﻿OCTOBER 
  1 
  TO 
  DECEMBER 
  31, 
  1909. 
  43 
  

  

  26355. 
  Popultjs 
  lasiocarpa 
  Oliver. 
  

  

  From 
  Chelsea, 
  London, 
  England. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  Messrs. 
  James 
  Veitch 
  & 
  Sons. 
  

   Received 
  December 
  8, 
  1909. 
  

   "The 
  ovate 
  cordate 
  leaves 
  of 
  this 
  new 
  poplar 
  are 
  extremely 
  large 
  and 
  attractive, 
  

   measuring 
  10 
  to 
  12 
  inches 
  in 
  width. 
  They 
  are 
  bright 
  green 
  in 
  color, 
  whilst 
  the 
  petiole, 
  

   midrib, 
  and 
  principal 
  veins 
  are 
  of 
  a 
  rich 
  red 
  hue. 
  The 
  tree 
  in 
  central 
  China 
  attains 
  a 
  

   height 
  of 
  15 
  to 
  40 
  feet 
  and 
  should 
  prove 
  a 
  valuable 
  addition 
  to 
  our 
  ornamental 
  decid- 
  

   uous 
  trees. 
  " 
  ( 
  Veitch 
  <k 
  Sons.) 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  Central 
  China, 
  in 
  the 
  provinces 
  of 
  Hupeh 
  and 
  Szechwan. 
  

  

  26356 
  to 
  26362. 
  

  

  From 
  Malkapur, 
  Berar, 
  India. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  S. 
  Dhavale. 
  Received 
  

   November 
  29, 
  1909. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  quoted 
  native 
  names 
  as 
  given 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Dhavale: 
  

  

  26356. 
  Crotalaria 
  juncea 
  L. 
  

   "Boru." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Plains 
  of 
  India 
  from 
  the 
  Himalayas 
  to 
  Ceylon, 
  the 
  Malayan 
  

   Islands, 
  and 
  Australia. 
  Cultivated 
  for 
  fiber. 
  

  

  26357. 
  Dolichos 
  biflorus 
  L. 
  

   "Kulitha." 
  

  

  26358. 
  Dolichos 
  lablab 
  L. 
  Bonavist 
  bean. 
  

   "FaZ." 
  

  

  26359. 
  Guizotia 
  abyssinica 
  (L.) 
  H. 
  Cass. 
  

   "Karala. 
  " 
  

  

  26360. 
  Phaseolus 
  max 
  L. 
  

   "Urid." 
  

  

  26361. 
  Phaseolus 
  radiatus 
  L. 
  

   11 
  Mug." 
  

  

  26362. 
  Vigna 
  catjang 
  (Burm.) 
  Walp. 
  

   " 
  Chavali." 
  Brown 
  eye, 
  small. 
  

  

  26363 
  to 
  26385. 
  Garcinia 
  mangostana 
  L. 
  Mangosteen. 
  

  

  Grown 
  at 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  greenhouse, 
  Washington, 
  

   D. 
  C, 
  numbered 
  December 
  17, 
  1909. 
  

   "These 
  seedlings 
  were 
  raised 
  from 
  S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  21276, 
  received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  F. 
  

   Macmillan, 
  Royal 
  Botanic 
  Gardens, 
  Peradeniya, 
  Ceylon, 
  August 
  22, 
  1907. 
  The 
  

   seedlings 
  were 
  inarched 
  to 
  4-year-old 
  plants 
  of 
  Garcinia 
  tinctoria 
  (DC.) 
  W. 
  F. 
  Wight 
  

   (G. 
  xanthochymus) 
  , 
  S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  11788, 
  raised 
  from 
  seeds 
  obtained 
  from 
  Dr. 
  John 
  C. 
  

   Willis, 
  director 
  of 
  the 
  Royal 
  Botanic 
  Gardens, 
  Peradeniya, 
  Ceylon, 
  October 
  31, 
  1904. 
  

   G. 
  tinctoria 
  was 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  nurse 
  plant 
  to 
  which 
  the 
  seedlings 
  of 
  the 
  mangosteen 
  were 
  

   inarched. 
  Since 
  the 
  unions 
  were 
  effected 
  the 
  mangosteens 
  have 
  made 
  splendid 
  

   growth 
  and 
  this 
  method 
  promises 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  best 
  one 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  my 
  experimental 
  work 
  in 
  

   the 
  propagation 
  of 
  the 
  mangosteen 
  has 
  gone. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  deemed 
  best 
  to 
  give 
  each 
  

   of 
  these 
  inarched 
  plants 
  a 
  separate 
  S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  number, 
  so 
  that 
  they 
  will 
  not 
  be 
  confused 
  

   with 
  other 
  mangosteens 
  worked 
  by 
  different 
  methods." 
  {G. 
  W. 
  Oliver.) 
  

  

  26386. 
  Punica 
  granatum 
  L. 
  Pomegranate. 
  

  

  From 
  Tripoli, 
  in 
  Barbary, 
  North 
  Africa. 
  Forwarded 
  by 
  the 
  American 
  vice- 
  

   consul, 
  at 
  the 
  request 
  of 
  Mr. 
  William 
  Coffin, 
  American 
  consul, 
  who 
  presented 
  

   them 
  to 
  the 
  Department. 
  Received 
  December 
  10, 
  1909. 
  

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