﻿JANUARY 
  1 
  TO 
  MARCH 
  31, 
  1910. 
  81 
  

  

  27310. 
  Amygdalus 
  davidiana 
  (Carr.) 
  Beiss., 
  Sch. 
  and 
  Zab. 
  

  

  Wild 
  peach. 
  

  

  From 
  Tientsin, 
  China. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Captain 
  Tsao, 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Yung 
  Kwai, 
  

   first 
  secretary 
  of 
  the 
  Chinese 
  Embassy 
  in 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C. 
  Received 
  

   March 
  30, 
  1910. 
  

   "Mr. 
  Yung 
  Kwai 
  informs 
  us 
  that 
  these 
  seeds 
  were 
  collected 
  by 
  Captain 
  Tsao 
  from 
  

   a 
  wild 
  tree 
  in 
  the 
  neighborhood 
  of 
  his 
  plantation 
  at 
  Tientsin, 
  China. 
  Captain 
  Tsao 
  

   informed 
  Mr. 
  Yung 
  Kwai 
  that 
  this 
  wild 
  peach 
  is 
  the 
  form 
  upon 
  which 
  are 
  grafted 
  

   all 
  the 
  ordinary 
  varieties 
  of 
  peaches 
  around 
  Tientsin." 
  (Fairchild.) 
  

   See 
  No. 
  22009 
  for 
  other 
  description. 
  

  

  27311. 
  Garcinia 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  Lawang, 
  Java. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  M. 
  Buysman. 
  Received 
  March 
  25, 
  

   1910. 
  

  

  27312 
  to 
  27320. 
  Rubus 
  fruticosus 
  L. 
  Blackberry. 
  

  

  From 
  Chile. 
  Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Jose 
  D. 
  Husbands, 
  Limavida, 
  via 
  Molina, 
  

   Chile. 
  Received 
  March 
  26, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  27312 
  to 
  27315. 
  ''Round 
  varieties 
  of 
  wild 
  blackberries. 
  These 
  show 
  slight 
  

   differences; 
  all 
  are 
  good 
  fruits 
  and 
  are 
  extremely 
  productive. 
  The 
  plants 
  

   are 
  of 
  the 
  excessive-growth 
  class." 
  (Husbands.) 
  

  

  27316 
  to 
  27320. 
  "Wild 
  blackberries 
  from 
  near 
  the 
  seacoast, 
  grown 
  dry 
  in 
  

   the 
  driest 
  part 
  of 
  central 
  Chile, 
  still 
  sufficiently 
  near 
  the 
  sea 
  to 
  receive 
  some 
  

   benefit 
  from 
  the 
  heavy 
  marine 
  dews. 
  The 
  plant 
  growth 
  is 
  small, 
  conical 
  in 
  

   form. 
  The 
  fruits 
  are 
  large 
  (for 
  wild 
  fruits), 
  fleshy, 
  round 
  sorts 
  of 
  extremely 
  

   fine 
  flavors 
  and 
  extra 
  sweet. 
  These 
  are 
  equally 
  productive 
  to 
  any 
  and 
  some 
  

   are 
  even 
  greater 
  yielders." 
  (Husbands.) 
  

  

  27321 
  to 
  27332. 
  Oryza 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Rice. 
  

  

  From 
  Philippine 
  Islands. 
  Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Wm. 
  S. 
  Lyon, 
  Manila. 
  Re- 
  

   ceived 
  March 
  24 
  and 
  25, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  native 
  names 
  as 
  given 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Lyon: 
  

  

  27321. 
  Kiabo. 
  Glutinous, 
  remarkably 
  fragrant. 
  

  

  27322. 
  Malakit-dure. 
  Black 
  rice, 
  but 
  most 
  prolific 
  known, 
  always 
  estimated 
  

   100 
  to 
  1 
  and 
  up. 
  

  

  27323. 
  Tuguis. 
  

  

  27324. 
  Macan-pulat. 
  Late 
  variety. 
  

  

  27325. 
  Quinalibo-Quinamalig 
  . 
  

  

  27326. 
  Guering-guering, 
  or 
  properly 
  Kering 
  -Jeering. 
  

  

  27327. 
  Eputebem. 
  

  

  27328. 
  Mimis. 
  

  

  27329. 
  Calibo; 
  not 
  Calebo. 
  

  

  27330. 
  Milagrosa. 
  

  

  27331. 
  Macan. 
  Very 
  early 
  variety. 
  

  

  27332. 
  Macan 
  Mimi. 
  Specifically 
  meaning 
  exceptionally 
  white. 
  

   73527°— 
  Bui. 
  207—11 
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