﻿OCTOBEE 
  1 
  TO 
  DECEMBER 
  31, 
  1909. 
  45 
  

  

  26408. 
  Gossypium 
  hirsutum 
  L. 
  Cotton. 
  

  

  From 
  Northern 
  Arabia. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Arthur 
  K. 
  Bennett, 
  Arabian 
  Mission, 
  

   Busrah, 
  Persian 
  Gulf, 
  via 
  Bombay. 
  Received 
  November 
  20, 
  1909. 
  

   "Seed 
  of 
  a 
  cotton 
  which 
  I 
  found 
  while 
  traveling 
  across 
  northern 
  Arabia. 
  The 
  

   women 
  were 
  weaving 
  a 
  light-brown 
  cloth 
  from 
  this 
  kind 
  of 
  cotton, 
  and 
  they 
  say 
  it 
  is 
  

   bigger 
  and 
  better 
  than 
  the 
  white." 
  (Bennett.) 
  

  

  26411. 
  Ipomoea 
  sinuata 
  Ortega. 
  

  

  From 
  Iguala, 
  Mexico. 
  Collected 
  by 
  Dr. 
  David 
  Griffiths. 
  Received 
  December 
  

   23, 
  1909. 
  

   "Seeds 
  of 
  a 
  native 
  ipomoeaceous 
  vine 
  which 
  climbs 
  over 
  shrubs 
  in 
  the 
  valley 
  of 
  

   Iguala, 
  Mexico. 
  The 
  vine 
  itself 
  is 
  a 
  handsome 
  thing. 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  seen 
  the 
  flowers." 
  

   (Griffiths.) 
  

  

  26412. 
  Caryophyllus 
  malaccensis 
  (L.) 
  Stokes. 
  

  

  Large 
  rose 
  -apple. 
  

  

  From 
  Honolulu, 
  Hawaii. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  E. 
  Higgins, 
  horticulturist, 
  Hawaii 
  

   Experiment 
  Station. 
  Received 
  December 
  16, 
  1909. 
  

  

  "The 
  mountain-apple, 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  locally 
  known 
  in 
  Hawaii, 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  beautiful 
  fruit 
  of 
  a 
  

   very 
  dark 
  red 
  color 
  when 
  at 
  its 
  best. 
  It 
  is 
  about 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  a 
  small 
  pear 
  and 
  is 
  of 
  mild, 
  

   rather 
  pleasing 
  flavor. 
  The 
  tree 
  grows 
  to 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  40 
  or 
  50 
  feet 
  in 
  the 
  wild 
  condition 
  

   in 
  the 
  mountains 
  and 
  moist 
  gulches, 
  and 
  bears 
  fruit 
  freely. 
  The 
  usual 
  season 
  is 
  from 
  

   June 
  to 
  September. 
  It 
  is 
  probable 
  that 
  some 
  interesting 
  results 
  would 
  be 
  obtained 
  by 
  

   the 
  crossing 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  with 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  more 
  highly 
  flavored 
  species 
  of 
  Eugenia, 
  

   such 
  as 
  E. 
  michelii 
  (=E. 
  uniflora)" 
  (Higgins.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Throughout 
  the 
  Polynesian 
  islands; 
  varieties 
  in 
  cultivation 
  in 
  Bengal 
  

   and 
  Burma. 
  

  

  26413. 
  Psidium 
  laurifolium 
  Berg. 
  

  

  From 
  Port 
  of 
  Spain, 
  Trinidad. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  Evans, 
  acting 
  superin- 
  

   tendent, 
  Botanical 
  Department, 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  Received 
  

   December 
  10, 
  1909. 
  

   "Jelly 
  made 
  from 
  this 
  fruit 
  has 
  been 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  considerable 
  value, 
  from 
  the 
  fact 
  

   that 
  by 
  its 
  agreeable 
  acidity 
  it 
  is 
  quite 
  distinct 
  in 
  flavor 
  from 
  the 
  ordinary 
  guava 
  jelly 
  

   made 
  from 
  Psidium 
  guajava 
  and 
  P. 
  polycarpum. 
  It 
  is 
  also 
  said 
  that 
  it 
  'jellies 
  ' 
  much 
  

   quicker 
  than 
  the 
  common 
  West 
  India 
  guava. 
  

  

  "It 
  is 
  a 
  plant, 
  therefore, 
  which 
  is 
  likely 
  to 
  become 
  widely 
  distributed 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  

   its 
  usefulness. 
  The 
  jelly, 
  with 
  soda 
  and 
  ice, 
  makes 
  an 
  excellent 
  'soft' 
  or 
  'cool 
  ' 
  drink 
  

   equal 
  to 
  or 
  better 
  than 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  ordinary 
  fruit 
  sirups." 
  (Extract 
  from 
  Bulletin 
  57, 
  

   Trinidad 
  Botanical 
  Department, 
  January, 
  1908.) 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Masaya, 
  near 
  the 
  Pacific 
  coast 
  of 
  Nicaragua. 
  

  

  26414 
  to 
  26418. 
  Citrullus 
  vulgaris 
  Schrad. 
  Watermelon. 
  

  

  From 
  Salisbury, 
  Md. 
  Grown 
  by 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  F. 
  Allen; 
  presented 
  through 
  Prof. 
  W. 
  W. 
  

   Tracy. 
  Received 
  December 
  15, 
  1909. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following 
  selections 
  made 
  from 
  the 
  Roumanian 
  watermelons 
  received 
  

   through 
  Consul 
  Knowles; 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Allen: 
  

  

  26414. 
  Rind 
  nearly 
  white; 
  yellow 
  flesh; 
  reddish-brown 
  seeds. 
  

  

  26415. 
  Striped 
  rind; 
  red 
  meat; 
  reddish-brown 
  seeds. 
  

  

  26416. 
  Rind 
  nearly 
  white; 
  red 
  flesh; 
  reddish-brown 
  seeds. 
  

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