﻿90 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  27418 
  to 
  27462. 
  

  

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

   Chile, 
  March 
  18, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following. 
  Descriptive 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Husbands: 
  

  

  27418. 
  Acacia 
  cavenia 
  (Mol.) 
  Bert. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  24309 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  27419. 
  Berberis 
  chilensis 
  Gill. 
  

  

  " 
  Michay. 
  A 
  yellow-flowered, 
  thorned, 
  dark-leaved, 
  evergreen 
  bush 
  about 
  

   6 
  feet 
  high, 
  suitable 
  for 
  live 
  fences 
  and 
  ornament. 
  The 
  Indians 
  eat 
  the 
  fruit." 
  

  

  27420. 
  Caesalpinia 
  brevifolia 
  (Clos) 
  Baill. 
  

  

  "Algarrobillo. 
  A 
  wild 
  bush 
  from 
  the 
  dry 
  rainless 
  north, 
  near 
  Huasco. 
  This 
  

   is 
  a 
  valuable 
  industrial 
  plant, 
  grown 
  for 
  its 
  tannin, 
  of 
  which 
  it 
  has 
  40 
  per 
  cent. 
  

   It 
  is 
  also 
  a 
  beautiful 
  flowering 
  ornamental." 
  

  

  27421. 
  Cereus 
  quisco 
  Gay. 
  

  

  "Gruillaves. 
  A 
  cactus 
  which 
  grows 
  very 
  tall 
  and 
  perfectly 
  straight, 
  with 
  an 
  

   extra-large, 
  double, 
  fragrant 
  white 
  flower 
  and 
  comestible 
  fruit." 
  

  

  27422. 
  Cucurbita 
  sp. 
  Squash. 
  

   "A 
  field 
  variety." 
  

  

  27423 
  to 
  27429. 
  Fragaria 
  chiloensis 
  (L.) 
  Duchesne. 
  Strawberry. 
  

  

  27423. 
  "Light 
  red, 
  pink 
  flesh, 
  fine 
  flavor, 
  medium 
  to 
  large 
  size, 
  early." 
  

  

  27424. 
  "Flesh 
  pink 
  outside 
  and 
  white 
  inside, 
  very 
  sweet 
  and 
  fine 
  

   flavored, 
  short 
  stems, 
  prolific. 
  

  

  27425. 
  "Fresh 
  pink 
  outside 
  and 
  white 
  inside, 
  very 
  sweet 
  and 
  fine 
  

   flavored, 
  softens 
  quickly, 
  long 
  stems, 
  prolific." 
  

  

  27426. 
  "Outside 
  yellow; 
  flesh 
  white, 
  extra 
  firm; 
  good 
  keeper; 
  lacks 
  

   flavor 
  and 
  sweetness; 
  extra 
  large; 
  prolific; 
  short 
  stems." 
  

  

  27427. 
  "Light 
  red 
  or 
  crimson 
  tops 
  with 
  the 
  bottom 
  tip 
  white; 
  flesh 
  

   pink 
  near 
  the 
  outside, 
  white 
  center, 
  good 
  flavor." 
  

  

  27428. 
  "White 
  and 
  pink, 
  firm 
  flesh, 
  not 
  much 
  flavor; 
  good 
  shippers." 
  

  

  27429. 
  "White 
  inside 
  and 
  outside; 
  extra-firm 
  flesh; 
  good 
  shipper; 
  less 
  

   flavor 
  than 
  red 
  varieties." 
  

  

  "The 
  medium-sized 
  red 
  varieties 
  are 
  softer 
  fleshed, 
  sweeter, 
  and 
  better 
  

   flavored 
  than 
  the 
  white 
  kinds; 
  they 
  do 
  not 
  keep 
  long 
  when 
  picked, 
  and 
  must 
  

   be 
  used 
  fresh. 
  The 
  large 
  white 
  and 
  yellow 
  classes 
  have 
  solid 
  flesh, 
  are 
  good 
  

   keepers 
  and 
  shippers. 
  While 
  they 
  lack 
  the 
  exquisite 
  flavor 
  of 
  American 
  

   varieties, 
  they 
  are 
  good 
  eating 
  and 
  are 
  highly 
  esteemed 
  as 
  desirable 
  sorts. 
  

   The 
  demand 
  is 
  largely 
  in 
  excess 
  of 
  the 
  supply." 
  

   27430 
  and 
  27431. 
  Helianthus 
  annuus 
  L. 
  Sunflower. 
  

  

  27430. 
  "This 
  variety 
  flowers 
  at 
  every 
  leaf, 
  and 
  afterwards 
  flowers 
  

   again." 
  

  

  27431. 
  "This 
  variety 
  has 
  27 
  flowers 
  on 
  1 
  stalk." 
  

  

  27432. 
  Laurelia 
  sempervirens 
  (Ruiz 
  and 
  Pav.) 
  Tul. 
  Laurel. 
  

  

  "From 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  Maucera, 
  near 
  Corral, 
  the 
  port 
  of 
  Valdivia." 
  

   27433 
  and 
  27434. 
  Lithrea 
  caustica 
  (Mol.) 
  Hook, 
  and 
  Arn. 
  

  

  27433. 
  "From 
  the 
  dry 
  inland 
  coast 
  country." 
  

  

  27434. 
  From 
  the 
  Cordilleras. 
  

  

  207 
  

  

  