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  26048 
  and 
  26049. 
  Prunus 
  spp. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  Himalayas. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  Shearer, 
  Assistant 
  Inspector-General 
  

   of 
  Agriculture 
  in 
  India, 
  Nagpur, 
  Central 
  Provinces, 
  India. 
  Received 
  October 
  

   2, 
  1909. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  26048. 
  Prunus 
  armeniaca 
  L. 
  Apricot. 
  

   u 
  Shari. 
  A 
  nursery 
  of 
  shari 
  plants 
  is 
  prepared 
  in 
  January 
  each 
  year. 
  The 
  

  

  soil 
  is 
  first 
  dug, 
  properly 
  cleaned, 
  and 
  manured; 
  ditches 
  are 
  then 
  made 
  about 
  

   4 
  inches 
  deep 
  and 
  the 
  seeds 
  are 
  put 
  in 
  and 
  covered 
  with 
  earth. 
  These 
  seeds 
  

   germinate 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  March. 
  

  

  " 
  These 
  plants 
  are 
  then 
  transplanted 
  where 
  desired 
  in 
  January 
  next, 
  i. 
  e., 
  

   after 
  one 
  year. 
  They 
  are 
  planted 
  in 
  pits 
  dug 
  deep 
  enough 
  and 
  are 
  watered 
  

   every 
  second 
  or 
  third 
  day 
  until 
  they 
  take 
  root 
  in 
  the 
  ground. 
  Shari 
  plants 
  

   when 
  grafted 
  with 
  aru 
  (peach) 
  give 
  a 
  better 
  variety 
  of 
  shari 
  fruit." 
  (Shearer.) 
  

  

  26049. 
  Prunus 
  sp. 
  Plum. 
  

   " 
  Aloocha. 
  The 
  season 
  and 
  process 
  of 
  sowing 
  this 
  seed 
  are 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  that 
  of 
  

  

  shari 
  (apricot) 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  26048). 
  

  

  "Jamun 
  (wild 
  cherry) 
  and 
  aru 
  (peach) 
  when 
  grafted 
  on 
  aloocha 
  plants 
  pro- 
  

   duce 
  fine 
  varieties 
  of 
  jamun 
  and 
  aru, 
  respectively." 
  (Shearer.) 
  

  

  26050. 
  Aleurites 
  trisperma 
  Blanco. 
  Banucalag. 
  

  

  From 
  Philippine 
  Islands. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Elmer 
  D. 
  Merrill, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Science, 
  

   Manila. 
  Received 
  October 
  2, 
  1909. 
  

  

  "As 
  there 
  are 
  probably 
  no 
  live 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  in 
  America 
  to-day, 
  these 
  

   seeds 
  were 
  procured 
  to 
  grow 
  plants 
  for 
  trial 
  in 
  the 
  tropical 
  possessions 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  

   States. 
  A 
  portion 
  of 
  them 
  will 
  also 
  be 
  used 
  for 
  the 
  expression 
  of 
  a 
  sample 
  of 
  oil 
  to 
  

   be 
  tested 
  in 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Chemistry 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  

   in 
  Washington 
  in 
  comparison 
  with 
  oils 
  derived 
  from 
  other 
  species 
  of 
  Aleurites. 
  

  

  "This 
  species, 
  which 
  yields 
  a 
  valuable 
  drying 
  oil, 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  Philippines; 
  so 
  

   far 
  as 
  known, 
  it 
  is 
  restricted 
  to 
  these 
  islands 
  and 
  is 
  comparatively 
  rare 
  but 
  quite 
  gen- 
  

   erally 
  distributed. 
  This 
  plant 
  is 
  botanically 
  known 
  as 
  Aleurites 
  trisperma 
  Blanco, 
  

   but 
  carries 
  also 
  the 
  synonym 
  Aleurites 
  saponaria 
  Blanco. 
  It 
  is 
  known 
  locally 
  as 
  

   'banucalag,' 
  'lumbang 
  banucalag,' 
  ' 
  lumbang 
  banucalad,' 
  'baguilumban,' 
  'calumban,' 
  

   or 
  ' 
  lumbang 
  gubat, 
  ' 
  besides 
  having 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  other 
  names 
  in 
  the 
  different 
  provinces. 
  

   It 
  is 
  much 
  mixed 
  and 
  confused 
  with 
  the 
  true 
  lumbang 
  (Aleurites 
  moluccana), 
  espe- 
  

   cially 
  when 
  information 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  it 
  is 
  sought. 
  

  

  "Aleurites 
  trisperma 
  belongs 
  to 
  the 
  same 
  section 
  of 
  Aleurites 
  as 
  the 
  Chinese 
  and 
  

   Japanese 
  species; 
  this 
  may 
  readily 
  be 
  seen 
  by 
  comparing 
  the 
  seeds 
  and 
  foliage 
  of 
  

   these 
  three 
  plants. 
  The 
  seeds 
  resemble 
  those 
  of 
  Aleurites 
  fordii, 
  while 
  the 
  leaves 
  

   resemble 
  those 
  of 
  Aleurites 
  cordata. 
  The 
  seeds 
  are 
  somewhat 
  larger, 
  however, 
  than 
  

   those 
  of 
  the 
  China 
  wood-oil 
  tree, 
  besides 
  being 
  thicker 
  shelled 
  and 
  of 
  a 
  distinct 
  brick- 
  

   red 
  color." 
  (W.Fischer.) 
  

  

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