24 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



19367. Ai (.l.i maemelos. Bengal quince. 



From Honolulu, Hawaii. Received through Mr. J. <;. Smith, of the Agri- 

 cultural Experiment Station, November ."», 1006. 



Sometimes called Elephant Apple, Man don. or Bhel Fruit. 



19368. Hicoria laciniosa. Big- shagbark hickory. 

 Prom Columbia, Mo. Presented by Mr. C. C. Bateman, October 17. 1906. 



19369. Nymphaeasd. Pond lily. 



Prom Harllgen, Tex. Presented i>y Mr. Chester B. Davis, November 6, 1906. 



"These lilies are said to bear most beautiful (lowers and very large ones. 

 The leaves are larger than those of No. 19260. The two lots were aol from the 

 Barae localitj ." i Davis, i 



19370. Sm ii n m in le. Chayote. 



Pr Saltillo, Mexico. Received through Mr. J. R. Sllliman, October 30, 



1906. 



• - .\ spiny variety of the Mexican chayote, secured f<>r distribution among 

 vegetable growers in the South as a possible aew paying vegetable." (Fair- 

 child.) 



19371. Pebsea [ndica. 



From Canary islands. Presented by i>r. A. Robertson-Proschowsky, Nice, 

 France. Received Novembers, 1906. 



notes to s. P. I. Nob. l 1498 and 16133.) 



19373. Tank i u i i i:\ah m. Ukoka grass. 



From Zanzibar, British Bag Africa. Presented by Mr. R. N. Lyne, di- 

 rector, Department of Agriculture. Received November 5, L906. 



"Native name Ukoka. The grass Is a creeper; grows wild and luxuriantly 

 nn the plantations, all '-lasses of stock being very fond of it. It is the only 

 forage grass on this island gathered and supplied to stock, it enjoys a light 

 loamy soil and requires abundanl rain. I believe that in humid localities you 

 would find it most valuable forage." (.Lyne.) 



19376. Musa bapjentum. Banana. 



From Oneco, Fla. Received through Mr. E. N. Reasoner November 12, 

 1906. 

 Large Figue. 



19377 to 19380. Persea grattssima. Avocado. 



From Hawaii. Seedling avocados grown from seeds taken from fruits 

 shipped to the Office of Pomological Investigations of the Bureau of 

 Plant Industry in 1904 ; turned over to the Office of Seed and Plant 

 Introduction aud Distribution on November 7, 1006. 



" The fruits from which these seeds were taken were of excellent quality, 

 those of Nos. 19379 and 19380 being exceptionally fine. The quality of No. 

 19380 was, I think, the finest of any avocado I have tasted, notwithstanding its 

 long journey in cold storage to San Francisco, express from there to Lodi, iced 

 car from there to New York, and express from New York to Washington, 

 which variable temperature and surroundings are, of course, likely to injure 

 the flavor and quality of any such fruit." (Taylor.) 

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