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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  26581. 
  Andropogon 
  caricosus 
  L. 
  

  

  From 
  Antigua, 
  Leeward 
  Islands, 
  British 
  West 
  Indies. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  S. 
  

   Jackson, 
  curator, 
  Botanic 
  Station. 
  Received 
  January 
  15, 
  1910. 
  

   "Hay 
  grass. 
  This 
  is 
  an 
  East 
  Indian 
  grass, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  West 
  Indies, 
  at 
  present, 
  is 
  

   only 
  found 
  in 
  Antigua. 
  The 
  history 
  of 
  its 
  introduction 
  is 
  obscure. 
  It 
  is 
  readily 
  

   established, 
  and 
  once 
  this 
  is 
  done 
  takes 
  possession 
  of 
  the 
  land 
  to 
  the 
  exclusion 
  of 
  

   other 
  grasses. 
  It 
  grows 
  on 
  flat 
  pasture 
  areas, 
  and 
  when 
  cut 
  at 
  the 
  right 
  time 
  makes 
  

   excellent 
  hay." 
  (Extract 
  from 
  the 
  Agricultural 
  News, 
  May 
  1, 
  1909, 
  p. 
  131.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  On 
  the 
  plains 
  and 
  low 
  hills 
  of 
  India, 
  from 
  Scind 
  to 
  Burma; 
  in 
  the 
  

   Province 
  of 
  Yunnan, 
  China; 
  and 
  in 
  Ceylon, 
  Mauritius, 
  and 
  Timor. 
  

  

  26590. 
  Medic 
  ago 
  sativa 
  gaetula 
  Urb. 
  

  

  From 
  Aures, 
  Algeria. 
  Procured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  Clave, 
  director, 
  Academy 
  of 
  Algiers, 
  

   Oued-Zenati, 
  Algeria. 
  Received 
  January 
  22, 
  1910. 
  

   "A 
  wild 
  form, 
  said 
  to 
  occur 
  in 
  arid, 
  exposed 
  situations, 
  and 
  presumably 
  very 
  

   drought 
  resistant." 
  (/. 
  M. 
  Westgate.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Slopes 
  of 
  the 
  Atlas 
  Mountains 
  in 
  the 
  vicinities 
  of 
  Batna 
  and 
  Biskra, 
  

   Algeria. 
  

  

  26591. 
  Pyrits 
  sp. 
  Pear. 
  

  

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

   Agriculture, 
  Industry, 
  and 
  Commerce, 
  Mukden. 
  Received 
  January 
  24, 
  1910. 
  

   ' 
  ' 
  Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  native 
  Manchurian 
  pear. 
  I 
  am 
  of 
  the 
  opinion 
  that 
  the 
  pear 
  seedlings, 
  

   when 
  tested 
  out 
  in 
  western 
  nurseries 
  or 
  used 
  for 
  grafting 
  purposes, 
  will 
  prove 
  more 
  

   valuable 
  than 
  the 
  scions 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  Nos. 
  26485 
  to 
  26489)." 
  (Parker.) 
  

  

  26592. 
  Vigna 
  unguiculata 
  (L.) 
  Walp. 
  Cowpea. 
  

  

  From 
  Millard, 
  Arkansas. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  L. 
  Forlines. 
  Received 
  January 
  

   24, 
  1910. 
  

   "Similar 
  to 
  Taylor 
  Crowder 
  but 
  with 
  the 
  micropylar 
  end 
  white. 
  The 
  original 
  seed 
  

   said 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  craw 
  of 
  a 
  wild 
  goose." 
  (C. 
  V. 
  Piper.) 
  

  

  26593 
  to 
  26596. 
  

  

  From 
  Mamuretul-Aziz 
  (Harput), 
  Turkey. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Wm. 
  W. 
  Masterson, 
  

   American 
  consul. 
  Received 
  January 
  21 
  and 
  22, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Masterson: 
  

  

  26593. 
  Amygdalus 
  persica 
  L. 
  Peach. 
  

  

  "This 
  peach 
  is 
  rather 
  large, 
  has 
  an 
  excellent 
  flavor, 
  with 
  the 
  ordinary 
  stone, 
  

   but 
  a 
  peculiar 
  thing 
  is, 
  it 
  has 
  a 
  smooth, 
  tough 
  skin 
  of 
  a 
  mottled 
  red 
  and 
  green 
  

   color, 
  like 
  an 
  apple, 
  but 
  with 
  the 
  ordinary 
  peach 
  shape. 
  

  

  "One 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  drawbacks 
  in 
  handling 
  peaches 
  in 
  America 
  is 
  the 
  easily 
  

   broken, 
  fuzzy 
  skin; 
  in 
  addition, 
  this 
  fuzz 
  is 
  exceedingly 
  uncomfortable 
  to 
  

   the 
  touch. 
  This 
  new 
  peach 
  is 
  perfectly 
  smooth, 
  without 
  the 
  slightest 
  sign 
  of 
  

   fuzz; 
  it 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  size 
  a 
  little 
  larger 
  than 
  the 
  average 
  shipping 
  peach 
  of 
  America, 
  

   grows 
  on 
  the 
  same 
  kind 
  of 
  a 
  tree, 
  and 
  instead 
  of 
  its 
  being 
  a 
  budded 
  or 
  hybrid 
  

   fruit 
  as 
  I 
  supposed, 
  it 
  is 
  grown 
  from 
  the 
  seed, 
  and 
  in 
  this 
  instance 
  like 
  pro- 
  

   duces 
  like." 
  

   26594 
  and 
  26595. 
  Elaeagnus 
  angustifolia 
  L. 
  

  

  26594. 
  Large 
  fruited. 
  26595. 
  Small 
  fruited. 
  

  

  "Trebizond 
  date. 
  This 
  might 
  be 
  called 
  a 
  shrub. 
  It 
  grows 
  in 
  clusters 
  to 
  a 
  

   height 
  of 
  some 
  8 
  or 
  10 
  feet 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  few 
  rather 
  sharp 
  thorns 
  on 
  each 
  limb. 
  

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