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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPOETED. 
  

  

  26603— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  flattened 
  cone 
  and 
  weighs 
  1^ 
  to 
  2 
  pounds, 
  the 
  color 
  is 
  green 
  with 
  a 
  slight 
  yellowish 
  

   tinge, 
  and 
  the 
  flesh 
  is 
  of 
  good 
  quality; 
  the 
  trees 
  are 
  good 
  bearers 
  most 
  years. 
  I 
  do 
  

   not 
  know 
  of 
  any 
  other 
  cherimoya 
  that 
  excels 
  this 
  variety 
  in 
  hardiness." 
  (Taft.) 
  

  

  (Cuttings.) 
  

  

  26604. 
  Amygdalus 
  davidiana 
  (Carr.) 
  Beiss., 
  Sch. 
  and 
  Zab. 
  

  

  From 
  Tientsin, 
  China. 
  Procured 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Hamilton 
  Butler, 
  American 
  vice 
  

   consul 
  general 
  in 
  charge. 
  Received 
  January 
  25, 
  1910. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  22009 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  (Seed.) 
  

  

  26605 
  and 
  26606. 
  Vitis 
  vinifera 
  L. 
  Grape. 
  

  

  From 
  England. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Rev. 
  W. 
  Wilks, 
  M. 
  A., 
  secretary, 
  Royal 
  Horti- 
  

   cultural 
  Society, 
  Vincent 
  Square, 
  Westminster, 
  S. 
  W., 
  England, 
  through 
  Mr. 
  

   David 
  Fairchild. 
  Received 
  January 
  27, 
  1910. 
  

   Black 
  Monukka. 
  "This 
  was 
  sent 
  to 
  us 
  from 
  India 
  many, 
  many 
  years 
  ago. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  

   very 
  strong 
  grower. 
  The 
  berries 
  are 
  individually 
  small, 
  as 
  we 
  do 
  not 
  thin 
  them 
  at 
  

   all; 
  they 
  are 
  black 
  and 
  seedless, 
  one 
  seed 
  in 
  perhaps 
  1,000 
  berries, 
  and 
  of 
  a 
  nice, 
  

   refreshing 
  juiciness. 
  I 
  like 
  it 
  very 
  much, 
  as 
  one 
  can 
  strip 
  off 
  a 
  handful 
  of 
  berries 
  and 
  

   crush 
  them 
  in 
  his 
  mouth 
  without 
  fear 
  of 
  biting 
  on 
  the 
  seed, 
  which 
  to 
  my 
  mind 
  is 
  the 
  

   greatest 
  drawback 
  in 
  grapes, 
  being 
  of 
  such 
  an 
  intensely 
  horrible 
  taste. 
  

  

  "In 
  pruning 
  Black 
  Monukka 
  it 
  must 
  not 
  be 
  cut 
  quite 
  back 
  to 
  last 
  year's 
  wood, 
  as 
  

   we 
  do 
  all 
  other 
  grapes, 
  but 
  must 
  have 
  two 
  or 
  possibly 
  three 
  eyes 
  left 
  on 
  the 
  subbranch. 
  

   as 
  it 
  seems 
  never 
  to 
  send 
  out 
  a 
  spray 
  of 
  blossoms 
  from 
  the 
  first 
  eye 
  as 
  other 
  grapes 
  do." 
  

   (Rev. 
  W. 
  Wilks, 
  letter 
  of 
  November 
  15, 
  1909.) 
  

  

  26605. 
  From 
  the 
  society's 
  garden 
  at 
  Wisley. 
  

  

  26606. 
  From 
  Mr. 
  Wilks's 
  own 
  garden 
  at 
  Shirley. 
  

  

  26607. 
  Lathyrus 
  parvifolius 
  S. 
  Watson. 
  

  

  From 
  Sierra 
  Madre 
  Mountains, 
  Cal. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  John 
  Leenhouts, 
  Los 
  

   Angeles, 
  Cal. 
  Received 
  January 
  17, 
  1910. 
  

   "I 
  have 
  seen 
  these 
  vines 
  grow 
  to 
  a 
  length 
  of 
  40 
  feet. 
  They 
  seem 
  to 
  sprout 
  from 
  the 
  

   roots 
  every 
  year 
  and 
  grow 
  here 
  plentifully 
  over 
  an 
  area 
  of, 
  I 
  would 
  say, 
  160 
  acres. 
  

   They 
  seem 
  to 
  have 
  originated 
  on 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  mountain 
  sides 
  and 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  washed 
  

   down 
  by 
  the 
  rains 
  until 
  you 
  find 
  them 
  half 
  a 
  mile 
  down 
  the 
  foothills." 
  (Leenhouts.) 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  Throughout 
  the 
  region 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  Rocky 
  Mountains, 
  from 
  Wash- 
  

   ington 
  to 
  Mexico. 
  

  

  26612. 
  Lathyrus 
  sativus 
  L. 
  

  

  From 
  central 
  Russia. 
  Procured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Frank 
  N. 
  Meyer, 
  agricultural 
  explorer, 
  

   from 
  Mr. 
  Engel, 
  of 
  the 
  firm 
  E. 
  Immer 
  & 
  Co., 
  Moscow. 
  Received 
  January 
  29, 
  

   1910. 
  

   " 
  Mr. 
  Engel 
  claims 
  that 
  this 
  plant 
  yields 
  500 
  to 
  600 
  poods 
  (1 
  pood=40 
  pounds) 
  of 
  seed 
  

   per 
  hectare, 
  and 
  will 
  grow 
  on 
  soil 
  where 
  peas 
  will 
  not 
  thrive. 
  He 
  strongly 
  recom- 
  

   mends 
  making 
  a 
  test 
  of 
  it 
  in 
  the 
  Middle 
  West 
  and 
  says 
  that 
  the 
  farmers 
  of 
  certain 
  

   districts 
  in 
  central 
  Russia 
  consider 
  it 
  a 
  favorite 
  cattle 
  fodder." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  26613 
  to 
  26618. 
  

  

  From 
  Liesnoi 
  Forestry 
  Institute, 
  near 
  St. 
  Petersburg, 
  Russia. 
  Procured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  

   Frank 
  N. 
  Meyer, 
  agricultural 
  explorer, 
  through 
  the 
  kindness 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Wolff, 
  

   forester 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  arboretum 
  at 
  Liesnoi. 
  Received 
  January 
  24 
  and 
  31, 
  

   1910. 
  

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