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SF.F.DS AND PLANTS IMPORTKD. 



21308 to 21310. Gladiolus sp. Gladiolus. 



Prom Nylstroom (Waterberg). Transvaal. Received from Harlow, Chan- 

 dler & Ck)., Bdeo Nurseries, September i<», 1907. 



The following gladioli were procured Cor Mr. T. n. Kearney's cytological work : 

 21308 i I'-.. 0. & Co. No. L); 21309 (!'... O. & Co. No. 2); 21310 (B., C. & Co. 

 No. 3.). 



21311. Zl A MAYS. 



Corn. 



From Bloemfontein, Orange River Colony. Presented by Mr. S. Galbraith, 

 governmenl agronomist, through Prof. C. V. Piper. Received September 

 II. 1907. 



Apache. "The ApacJn corn from central America promises to revolutionize 

 <>ur alie (corn) production. This year I bad only one-twentieth acre grow- 

 big and the yields are very great, being 7,660 pounds (cobs and gram) per acre, 

 a marvelous yield for this country, since the average yield is aboul ■"> to m 

 sacks (203 pounds) per morgen. Should the Ipache mealle continue to yield 

 as at presenl I will have some satisfaction after so much dlsappolntmenl from 



droughl and loCUStS. 1 mighl slate that the weights quoted are those of the 



newly bar • i Oalbraith, t 



21312 to 21316. 



Prom Pretoria, Transvaal. Presented by 1 

 ■ iL-i-t and botanist, Transvaal Departmenl 

 i '. \ . Piper. Received September 9, L907. 



21312. < 'HLORIS VTBQ \i \. 



21313. ERAGBOS*] is CUBVD1 \. 



21314. ( 'II Al |0( III \ M'.KIHOS- 



1K1S. 



of. .1. Burtl Davy, agrostol- 

 »f Agriculture, through Prof. 



21315. ('mollis cav.vna. 



21316. PASPAI.UM SCROBICULA- 

 TTJM. 



21317. BAMBUSA aim m»i\ \< i:a. 



Bamboo. 



From Sibpur, Calcutta, India. Presented i>y Capt. A. T. Gage, superin- 

 tendent, Royal Botanic Garden, through Mr. David Fairchild. Received 

 September 13, 1907. 



'This plant is found growing throughout India. Burma, and Ceylon, except 

 in the Himalayan and sub-Himalayan trad and the valleys of the Ganges and 

 the Indus: often cultivated and very ornamental. 



"A magnificenl S] ios. al <■ recognized by its thorns and its peculiar culm 



sheaths. The culms are rather soft wooded though stout, and are bright 

 green. They reach 80 to P«» feel In height and 6 to 7 inches in diameter, and 

 have cavities in diameter nearly one-third of that of the culms. The forests 

 are difficult to wrk because the culms interlace so much and are so mucl 

 mixed up with thorny branchlets that they can not easily be extracted singly. 

 They are used for building, mats, baskets, and all sorts of purposes. Flower- 

 ing years occur at intervals of about thirty years in any given locality, and tht 

 seed is eagerly sought for as food. The leaves are sometimes attacked by an 

 aphid, Oregma bambusae, which covers them with a black, sticky gum. Weight 



of w 1. 45 to 50 pounds per cubic foot." (Gamble, Manual of Indiar 



Timber*.) 



" This bamboo certainly endures a temperature of 40° F. and it is believed 

 that it would stand a few degrees of frost, as it grows well at Dehre Dun, 

 where a slight frost is occasionally experienced." (IF. W. Smith, of the Royal 

 Botanic Garden.) 



Chupon. 



Received Sep- 



21318. Greigia sphacelata. 



From Coronel, Chile. Presented by Mr. Teodoro Finger, 

 teniber 12, 1907. 



" ' Chupon de Chile.' Fruit edible and odorous ; people are very fond of it. 

 Prefers wet soil, not too poor, and not too cold or hot." (Finger.) 

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