32 SEEKS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



24146. Asparagus filicinus giraldii C. II. Wright. 



From Florence, [taly. Presented l>y Mr. Pasquale Bauarini, director, Orto 



Botanico del R. tnstituto de Studi Superiori, via Romana 19. Received 



November L3, L908. 



"The form known in gardens as variety Giraldii is characterized l>y its large, broad, 



green phylloclades, usually borne in groups of five, and the Bolitary green 



flowers produced on very Blender pedicels much longer than the phylloclades. The 



flower buds are brownish. This form bas been collected in china in the Province of 



Shensi by Pere < iiraldi and in Szechwan and Bupeh by Dr. Aug. Eenry. 



"The species is a very variable one, and three varieties of il are enumerated in 



India, \i. ::r>, bul the variety Giraldii has larger phylloclades 



than either of these." [Charles Henry Wright, in Th< Gardeners Chronicle, August 15, 



24147. Malpighia guadalajarensis (Wats.) Rose. 



From fxtlan del Rio, Tepic, Mexico, Presented bj Mr. Alfred Lonergan, through 

 Mr. Frederic Chisolm. Received November 12, L908. 



r Manzana del Cerro (mountain apple . A low-growing tree, with 

 small edible fruits of a taste resembling thai of the apple. Grows wild on the steep, 

 rough mountain sides in the eastern pari of Tepic Territory and along the contiguous 

 western border of the State of Jalisco, Mexico The bark is used in 'aim inn, and these 

 fruits wen' imported to be planted at Brownsville, Tex., and Miami. Fla., to grow 

 tree- for this pur] olm. 



24148 to 24154. Pi \i< \ granati m L. Pomegranate. 



From Sidon, Syria. Procured by Mr. < I. Bie Ka\ udal, American consul-general, 



Beirut, Syria, from Mohamed Effendi Dada, gardener. Received November 

 13, 

 The following cuttings: 



24148. - 24152. Mawardi. 



24149. Malissah. 24153. Mull ,1 Bagel. 



24150. Bint .1 B 24154. Seify. 



24151. Zaffani. 



"Perhaps the mosl popular varieties of sweet pomegranates grown here are the 

 Malissah (S. P. 1. No. 241 19 and the B i S. P. I. No. 24150). The Mawardi 



(S. P. I. No. 24152 is also rather sweet, bul considered slightly inferior to the varieties 

 already mentioned, so also the Muhl i - P. J. No. 24153), the latter as well as 



the Zaffani (S. P. 1. No. 24151 is somewhat tart, but notasacidastheSwneiira/(S. P. I. 

 No. 24148 . The Seify (S. P. I. No.24154)is well thought of in Syria. It is found in 

 the Damascus region, as well as in the vicinity of Sidon. 



"When seeds are planted the trees will be wild and require grafting, while cuttings 

 will produce trees of the variety of the cuttings. Pomegranates out here thrive on 

 shade and water. Rats are very fond of the fruit and climb the trees for meals, leaving 

 the shells of the fruit hanging quite empty/' (Ravndal.) 



24155 to 24165. 



From Szechwan Province, China. Secured by Mr. E. H. Wilson, of the Arnold 

 Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, Mass., in cooperation with this Department. Re- 

 ceived October and November, 1908. 



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