experts as superfine; white staple, 1^ to 1J 

 in. hes in length ; value £ penny per pound above American middling." (Benton.) 



19117 and 19118. Mangifera ixdica. Mango. 



From West Palm Beach, Fla. Received through Mr. John B. Beach, 

 August 23, 1906. 



19117. Fernandez. 19118. Goa Alfrjos. 



19119. Arisaema macrospathum. 



From Cuernavaca, Mexico. Presented by Mr. C. G. Pringle, August 27, 

 1906. 



" Conns collected in the ' Pedregal,' near Cuernavaca." (Pringle.) 



19120. Beta maritima. 



From Sicily. Presented by Dr. Carl Sprenger, Hortus Botanicus Vomer- 

 ensis, Naples-Vomero, through Mr. David Fairchild. Received August 

 27, 1906. 



" Beta cicla seeds from Sicily, collected in a wild state and never before culti- 

 vated. It is said to be true Beta cicla, but I believe it is the true Beta maritima . 

 really in a wild state, whilst the cicla is more escaped." (Sprenger.) 

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