﻿52 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  26985 
  to 
  26987— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  are 
  transplanted 
  to 
  their 
  permanent 
  homes. 
  They 
  are 
  planted 
  in 
  pits 
  dug 
  

   2 
  feet 
  deep, 
  at 
  a 
  distance 
  of 
  9 
  feet 
  from 
  each 
  other, 
  and 
  manured 
  with 
  cow 
  

   or 
  sheep 
  dung. 
  Watering 
  is 
  given 
  every 
  third 
  or 
  fourth 
  day, 
  if 
  necessary. 
  

   Superior 
  varieties 
  of 
  peaches, 
  apricots, 
  and 
  plums 
  are 
  grafted 
  on 
  these 
  trees." 
  

  

  26986. 
  Amygdalus 
  persica 
  L. 
  ' 
  Peach. 
  

   " 
  Nectarine, 
  another 
  variety 
  of 
  wild 
  peach, 
  native 
  name 
  Munda 
  Aru. 
  Same 
  

  

  remarks 
  apply 
  to 
  this 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  preceding 
  number 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  26985)." 
  

  

  26987. 
  Pyrus 
  pashia 
  Hamilton. 
  

  

  "Native 
  name 
  Shegal. 
  The 
  methods 
  used 
  in 
  raising 
  a 
  nursery 
  and 
  trans- 
  

   planting 
  the 
  seedlings 
  of 
  Shegal 
  plants 
  is 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  that 
  described 
  for 
  peaches 
  

   (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  26985). 
  On 
  this 
  tree 
  are 
  grafted 
  superior 
  varieties 
  of 
  pears 
  which 
  

   are 
  known 
  in 
  the 
  Kulu 
  as 
  'Nakfi.' 
  No 
  other 
  fruit 
  can 
  be 
  grafted 
  on 
  it." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Temperate 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  Himalayas, 
  at 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  2,500 
  to 
  

   8,000 
  feet, 
  from 
  Kashmir 
  to 
  Bhotan 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  Kashia 
  Mountains, 
  northern 
  

   India. 
  

  

  26989. 
  Chrysanthemum 
  stipulaceum 
  (Moench) 
  W. 
  F. 
  Wight. 
  

  

  From 
  Yokohama, 
  Japan. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  the 
  Yokohama 
  Nursery 
  Company. 
  

   Received 
  February 
  25, 
  1910. 
  

   "Best 
  large 
  mixed." 
  

  

  26990. 
  Cicer 
  arietinum 
  L. 
  Chick-pea. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Safed, 
  Palestine. 
  Procured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Alex. 
  Aaronsohn, 
  

   Zichron- 
  Jacob, 
  near 
  Haifa, 
  Palestine. 
  Received 
  March 
  9, 
  1910. 
  

  

  "Safed 
  is 
  in 
  upper 
  Galilee, 
  at 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  2,000 
  feet 
  above 
  sea 
  level. 
  The 
  

   chickpea 
  is 
  cultivated 
  on 
  very 
  calcareous 
  soil; 
  it 
  is 
  sown 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  March 
  and 
  har- 
  

   vested 
  the 
  beginning 
  of 
  July; 
  no 
  rain 
  falls 
  during 
  this 
  time, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  only 
  moisture 
  

   it 
  receives 
  is 
  that 
  which 
  is 
  stored 
  in 
  the 
  soil. 
  

  

  "There 
  are 
  three 
  varieties 
  contained 
  in 
  this 
  lot. 
  One, 
  which 
  is 
  considered 
  a 
  

   botanical 
  variety, 
  has 
  rose-colored 
  flowers 
  and 
  brownish 
  seeds 
  and 
  when 
  cooked 
  turns 
  

   black; 
  this 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  inferior 
  variety. 
  The 
  other 
  two 
  have 
  white 
  flowers, 
  but 
  one 
  has 
  

   very 
  small 
  seeds 
  and 
  a 
  thick 
  skin, 
  and 
  requires 
  a 
  long 
  time 
  in 
  cooking; 
  the 
  other 
  is 
  

   large 
  seeded 
  and 
  is 
  considered 
  better 
  than 
  either 
  of 
  the 
  above-mentioned 
  varieties; 
  

   it 
  is 
  also 
  much 
  better 
  when 
  cooked." 
  (Aaron 
  Aaronsohn.) 
  

  

  26991 
  to 
  27000. 
  Zea 
  mays 
  L. 
  Corn. 
  

  

  From 
  Mexico. 
  Procured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  William 
  W. 
  Canada, 
  American 
  consul, 
  Vera 
  

   Cruz. 
  Received 
  March 
  8, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  26991. 
  From 
  San 
  Cristobal 
  Lave, 
  Vera 
  Cruz 
  Co. 
  

  

  26992. 
  From 
  Hacienda 
  de 
  Tula, 
  Tuxtla 
  Co. 
  

  

  26993. 
  From 
  Cosamaloapan, 
  Cosamaloapan 
  Co. 
  

  

  26994. 
  From 
  Cordoba, 
  Cordoba 
  Co. 
  

  

  26995. 
  From 
  Huatusco, 
  Huatusco 
  Co. 
  

  

  26996. 
  From 
  Huiloapan, 
  Orizaba 
  Co. 
  

  

  26997. 
  From 
  Zongolica, 
  Zongolica 
  Co. 
  (Appears 
  to 
  be 
  mixed.) 
  

  

  26998. 
  From 
  Jalapa, 
  Jalapa 
  Co. 
  

  

  26999. 
  From 
  Papantla, 
  Papantla 
  Co. 
  

  

  27000. 
  From 
  Tlacotalpan, 
  Vera 
  Cruz 
  Co. 
  

   207 
  

  

  