﻿OCTOBER 
  1 
  TO 
  DECEMBER 
  31, 
  1909. 
  27 
  

  

  26207. 
  Protea 
  mellifera 
  Thunb. 
  

  

  From 
  Durban, 
  Natal, 
  South 
  Africa. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Prof. 
  J. 
  Medley 
  Wood, 
  director, 
  

  

  Botanic 
  Gardens. 
  Received 
  November 
  8, 
  1909. 
  

   A 
  South 
  African 
  bush, 
  useful 
  both 
  as 
  an 
  ornamental 
  and 
  as 
  a 
  bee 
  plant. 
  

  

  26208. 
  Solanum 
  tuberosum 
  L. 
  Potato. 
  

  

  From 
  Solomon, 
  Alaska. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  T. 
  Brown. 
  Received 
  October 
  14, 
  1909. 
  

   "Tubers 
  round 
  to 
  oblong, 
  flattened; 
  skin 
  deep 
  flesh 
  color; 
  eyes 
  few 
  and 
  shallow." 
  

  

  (W. 
  V. 
  Shear.) 
  

  

  26209 
  to 
  26223. 
  Citrus 
  spp. 
  

  

  From 
  Sawbridgeworth, 
  Herts, 
  England. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  Thomas 
  Rivers 
  & 
  Son, 
  

   at 
  the 
  request 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Walter 
  T. 
  Swingle. 
  Received 
  November 
  11, 
  1909. 
  

   Plants 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  26209 
  to 
  26219. 
  Citrus 
  aurantium 
  sinensis 
  L. 
  Orange. 
  

  

  26209 
  to 
  262 
  16. 
  Subvarieties 
  of 
  the 
  St. 
  Michael's 
  orange, 
  which 
  is 
  

   said 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  ordinary 
  orange 
  of 
  commerce, 
  and 
  although 
  some 
  of 
  

   the 
  strains 
  have 
  been 
  tried 
  in 
  this 
  country 
  it 
  was 
  thought 
  desir- 
  

   able 
  to 
  introduce 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  26209. 
  Long. 
  26213. 
  Dom 
  Louise. 
  

  

  26210. 
  Botelha. 
  26214. 
  Egg. 
  

  

  26211. 
  Bittencourt. 
  26215. 
  Excelsior. 
  

  

  26212. 
  Nonpareil. 
  26216. 
  Dulcissima. 
  

  

  26217. 
  White. 
  "Very 
  distinct, 
  with 
  striped 
  fruit 
  and 
  white 
  pulp; 
  

   flavor 
  very 
  good." 
  (T. 
  Rivers 
  & 
  Son.) 
  

  

  26218. 
  Embigus 
  (Navel). 
  

  

  "A 
  singular 
  variety, 
  with 
  a 
  nipple-like 
  excrescence 
  at 
  the 
  apex; 
  fruit 
  

   large 
  and 
  good; 
  pulp 
  pale 
  in 
  color." 
  (T. 
  Rivers 
  & 
  Son.) 
  

  

  26219. 
  Silver 
  (Plata). 
  "A 
  delicious 
  orange." 
  (T. 
  Rivers 
  & 
  Son.) 
  

   26220 
  and 
  26221. 
  Citrus 
  limetta 
  Risso. 
  Lime. 
  

  

  26220. 
  Common. 
  "An 
  abundant 
  bearer; 
  fruit 
  excellent 
  for 
  cooling 
  

   drinks." 
  (T. 
  Rivers 
  & 
  Son.) 
  

  

  26221. 
  Bitter. 
  "Remarkable 
  for 
  the 
  great 
  fertility 
  and 
  dwarf 
  habit 
  

   of 
  the 
  tree; 
  resembles 
  the 
  Bijou 
  lemon 
  so 
  closely 
  as 
  to 
  be 
  distinguished 
  

   with 
  difficulty 
  except 
  by 
  the 
  color 
  of 
  its 
  fruit." 
  (T. 
  Rivers 
  & 
  Son.) 
  

   See 
  No. 
  26222, 
  

  

  26222 
  and 
  26223. 
  Citrus 
  limonum 
  Risso. 
  Lemon. 
  

  

  26222. 
  Bijou. 
  "Pronounced 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  lime 
  by 
  some 
  authorities. 
  Fruit 
  

   small, 
  with 
  a 
  delicious 
  aroma; 
  growth 
  of 
  the 
  tree 
  very 
  dwarf 
  and 
  fruit- 
  

   ful; 
  this 
  is 
  a 
  remarkable 
  sort." 
  ( 
  T. 
  Rivers 
  & 
  Son.) 
  See 
  No. 
  26221. 
  

  

  26223. 
  White. 
  "One 
  of 
  the 
  largest 
  and 
  best." 
  (T. 
  Rivers 
  & 
  Son.) 
  

  

  26224. 
  Carica 
  papaya 
  L. 
  Papaw. 
  

  

  From 
  Puerto 
  Plata, 
  Dominican 
  Republic. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  W. 
  Lithgow, 
  

   American 
  vice-consul. 
  Received 
  November 
  12, 
  1909. 
  

   "Native 
  name 
  'lechosa,' 
  the 
  only 
  class 
  known 
  here." 
  (Lithgow.) 
  (Seeds.) 
  

  

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