24 SEEDS ANh PLANTS [MPORTED. 



25894 to 25897 Continued. 



25896. Prunus pi I'Ium Roxb. Cherry. 

 Distribution, — A tree, Dative of the northern part of India, extending from 



i lie ln< lus to sikkiin. usually a i an elevation of between 2,500 and 7,000 feet. 



25897. V\ ri - sp. Pear. 

 "These seeds were collected from wild Himalayan frail tree.-, growing al an eleva- 

 tion of 7,000 feel aboul Simla." i Cotes.) 



25898 to 25901. Vicia i aba L. Horse bean. 



Prom United Provinces, India. Presented by Mr. 'P. 1'. Main. Deputy Director 

 of Agriculture, Poona, Bombaj Presidency. Received August 27, 1909. 

 "Tin- three lasl numbers Beem to I"- of one variety collected from differenl villages, 

 while the fire! is quite different." I Main.) 



25902 and 25903. Vicia faba 1.. Horse bean. 



From Egypt. Presented by Mi George I' Foaden, secretary, Khedivial Agri- 

 cultural Society, Cairo. Received August 28, 1909. 

 Seeds of the following; notes by Mr. Poaden. 



25902. Saidi. Planted in Upper Egypt under basin irrigation. 



25903. Beheri. Planted in Lower Egypt under canal irrigation. 



'Ill,-,- are the -aim- variety, l>ni recognized bj the cultivators a- being cultivated 

 under t\\" different sj stems of irrigation. 



25904 to 25907. Vicia faba I. Horse bean. 



I'll, in Prieeland Province, Holland. Presented by Dr. M. Greshoff, Koloniaal 

 Mu-i •inn. Haarlem, Holland. Received August 6, 1909. 



25908. .\h i:i. \ \ \..i Thunb. 



From Tangsi, China. Procured by Re's Al,\.u>d,r K.-nin-dy, at tin- request nf 

 Mr. Frank N. Meyer. Received Augusl 21, 1909. 

 SeeS. P. 1. Nos. 22977 and 22904 to 22906 for descriptions. 



"These seeds are for 3tocks; better varieties are to be grafted on to them later. The 

 plants are exceedingly hard to transplant. The trees thrive wherever the loquat 

 dm-..'' Meyer.) 



25909. MiMrsoi's kaiki L. " Adam's-apple." 

 From Lawang, Java. Presented by Mr. M. Buysman, Hortus tenggerensis. 



Received Augusl 26, 1909. 

 A large tree, native of India, the Malay Archipelago, and Australia. The fruit 

 resembles Zizyphus jujuba in Haver, and is edible. The wood is rod, finegrained, 

 and easy to work. 



25910. Vigxa unguictjlata (L.) Walp. Cowpea. 



From Entebbe, Uganda. British East Africa. Presented by the Botanical, For- 

 estry, and Scientific Department. Received August 26, 1909. 

 Brown. There seem to be several varieties in this lot. 



25911 and 25912. 



From Lai Bagh, Bangalore, India. Presented by Mr. G. A. Gammie, Imperial 

 Cotton Specialist, Kirkee, India, at the request of Mr. J. Mollison, Inspector- 

 General of Agriculture in India. Received August 30, 1909. 

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