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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  26387 
  and 
  26388. 
  

  

  From 
  Georgetown, 
  Demarara, 
  British 
  Guiana. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  A. 
  Stockdale, 
  

   assistant 
  director 
  and 
  government 
  botanist, 
  Science 
  and 
  Agriculture 
  Depart- 
  

   ment, 
  Botanic 
  Gardens. 
  Received 
  December 
  10 
  and 
  11, 
  1909. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following 
  palms: 
  

  

  26387. 
  Attalea 
  cohxtne 
  Mart. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  1970 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  Distribution.— 
  Honduras, 
  and 
  the 
  northeastern 
  part 
  of 
  South 
  America. 
  

  

  26388. 
  Copernicia 
  tectorum 
  (H. 
  B. 
  K.) 
  Mart. 
  (?) 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  valley 
  of 
  the 
  Orinoco 
  River, 
  in 
  South 
  America. 
  

  

  26389 
  to 
  26397. 
  Zea 
  mays 
  L. 
  Corn. 
  

  

  From 
  Hamburg, 
  Germany. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Albert 
  Schenkel, 
  47 
  Rosen- 
  

   strasse. 
  Received 
  December 
  10, 
  1909. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  names 
  of 
  varieties 
  as 
  catalogued: 
  

  

  26389. 
  Zea 
  atropurpurea. 
  

  

  26390. 
  Zea 
  caragua. 
  

  

  26391. 
  Zea 
  gracillima 
  variegata. 
  

  

  26392. 
  Zea 
  gracillima 
  variegata 
  gigantea. 
  

  

  26393. 
  Zea 
  gracillima 
  zebrina 
  aurea. 
  

  

  26394. 
  Zea 
  japonica, 
  foliage 
  variegated. 
  

  

  26395. 
  Zea 
  japonica 
  gigantea 
  quadricolor. 
  

  

  26396. 
  Zea 
  sp. 
  Rissen 
  mais 
  von 
  Peru. 
  

  

  26397. 
  Zea 
  tunicata, 
  foliage 
  variegated. 
  

  

  The 
  above 
  were 
  purchased 
  for 
  the 
  experiments 
  of 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  N. 
  Collins, 
  assistant 
  bota- 
  

   nist, 
  Bionomic 
  Investigations, 
  this 
  Department. 
  

  

  26398. 
  Citrus 
  aurantium 
  sinensis 
  L. 
  Orange. 
  

  

  From 
  Toliman 
  Barranca, 
  Hidalgo, 
  Mexico. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Jorge 
  J. 
  White, 
  

   Zimapan, 
  Mexico. 
  Received 
  December 
  15, 
  1909. 
  

  

  "Cuttings 
  of 
  an 
  orange 
  that 
  retails 
  for 
  10 
  centavos 
  each 
  in 
  Mexico 
  City; 
  it 
  is 
  small 
  

   and 
  extremely 
  sweet, 
  and 
  I 
  believe 
  with 
  care 
  will 
  make 
  a 
  fancy 
  shipping 
  orange. 
  

   The 
  barranca 
  where 
  they 
  grow 
  was 
  settled 
  by 
  the 
  Spanish 
  padres, 
  who, 
  I 
  believe, 
  

   introduced 
  the 
  orange; 
  owing 
  to 
  neglect 
  by 
  the 
  Indians, 
  who 
  own 
  all 
  the 
  trees, 
  which 
  

   are 
  now 
  very 
  few, 
  I 
  suppose 
  that 
  the 
  fruit 
  has 
  deteriorated, 
  but 
  careful 
  cultivation 
  

   and 
  perhaps 
  crossing 
  might 
  give 
  a 
  remarkably 
  fine 
  orange. 
  

  

  "The 
  winters 
  here 
  are 
  very 
  mild; 
  the 
  soil, 
  generally 
  speaking, 
  is 
  very 
  poor 
  and 
  full 
  

   of 
  gravel, 
  and 
  is 
  also 
  thin, 
  not 
  exceeding 
  a 
  meter 
  in 
  thickness; 
  underlying 
  the 
  soil 
  is 
  

   the 
  usual 
  detritus 
  — 
  coarse 
  bowlders 
  — 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  beds 
  of 
  mountain 
  streams. 
  The 
  

   elevation 
  is 
  about 
  4,000 
  feet 
  above 
  sea 
  level. 
  " 
  (White.) 
  

  

  26399 
  to 
  26406. 
  Vigna 
  unguiculata 
  (L.) 
  Walp. 
  Cowpea. 
  

  

  From 
  Mount 
  Selinda, 
  Rhodesia, 
  South 
  Africa. 
  

   Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  C. 
  Fuller, 
  through 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  L. 
  Thompson, 
  M. 
  D. 
  Received 
  

   November 
  27, 
  1909. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following, 
  with 
  descriptions 
  of 
  same: 
  

  

  26399. 
  Small, 
  black. 
  26403. 
  Maroon. 
  

  

  26400. 
  Large, 
  black. 
  26404. 
  Small, 
  buff. 
  ' 
  

  

  26401. 
  Small, 
  speckled. 
  26405. 
  Large, 
  buff. 
  

  

  26402. 
  Large, 
  speckled. 
  26406. 
  Cloudy 
  violet 
  and 
  buff. 
  

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