﻿JANUARY 
  1 
  TO 
  MARCH 
  31, 
  1910. 
  51 
  

  

  26951 
  to 
  26958. 
  Zea 
  mays 
  L. 
  Corn. 
  

  

  From 
  Mexico. 
  Procured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Samuel 
  E. 
  Magill, 
  American 
  consul, 
  Guadalajara, 
  

   Mexico. 
  Received 
  March 
  8, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Magill: 
  

  

  26951. 
  " 
  Tabloncillo 
  " 
  Produced 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Zazoalco, 
  Sayula, 
  and 
  

   Zapotlan. 
  

  

  26952. 
  "Common" 
  Produced 
  near 
  Guadalajara. 
  

  

  26953. 
  "Common, 
  broad." 
  Produced 
  near 
  Guadalajara. 
  

  

  26954. 
  "Broad." 
  Produced 
  near 
  Cocula 
  and 
  some 
  other 
  points. 
  

  

  26955. 
  "Liso" 
  Produced 
  near 
  Ameca. 
  

  

  26956. 
  "Chino 
  or 
  Pepitillo 
  grueso." 
  Produced 
  near 
  La 
  Barca. 
  

  

  26957. 
  "Jala." 
  Produced 
  in 
  the 
  Valley 
  of 
  Jala, 
  Territory 
  of 
  Tepic. 
  

  

  26958. 
  "Cabesonena." 
  Produced 
  near 
  Tequila, 
  and 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  supe- 
  

   rior 
  of 
  any 
  grown 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  

  

  26980. 
  Phoenix 
  dactylifera 
  L. 
  Date. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  region 
  of 
  El 
  Hasa, 
  Arabia. 
  Procured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  John 
  A. 
  Ray, 
  American 
  

   consul, 
  Maskat, 
  Oman, 
  Arabia. 
  Received 
  March 
  25, 
  1910. 
  

   "These 
  dates 
  are 
  called 
  'Itfiullas,' 
  meaning 
  pure, 
  extra 
  fine. 
  They 
  have 
  quite 
  a 
  

   reputation 
  for 
  sweetness, 
  but 
  the 
  original 
  flavor 
  is 
  unfortunately 
  obscured 
  by 
  the 
  

   addition 
  of 
  cumin 
  seed." 
  (Ray.) 
  

  

  26981 
  and 
  26982. 
  Eucalyptus 
  spp. 
  

  

  From 
  Melbourne, 
  Australia. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  R. 
  Guilfoyle, 
  director, 
  

   Botanic 
  and 
  Domain 
  Gardens. 
  Received 
  March 
  9, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  procured 
  for 
  the 
  Forest 
  Service 
  of 
  this 
  Department, 
  to 
  be 
  

   used 
  in 
  experimental 
  plantings 
  in 
  the 
  South: 
  

  

  26981. 
  Eucalyptus 
  botryoides 
  Smith. 
  

  

  26982. 
  Eucalyptus 
  sideroxylon 
  A. 
  Cunn. 
  

  

  26983. 
  Sagittaria 
  sp. 
  (?) 
  

  

  Procured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  David 
  Fairchild 
  in 
  a 
  Chinese 
  restaurant, 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C. 
  

   Received 
  March 
  9, 
  1910. 
  

   "The 
  See 
  Koo 
  is 
  grown 
  extensively 
  around 
  Canton, 
  China, 
  on 
  wet 
  land, 
  very 
  much 
  

   as 
  the 
  dasheens 
  and 
  taros 
  are 
  grown 
  in 
  other 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  world. 
  It 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  

   for 
  sale 
  on 
  the 
  streets 
  in 
  baskets 
  and 
  special 
  tubs 
  which 
  are 
  carried 
  around 
  by 
  the 
  

   vegetable 
  dealers. 
  These 
  specimens 
  were 
  given 
  to 
  me 
  by 
  the 
  manager 
  of 
  the 
  Port 
  

   Arthur 
  restaurant, 
  who 
  informed 
  me 
  that 
  he 
  paid 
  12 
  cents 
  a 
  pound 
  for 
  the 
  tubers 
  

   and 
  that 
  he 
  cut 
  them 
  up 
  and 
  boiled 
  them 
  much 
  as 
  he 
  would 
  potatoes." 
  (Fairchild.) 
  

  

  26985 
  to 
  26987. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  Himalayas, 
  India. 
  Presented 
  by 
  J. 
  Mollison, 
  Inspector 
  General 
  of 
  

   Agriculture 
  in 
  India, 
  Nagpur, 
  India. 
  Received 
  March 
  10, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Mollison: 
  

  

  26985. 
  Amygdalus 
  persica 
  L. 
  Peach. 
  

  

  "Native 
  name 
  Aru. 
  A 
  nursery 
  of 
  peach 
  plants 
  is 
  raised 
  in 
  the 
  months 
  of 
  

   January 
  and 
  February. 
  The 
  land 
  is 
  first 
  dug, 
  properly 
  cleaned, 
  and 
  manured. 
  

   Seeds 
  are 
  then 
  sown 
  3 
  inches 
  deep 
  in 
  trenches 
  and 
  germination 
  takes 
  place 
  in 
  

   the 
  following 
  March. 
  About 
  a 
  year 
  after, 
  i. 
  e., 
  in 
  February 
  next, 
  the 
  seedlings 
  

   207 
  

  

  