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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  26887 
  to 
  26890. 
  Zea 
  mays 
  L. 
  Corn. 
  

  

  From 
  near 
  Tegucigalpa, 
  Honduras. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Samuel 
  McClintock, 
  

   American 
  consul. 
  Received 
  February 
  4, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  McClintock: 
  

  

  26887. 
  Yellow 
  mountain 
  corn, 
  from 
  the 
  Santa 
  Lucia 
  region. 
  

   26888 
  to 
  26890. 
  Corn 
  grown 
  on 
  the 
  plains, 
  from 
  the 
  farm 
  of 
  Senor 
  Con- 
  

   stantino 
  Fiallos: 
  

  

  26888. 
  Bluish 
  black. 
  26890. 
  Reddish 
  yellow. 
  

  

  26889. 
  Red. 
  

  

  26891 
  to 
  26894. 
  

  

  From 
  near 
  Gagri, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Frank 
  N. 
  Meyer, 
  

   agricultural 
  explorer, 
  February 
  24, 
  1910. 
  

   Plants 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  26891. 
  Ulmus 
  sp. 
  Elm. 
  

   "(No. 
  407, 
  February 
  2, 
  1910.) 
  An 
  elm 
  found 
  on 
  stony 
  mountain 
  sides. 
  Of 
  

  

  value 
  like 
  No. 
  406 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  26862)." 
  {Meyer.). 
  

  

  26892. 
  Tilia 
  sp. 
  Linden. 
  

   "(No. 
  408, 
  February 
  2, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  linden 
  growing 
  to 
  very 
  large 
  dimensions. 
  

  

  Found 
  in 
  ravines 
  in 
  the 
  more 
  elevated 
  mountain 
  regions. 
  Of 
  value 
  as 
  an 
  

   ornamental 
  tree 
  in 
  the 
  mild-wintered 
  regions 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  26893. 
  Fraxinus 
  sp. 
  Ash. 
  

   "(No. 
  409, 
  February 
  2, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  very 
  tall 
  species 
  of 
  ash, 
  found 
  mainly 
  on 
  

  

  moist 
  mountain 
  slopes 
  in 
  the 
  more 
  elevated 
  regions. 
  Of 
  value 
  as 
  a 
  timber 
  tree 
  

   in 
  the 
  mild- 
  wintered 
  regions 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  26894. 
  (Undetermined.) 
  

  

  "(No. 
  410, 
  February 
  2, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  low-growing 
  shrub, 
  found 
  on 
  cliffs 
  in 
  shady 
  

   places; 
  perhaps 
  of 
  ornamental 
  value. 
  In 
  appearance 
  between 
  a 
  Lonicera 
  and 
  

   a 
  Hypericum." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  26895. 
  Vitis 
  vinifera 
  L. 
  Grape. 
  

  

  From 
  Aghin, 
  fourteen 
  hours 
  distant 
  from 
  Mamuretul-Aziz 
  (Harput), 
  Turkey. 
  

   Procured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Wm. 
  W. 
  Masterson, 
  American 
  consul, 
  from 
  Dr. 
  Barnum, 
  

   missionary. 
  Received 
  February 
  5 
  and 
  7, 
  1910. 
  

   "A 
  kind 
  of 
  yellow 
  grape 
  of 
  good 
  size, 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  developed 
  to 
  such 
  an 
  extent 
  

   that 
  it 
  is 
  easily 
  kept 
  until 
  the 
  following 
  May 
  and 
  even 
  into 
  June. 
  I 
  understand 
  from 
  

   our 
  missionaries, 
  who 
  frequently 
  visit 
  the 
  place, 
  that 
  the 
  grapes 
  are 
  most 
  excellent 
  

   in 
  flavor, 
  and 
  are 
  noted 
  throughout 
  this 
  country 
  for 
  their 
  keeping 
  qualities." 
  

   {Masterson.) 
  

  

  26896. 
  Bromelia 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  Panama. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Henry 
  F. 
  Schultz, 
  Ancon, 
  Canal 
  Zone. 
  Re* 
  

  

  ceived 
  February 
  23, 
  1910. 
  

  

  "A 
  small 
  plant, 
  which 
  may 
  have 
  some 
  value 
  as 
  a 
  fiber 
  producer. 
  It 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  

  

  a 
  species 
  of 
  Bromelia, 
  and 
  in 
  fact 
  resembles 
  B. 
  pinguin 
  rather 
  closely, 
  except 
  that 
  it 
  

  

  grows 
  tall 
  and 
  upright, 
  while 
  B. 
  -pinguin, 
  as 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  it 
  in 
  the 
  jungle 
  in 
  different 
  

  

  parts 
  of 
  the 
  Zone 
  and 
  Panama, 
  develops 
  a 
  trailing 
  habit. 
  When 
  grown 
  in 
  the 
  open, 
  

  

  as 
  in 
  Chiriqui, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  used 
  for 
  fencing 
  pastures, 
  the 
  leaves, 
  of 
  course, 
  stand 
  up 
  

  

  stiffly, 
  but 
  seldom 
  grow 
  higher 
  than 
  3 
  to 
  4 
  feet, 
  rarely 
  5 
  feet; 
  in 
  the 
  woods 
  individual 
  

  

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