﻿12 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  26051 
  to 
  26054. 
  Glycine 
  hispida 
  (Moench) 
  Maxim. 
  Soy 
  bean. 
  

  

  From 
  Nanking, 
  China. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  F. 
  B. 
  Whitmore. 
  Received 
  September 
  

   13, 
  1909. 
  Numbered 
  October 
  4, 
  1909. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  26051. 
  Yellow. 
  26053. 
  Green. 
  

  

  26052. 
  Yellowish 
  green. 
  26054. 
  Black. 
  

  

  26055 
  to 
  26061. 
  Sacchabum 
  offictnarum 
  L. 
  Sugar 
  cane. 
  

  

  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Edward 
  W. 
  Knox, 
  general 
  manager 
  of 
  the 
  Colonial 
  Sugar 
  Refin- 
  

   ing 
  Company 
  (Limited), 
  Sydney, 
  New 
  South 
  Wales, 
  Australia. 
  Received 
  

   October 
  4, 
  1909. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Knox: 
  

  

  26055. 
  Striped 
  Singapore. 
  "Standard 
  variety, 
  medium 
  thickness, 
  medium 
  

   quality. 
  Very 
  similar 
  to 
  Rose 
  Bamboo, 
  but 
  striped 
  amber 
  and 
  red." 
  

  

  26056. 
  Rose 
  Bamboo. 
  "Standard 
  variety, 
  medium 
  tonnage 
  and 
  sweetness, 
  

   medium 
  thickness, 
  straw-rose 
  color." 
  

  

  "These 
  are 
  at 
  present 
  most 
  grown 
  in 
  the 
  drier 
  districts 
  of 
  Fiji, 
  being 
  of 
  very 
  

   fair 
  weight 
  and 
  sweetness. 
  According 
  to 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  Clark 
  (one 
  of 
  our 
  officers 
  who 
  

   recently 
  paid 
  a 
  visit 
  to 
  Demerara 
  and 
  Barbados) 
  Striped 
  Singapore 
  is 
  the 
  

   striped 
  variant 
  of 
  the 
  cane 
  called 
  White 
  Transparent 
  in 
  the 
  West 
  Indies; 
  Rose 
  

   Bamboo 
  is 
  an 
  allied 
  cane 
  which 
  is 
  very 
  nearly 
  identical 
  with 
  White 
  Transparent, 
  

   the 
  latter 
  being 
  called 
  Yellow 
  Singapore 
  in 
  Fiji. 
  The 
  obvious 
  difference 
  

   between 
  Rose 
  Bamboo 
  and 
  Yellow 
  Singapore 
  is 
  that 
  the 
  latter 
  is 
  somewhat 
  

   thicker 
  in 
  the 
  stalk 
  and 
  arrows 
  very 
  freely, 
  while 
  the 
  former 
  rarely 
  flowers." 
  

  

  26057. 
  Badila. 
  "Best 
  variety 
  in 
  Fiji 
  and 
  Queensland. 
  Very 
  heavy 
  and 
  

   very 
  sweet, 
  thick, 
  purple." 
  

  

  26058. 
  Mohona. 
  "Early 
  maturing, 
  successful 
  variety 
  in 
  New 
  South 
  Wales, 
  

   but 
  dies 
  off 
  early 
  in 
  the 
  season 
  in 
  tropical 
  Queensland 
  and 
  Fiji; 
  rather 
  thin, 
  

   purple; 
  white 
  bloom." 
  

  

  "These 
  have 
  been 
  obtained 
  from 
  New 
  Guinea. 
  Badila 
  is 
  a 
  dark-purple 
  

   cane 
  of 
  stout 
  build, 
  giving 
  heavy 
  and 
  sweet 
  crops 
  under 
  favorable 
  conditions, 
  

   but 
  being 
  a 
  slow 
  grower 
  at 
  the 
  start. 
  Mohona 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  lighter 
  purple 
  color, 
  of 
  

   medium 
  size 
  and 
  yield, 
  attaining 
  high 
  sweetness 
  when 
  comparatively 
  young, 
  

   readily 
  going 
  back 
  in 
  quality 
  in 
  the 
  Tropics, 
  but 
  much 
  more 
  enduring 
  in 
  semi- 
  

   tropical 
  districts. 
  It 
  supplies 
  very 
  fertile 
  seeds." 
  

  

  26059. 
  HQ. 
  10. 
  "Fairly 
  sweet 
  variety, 
  fair 
  tonnage, 
  seedling 
  raised 
  from 
  

   Mohona 
  by 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  Clark 
  at 
  Hambledon, 
  Queensland. 
  Thin, 
  olive-green." 
  

  

  26060. 
  HQ. 
  50. 
  "Seedling 
  raised 
  from 
  Mohona; 
  rather 
  thin, 
  purple; 
  white 
  

   bloom; 
  good 
  cropper; 
  good 
  quality; 
  raised 
  at 
  Hambledon, 
  Queensland." 
  

   "These 
  are 
  both 
  sweet 
  and 
  have 
  given 
  fair 
  crops 
  so 
  far 
  when 
  tried 
  on 
  small 
  

  

  areas 
  only." 
  

  

  26061. 
  Couve 
  87. 
  "This 
  is 
  a 
  thick, 
  purple 
  Mauritius 
  seedling, 
  giving 
  a 
  

   heavy 
  crop, 
  which 
  is 
  somewhat 
  discounted 
  by 
  shortcomings 
  as 
  regards 
  

   quality. 
  Seed 
  from 
  this 
  variety 
  is 
  more 
  fertile 
  than 
  that 
  from 
  any 
  other 
  

   known 
  by 
  us." 
  

  

  26062 
  to 
  26065. 
  Musa 
  textilis 
  Nee. 
  Manila 
  hemp. 
  

  

  From 
  Davao, 
  Mindanao, 
  Philippine 
  Islands. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  M. 
  M. 
  Saleeby, 
  

   in 
  charge 
  of 
  fiber 
  plants, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  Manila, 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Lyster 
  

   H. 
  Dewey. 
  Received 
  October 
  4, 
  1909. 
  

  

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