﻿INVENTORY 
  

  

  26471 
  to 
  26475. 
  

  

  From 
  Kashmir, 
  India. 
  Presented' 
  by 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  Mollison, 
  Inspector 
  General 
  of 
  Agri- 
  

   culture 
  in 
  India, 
  Nagpur, 
  Central 
  Provinces. 
  Received 
  January 
  3, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following 
  wild 
  species; 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Mollison: 
  

  

  26471. 
  Prunus 
  cerasus 
  L. 
  Cherry. 
  

  

  "This 
  tree 
  bears 
  fruit 
  when 
  5 
  years 
  old 
  and 
  10 
  feet 
  high." 
  

   26472 
  to 
  26474. 
  "These 
  trees 
  bear 
  fruit 
  when 
  4 
  years 
  old 
  and 
  15 
  feet 
  high." 
  

  

  26472. 
  Amygdalus 
  persica 
  L. 
  Peach. 
  

  

  26473. 
  Prunus 
  armeniaca 
  L. 
  Apricot. 
  

  

  26474. 
  Pyrus 
  communis 
  L. 
  Pear. 
  

   26475. 
  Malus 
  sylvestris 
  Mill. 
  Apple. 
  

  

  "This 
  tree 
  bears 
  fruit 
  when 
  6 
  years 
  old 
  and 
  20 
  feet 
  high." 
  

   "These 
  seeds 
  are 
  sown 
  in 
  October 
  or 
  in 
  March. 
  If 
  sown 
  in 
  October, 
  the 
  

   seedling 
  comes 
  out 
  in 
  March, 
  but 
  if 
  sown 
  in 
  March, 
  it 
  comes 
  out 
  in 
  April." 
  

  

  26476. 
  Pennisetum 
  pedicellatum 
  Trin. 
  

  

  From 
  Senegal, 
  West 
  Africa. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  L. 
  Trabut, 
  Government 
  Botanic 
  

   Gardens, 
  Algiers, 
  Algeria. 
  Received 
  January 
  4, 
  1910. 
  

   "Variety 
  occidentale." 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  Rajputana 
  and 
  Banda, 
  in 
  India, 
  and 
  in 
  tropical 
  Africa. 
  

  

  26477 
  to 
  26484. 
  Phoenix 
  dactylifera 
  L. 
  Date. 
  

  

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

  

  at 
  the 
  request 
  of 
  Mr. 
  William 
  Coffin, 
  formerly 
  American 
  consul. 
  Received 
  

   December 
  15, 
  1909. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  26477. 
  Bayoudi. 
  26481. 
  Hallaoui. 
  

  

  26478. 
  Brunsi. 
  26482. 
  Hammuri. 
  

  

  26479. 
  Cabouni. 
  26483. 
  Hurra. 
  

  

  26480. 
  Hadruri. 
  26484. 
  Limsi. 
  

  

  26485 
  to 
  26489. 
  Pyrus 
  spp. 
  

  

  From 
  Manchuria. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Edward 
  C. 
  Parker, 
  agriculturist, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  

   Agriculture, 
  Industry 
  and 
  Commerce, 
  Mukden. 
  Received 
  January 
  3 
  and 
  4, 
  

   1910. 
  

   Cuttings 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  descriptive 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Parker: 
  

  

  "All 
  these 
  pears 
  are 
  very 
  hardy 
  and 
  resistant 
  to 
  droughts 
  and 
  high, 
  drying 
  win 
  'Is. 
  

   They 
  are 
  cultivated 
  by 
  the 
  Chinese 
  in 
  many 
  places 
  among 
  the 
  hills 
  of 
  southwestern 
  

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