﻿26 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  26666 
  to 
  26688— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Southern 
  Europe 
  and 
  western 
  Asia, 
  from 
  southern 
  France 
  

   through 
  the 
  Tyrol 
  and 
  Greece 
  to 
  northern 
  Persia. 
  

  

  26685. 
  Jasminum 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  near 
  Baidari, 
  Crimea, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1213a, 
  January 
  15, 
  1910.) 
  The 
  

   same 
  remarks 
  apply 
  to 
  this 
  as 
  to 
  Nos. 
  375 
  and 
  387 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  Nos. 
  26766 
  and 
  

   26672)." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  26686. 
  Berberis 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  hills 
  near 
  Sebastopol, 
  Crimea, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1214a, 
  January 
  11, 
  1910.) 
  

   A 
  barberry 
  growing 
  in 
  rocky 
  cliffs, 
  in 
  gullies, 
  and 
  on 
  stony 
  mountain 
  sides. 
  

   Has 
  very 
  large 
  spines, 
  but 
  is 
  of 
  ornamental 
  habit. 
  Suitable 
  as 
  an 
  ornamental 
  

   garden 
  shrub 
  in 
  mild-wintered 
  regions, 
  where 
  the 
  summers 
  are 
  hot 
  and 
  dry." 
  

   {Meyer.) 
  

  

  26687. 
  Rosa 
  gallica 
  X 
  ? 
  

  

  FromLiesnoi 
  Forestry 
  Institute, 
  near 
  St. 
  Petersburg, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1215a, 
  

   December 
  17, 
  1909.) 
  Seeds 
  collected 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  bushes 
  from 
  which 
  cuttings 
  

   were 
  sent 
  under 
  No. 
  369 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  26618). 
  See 
  this 
  number 
  for 
  remarks." 
  

  

  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  26688. 
  Juniperus 
  excelsa 
  Willd. 
  

  

  From 
  mountains 
  near 
  Souchaja 
  Retska, 
  Crimea, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1220a, 
  

   January 
  15, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  very 
  beautiful 
  juniper, 
  with 
  bluish-green 
  foliage, 
  large 
  

   berries 
  of 
  dark 
  violet 
  color, 
  and 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  white 
  bloom. 
  A 
  tall 
  bush, 
  but 
  

   sometimes 
  it 
  grows 
  into 
  a 
  tree 
  20 
  feet 
  in 
  height. 
  Loves 
  rocky 
  and 
  stony 
  local- 
  

   ities. 
  A 
  fine 
  ornamental 
  evergreen 
  for 
  mild-wintered 
  regions, 
  where 
  hot 
  and 
  

   dry 
  summers 
  prevail. 
  This 
  juniper 
  seems 
  to 
  occur 
  only 
  in 
  the 
  Crimea 
  and 
  the 
  

   Caucasus." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Southeastern 
  Russia, 
  from 
  the 
  Crimea 
  through 
  the 
  Caucasus 
  

   to 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  the 
  Caspian 
  Sea. 
  

  

  26689 
  to 
  26757. 
  

  

  Material 
  grown 
  at 
  the 
  Subtropical 
  Garden, 
  Miami, 
  Fla. 
  Numbered 
  for 
  conveni- 
  

   ence 
  in 
  recording 
  distribution 
  February 
  7, 
  1910. 
  

   Plants 
  (unless 
  otherwise 
  noted) 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  descriptive 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  P. 
  J. 
  

   Wester: 
  

  

  26689 
  to 
  26730. 
  Persea 
  Americana 
  Miller. 
  Avocado. 
  

  

  26689. 
  Trapp. 
  "Seed 
  presented 
  by 
  "Prof. 
  P. 
  H. 
  Rolfs, 
  Miami, 
  Fla., 
  

   January 
  4, 
  1905, 
  from 
  a 
  very 
  late 
  fruit 
  of 
  this 
  variety." 
  

  

  26690. 
  "Seed 
  presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  W. 
  Butler, 
  St. 
  Petersburg, 
  Fla., 
  

   October, 
  1904. 
  Fruited 
  in 
  1909 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  time. 
  The 
  fruit 
  is 
  of 
  

   medium 
  size, 
  pyriform, 
  surface 
  smooth; 
  greenish 
  yellow, 
  skin 
  thin; 
  

   quality 
  very 
  good; 
  seed 
  medium 
  to 
  large, 
  filling 
  cavity. 
  Season, 
  

   September. 
  

  

  26691. 
  "Bud 
  wood 
  obtained 
  from 
  Judge 
  White's 
  place, 
  Buena 
  Vista, 
  

   Fla., 
  by 
  Mrs. 
  P. 
  H. 
  Rolfs, 
  May 
  4, 
  1905. 
  Fruit 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  very 
  good, 
  

   ripening 
  late 
  in 
  December 
  and 
  early 
  in 
  January." 
  

  

  26692. 
  "Bud 
  wood 
  received 
  April 
  2, 
  1906, 
  from 
  Dr. 
  F. 
  S. 
  Earle, 
  

   Santiago 
  de 
  las 
  Vegas, 
  Cuba. 
  Said 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  very 
  late 
  variety 
  of 
  good 
  

   quality." 
  

  

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