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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  the 
  three 
  selected 
  strains 
  of 
  Norwegian 
  clover, 
  the 
  Moist 
  ad, 
  Toten, 
  and 
  

   Hvinden's, 
  from 
  Koikenvik 
  (Nos. 
  27600, 
  27601, 
  and 
  27602). 
  Fiber 
  ex- 
  

   perts 
  in 
  Porto 
  Rico, 
  the 
  Philippines, 
  and 
  Hawaii 
  should 
  have 
  their 
  atten- 
  

   tion 
  called 
  to 
  the 
  Furcraea, 
  from 
  Costa 
  Rica 
  (No. 
  27777), 
  which 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  

   have 
  a 
  fiber 
  that 
  is 
  whiter 
  than 
  sisal 
  and 
  is 
  considered 
  of 
  enough 
  

   importance 
  to 
  be 
  planted 
  on 
  a 
  large 
  scale 
  in 
  Central 
  America. 
  The 
  

   growing 
  use, 
  especially 
  on 
  the 
  Pacific 
  coast, 
  of 
  the 
  winter 
  muskmelon, 
  

   or 
  cassaba, 
  makes 
  the 
  introduction 
  of 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  these 
  winter-ripening 
  

   melons 
  (Nos. 
  27779-27788) 
  from 
  the 
  Greek 
  islands 
  of 
  Zante 
  and 
  

   Cephalonia 
  of 
  interest 
  to 
  the 
  melon 
  growers 
  of 
  the 
  Southwest. 
  

   Although 
  maraschino 
  as 
  a 
  liqueur 
  is 
  well 
  known 
  to 
  Americans, 
  the 
  

   cherry 
  from 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  made, 
  which 
  is 
  grown 
  on 
  a 
  few 
  small 
  islands 
  in 
  

   the 
  Adriatic, 
  seems 
  with 
  this 
  introduction 
  to 
  be 
  brought 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  

   time 
  into 
  America 
  (No. 
  27791). 
  To 
  those 
  in 
  the 
  Philippines, 
  Hawaii, 
  

   and 
  Porto 
  Rico 
  who 
  are 
  engaged 
  in 
  the 
  cultivation 
  of 
  rubber 
  trees 
  the 
  

   introduction 
  of 
  the 
  Sapium 
  jenmani 
  of 
  Demerara 
  (No. 
  27873), 
  from 
  

   which 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  highest 
  priced 
  rubbers 
  in 
  the 
  world 
  is 
  obtained, 
  can 
  

   not 
  fail 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  interest. 
  The 
  paint 
  manufacturers, 
  it 
  is 
  learned, 
  

   import 
  large 
  quantities 
  of 
  euphorbium 
  rosin 
  from 
  Morocco 
  for 
  use 
  

   in 
  the 
  manufacture 
  of 
  rustless 
  coatings 
  for 
  steel 
  structures, 
  and 
  the 
  

   introduction 
  of 
  the 
  seed 
  of 
  the 
  euphorbiaceous 
  plant 
  (No. 
  27955) 
  from 
  

   the 
  mountain 
  slopes 
  of 
  that 
  country 
  may 
  lead 
  to 
  the 
  creation 
  of 
  a 
  

   home 
  supply 
  of 
  this 
  material. 
  Seeds 
  have 
  been 
  obtained 
  of 
  the 
  nan 
  

   mu 
  tree 
  of 
  the 
  Yangtze 
  Valley 
  (No. 
  28128), 
  which 
  furnishes 
  the 
  most 
  

   famous 
  of 
  Chinese 
  woods, 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  building 
  of 
  the 
  imperial 
  palaces. 
  

   As 
  this 
  tree 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  in 
  danger 
  of 
  extinction 
  and 
  as 
  it 
  will 
  probably 
  

   grow 
  in 
  our 
  Southern 
  States, 
  the 
  introduction 
  of 
  seeds 
  of 
  it 
  at 
  this 
  

   time 
  is 
  of 
  special 
  importance. 
  Since 
  the 
  introduction 
  in 
  1853, 
  from 
  

   France, 
  of 
  the 
  Chinese 
  sorgo, 
  there 
  seems 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  no 
  reintroduc- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  that 
  particular 
  strain 
  until 
  this 
  year, 
  when 
  seed 
  of 
  this 
  identical 
  

   variety 
  (No. 
  28024) 
  was 
  obtained 
  by 
  correspondence 
  from 
  Tsungming 
  

   Island, 
  at 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  Yangtze. 
  

  

  Guava 
  cultivation 
  in 
  Florida 
  and 
  Porto 
  Rico 
  for 
  the 
  production 
  of 
  

   guava 
  jelly 
  has 
  reached 
  a 
  stage 
  when 
  the 
  introduction 
  of 
  a 
  close 
  

   relative 
  of 
  the 
  guava 
  from 
  Para 
  (Britoa 
  acida, 
  No. 
  28061) 
  will 
  interest 
  

   a 
  considerable 
  number 
  of 
  people 
  because 
  of 
  its 
  acid 
  fruits. 
  The 
  call 
  

   on 
  the 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  California 
  growers 
  who 
  supply 
  table 
  grapes 
  to 
  the 
  

   eastern 
  market 
  for 
  varieties 
  that 
  will 
  better 
  withstand 
  shipment 
  has 
  

   become 
  insistent 
  and 
  special 
  efforts 
  are 
  being 
  made 
  to 
  meet 
  the 
  

   demand. 
  A 
  collection 
  of 
  13 
  varieties 
  of 
  table 
  grapes 
  from 
  Servia 
  is 
  of 
  

   interest 
  in 
  this 
  connection 
  (Nos. 
  27685-27697). 
  For 
  those 
  breeders 
  of 
  

   the 
  oriental 
  and 
  American 
  persimmon 
  who 
  believe 
  that 
  the 
  cultivation 
  

   of 
  this 
  fruit 
  plant 
  can 
  be 
  developed 
  into 
  a 
  great 
  orchard 
  industry, 
  a 
  

   search 
  is 
  being 
  made 
  after 
  all 
  the 
  species 
  of 
  Diospyros 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  

  

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