﻿B. 
  P. 
  I.— 
  625. 
  

  

  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED 
  DURING 
  THE 
  

   PERIOD 
  FROM 
  OCTOBER 
  1 
  TO 
  DECEMBER 
  

   31, 
  1909: 
  INVENTORY 
  NO. 
  21; 
  NOS. 
  26048 
  TO 
  

   26470. 
  

  

  INTRODUCTORY 
  STATEMENT. 
  

  

  Although 
  our 
  agricultural 
  explorer 
  Mr. 
  Frank 
  N. 
  Meyer 
  has 
  been 
  

   in 
  the 
  field 
  during 
  the 
  period 
  covered 
  by 
  this 
  inventory, 
  the 
  material 
  

   received 
  from 
  him 
  which 
  is 
  herein 
  recorded 
  is 
  but 
  a 
  small 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   work 
  performed 
  by 
  him. 
  He 
  has 
  been 
  investigating 
  the 
  prevalence 
  

   of 
  the 
  crown-gall 
  disease 
  of 
  the 
  apple 
  in 
  France 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  

   ascertaining 
  whether 
  the 
  French 
  have 
  resistant 
  stocks; 
  making 
  studies 
  

   in 
  the 
  English, 
  French, 
  German, 
  and 
  Russian 
  arboreta 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  

   of 
  familiarizing 
  himself 
  with 
  the 
  important 
  plants 
  and 
  plant 
  cultures 
  

   of 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan, 
  which 
  region 
  it 
  is 
  expected 
  he 
  will 
  explore 
  this 
  

   summer; 
  and 
  he 
  has 
  been 
  unexpectedly 
  delayed 
  for 
  six 
  weeks 
  in 
  St. 
  

   Petersburg. 
  This 
  office 
  is 
  negotiating 
  by 
  correspondence 
  for 
  the 
  

   valuable 
  material 
  he 
  has 
  reported 
  in 
  the 
  different 
  arboreta. 
  

  

  To 
  the 
  fruit 
  growers 
  the 
  question 
  of 
  better 
  stock 
  plants 
  is 
  of 
  great 
  

   importance 
  and 
  is 
  being 
  emphasized 
  more 
  strongly 
  now 
  than 
  ever 
  

   before. 
  To 
  such 
  as 
  are 
  working 
  on 
  the 
  problem, 
  the 
  introduction 
  

   from 
  Palestine, 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Aaron 
  Aaronsohn, 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  red-fruited 
  

   variety 
  of 
  haw, 
  Crataegus 
  azarolus 
  (Nos. 
  26116 
  and 
  26354), 
  will 
  be 
  

   interesting. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  used 
  successfully 
  both 
  in 
  Tunis 
  and 
  Pales- 
  

   tine 
  and 
  is 
  considered 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Aaronsohn 
  to 
  be 
  an 
  ideal 
  stock 
  for 
  

   dwarf 
  early 
  pears 
  in 
  our 
  arid 
  irrigated 
  regions 
  of 
  the 
  Southwest, 
  

   where 
  the 
  question 
  of 
  growing 
  early 
  pears 
  is 
  attracting 
  attention. 
  A 
  

   species 
  of 
  Photinia 
  (No. 
  26133) 
  from 
  western 
  China 
  is 
  sent 
  in 
  by 
  Mr. 
  

   Meyer, 
  who 
  suggests 
  its 
  use 
  as 
  a 
  possible 
  stock 
  for 
  the 
  loquat. 
  

  

  The 
  possibility 
  of 
  using 
  the 
  Chinese 
  brambles 
  for 
  the 
  production 
  

   of 
  new 
  types 
  of 
  raspberries 
  has 
  been 
  pointed 
  out 
  as 
  promising. 
  

   For 
  those 
  interested 
  in 
  this 
  field, 
  nine 
  species 
  of 
  Rubus 
  from 
  the 
  

   Yangtze 
  Valley 
  (Nos. 
  26270 
  to 
  26278), 
  collected 
  by 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  H. 
  Wilson, 
  

   of 
  the 
  Arnold 
  Arboretum, 
  are 
  likely 
  to 
  prove 
  of 
  very 
  considerable 
  

   interest. 
  

  

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