﻿JANUARY 
  1 
  TO 
  MARCH 
  31, 
  1910. 
  49 
  

  

  26930. 
  Franklinta 
  alatamaha 
  Bartram 
  (Gordonia 
  pubescens 
  

  

  L'Herit.). 
  

   From 
  Philadelphia, 
  Pa. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  Miss 
  Elizabeth 
  De 
  Hart, 
  corner 
  Fifty- 
  

   fourth 
  and 
  Woodland 
  Avenue. 
  Received 
  March 
  5, 
  1910. 
  

   "This 
  ornamental 
  is 
  so 
  rarely 
  seen 
  in 
  our 
  gardens 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  some 
  danger 
  of 
  its 
  

   becoming 
  extinct. 
  It 
  is 
  worthy 
  of 
  a 
  wider 
  distribution 
  and 
  might 
  well 
  be 
  handled 
  

   by 
  nursery 
  firms." 
  (Fairchild.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Cultivated 
  in 
  the 
  eastern 
  United 
  States 
  as 
  far 
  north 
  as 
  Philadelphia, 
  

   Pa., 
  and 
  also 
  in 
  western 
  and 
  central 
  Europe. 
  

  

  26931. 
  Franklinia 
  alatamaha 
  Bartram. 
  

  

  From 
  Cheltenham, 
  Pa. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  the 
  Robert 
  B. 
  Haines 
  Company. 
  Re- 
  

   ceived 
  April 
  14, 
  1910. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  26930 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  26932. 
  Crotalaria 
  pumila 
  Ortega. 
  

  

  From 
  Miami, 
  Fla. 
  Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Edward 
  Simmonds, 
  Subtropical 
  Gar- 
  

   den, 
  February 
  28, 
  1910. 
  

   "This 
  is 
  a 
  perennial 
  species 
  of 
  Crotalaria, 
  native 
  of 
  Miami, 
  Fla. 
  The 
  plant 
  has 
  much 
  

  

  the 
  habit 
  and 
  appearance 
  of 
  alfalfa, 
  but 
  is 
  inclined 
  to 
  lodge. 
  The 
  foliage 
  is 
  sweet 
  

  

  and 
  palatable, 
  and 
  the 
  plant 
  is 
  worthy 
  of 
  testing 
  in 
  the 
  extreme 
  South 
  for 
  its 
  forage 
  

  

  possibilities." 
  (C. 
  V. 
  Piper.) 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  Southern 
  Florida, 
  and 
  in 
  Mexico 
  from 
  Sonora 
  to 
  Vera 
  Cruz, 
  and 
  in 
  

  

  the 
  West 
  Indies 
  and 
  Venezuela. 
  

  

  26933 
  to 
  26937. 
  

  

  From 
  Buitenzorg, 
  Java. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  J. 
  Perkins. 
  Received 
  March 
  5, 
  

   1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Perkins: 
  

  

  26933. 
  Citrus 
  decumana 
  (L.) 
  Murr. 
  Pomelo. 
  

  

  " 
  Jeroek 
  delima. 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  good 
  variety 
  of 
  pomelo 
  with 
  pink 
  flesh 
  and 
  

   few 
  seeds." 
  

   26934 
  and 
  26935. 
  Sapota 
  zapotilla 
  (Jacq.) 
  Coville. 
  Sapodilla. 
  

  

  26934. 
  "Seed 
  from 
  a 
  particularly 
  fine 
  variety." 
  

  

  26935. 
  "Seed 
  from 
  a 
  specially 
  large-fruited 
  variety, 
  as 
  large 
  as 
  a 
  goose 
  

   egg." 
  

  

  - 
  Distribution. 
  — 
  Central 
  America 
  from 
  Yucatan 
  southward 
  to 
  the 
  northern 
  

   part 
  of 
  South 
  America, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  West 
  Indies. 
  Cultivated 
  as 
  far 
  north 
  as 
  

   Lake 
  Worth, 
  Florida, 
  and 
  also 
  in 
  India. 
  

  

  26936. 
  Artocarpus 
  communis 
  Forst. 
  Bread 
  fruit. 
  

   "Seed 
  from 
  a 
  fruit 
  called 
  'Nangka;' 
  large; 
  spiny 
  coat; 
  yellow 
  pulp." 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  islands 
  of 
  the 
  Pacific, 
  and 
  cultivated 
  in 
  India 
  and 
  the 
  

  

  West 
  Indies. 
  

  

  26937. 
  Saguerus 
  pinnatus 
  Wurmb. 
  

  

  "Malay 
  name 
  Kahwoon 
  or 
  Ahren. 
  The 
  young 
  leaves 
  of 
  this 
  palm 
  are 
  much 
  

   used 
  as 
  wrappers 
  for 
  the 
  Malay 
  cigarettes. 
  The 
  cigarettes 
  have 
  much 
  the 
  

   appearance 
  of 
  lamplighters 
  and 
  are 
  made 
  from 
  very 
  strong 
  tobacco. 
  Sugar 
  

   is 
  obtained 
  from 
  the 
  sap 
  of 
  this 
  palm, 
  as 
  the 
  name 
  indicates, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  used 
  for 
  

   thatch 
  and 
  for 
  brooms." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Southeastern 
  Asia 
  and 
  the 
  Malayan 
  islands; 
  introduced 
  into 
  

   the 
  West 
  Indies. 
  

  

  73527°— 
  Bui. 
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