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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  27484. 
  Diospyros 
  tupru 
  Hamilton. 
  

  

  From 
  Lai 
  Bagh, 
  Bangalore, 
  Mysore, 
  India. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  H. 
  Krumbie- 
  

   gel, 
  economic 
  botanist, 
  superintendent 
  of 
  the 
  Government 
  Botanic 
  Gardens. 
  

   Received 
  April 
  18, 
  1910. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  From 
  the 
  western 
  Himalayas 
  to 
  the 
  plains 
  of 
  Behar 
  in 
  the 
  north- 
  

   western 
  part 
  of 
  India. 
  

  

  27485. 
  Rheedia 
  edulis 
  (Seem.) 
  Planch, 
  and 
  Triana. 
  Sastra. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  Province 
  of 
  Chiriqui, 
  Panama. 
  Procured 
  by 
  the 
  provincial 
  engineer, 
  

  

  through 
  Hon. 
  Joseph 
  E. 
  Le 
  Fevre, 
  Secretary 
  of 
  Fomento, 
  Panama 
  City, 
  at 
  the 
  

  

  request 
  of 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  F. 
  Schultz. 
  Received 
  April 
  18, 
  1910. 
  

  

  "A 
  shrublike 
  tree 
  producing 
  an 
  edible 
  fruit, 
  about 
  1 
  to 
  1^ 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter, 
  which 
  

  

  the 
  natives 
  describe 
  as 
  a 
  round 
  berry. 
  It 
  has 
  reddish, 
  smooth 
  skin 
  and 
  a 
  pleasantly 
  

  

  acid 
  taste. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  cultivated, 
  but 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  well 
  known 
  to 
  the 
  natives. 
  I 
  am 
  

  

  informed 
  that 
  the 
  fruit 
  is 
  produced 
  in 
  the 
  dry 
  season, 
  January 
  and 
  February. 
  The 
  

  

  tree 
  sends 
  out 
  a 
  long 
  tap 
  root, 
  and 
  this 
  fact 
  discredits 
  the 
  statement 
  made 
  to 
  me 
  by 
  

  

  natives 
  that 
  the 
  tree 
  is 
  often 
  found 
  on 
  dry 
  places. 
  'Dry' 
  places 
  in 
  this 
  country 
  are 
  

  

  dry, 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  mistake 
  about 
  this, 
  and 
  if 
  on 
  wet 
  locations, 
  like 
  those 
  on 
  which 
  I 
  

  

  found 
  the 
  only 
  three 
  trees 
  I 
  saw, 
  it 
  sends 
  its 
  long 
  tap 
  root 
  down 
  to 
  where 
  the 
  ground 
  is 
  

  

  water-soaked 
  every 
  day 
  in 
  the 
  year, 
  it 
  becomes 
  very 
  apparent 
  that 
  this 
  long 
  root 
  is 
  

  

  not 
  given 
  the 
  tree 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  hold 
  its 
  own 
  against 
  'northers' 
  in 
  exposed 
  positions, 
  but 
  

  

  merely 
  to 
  go 
  down 
  to 
  a 
  perpetual 
  supply 
  of 
  fresh 
  water." 
  (Schultz.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  In 
  dense 
  forests 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Remedios, 
  Province 
  of 
  Veragua, 
  

   Panama. 
  (Seeds.) 
  

  

  27486. 
  Carica 
  papaya 
  L. 
  Papaya. 
  

  

  From 
  New 
  Orleans, 
  La. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Sam 
  Marshall, 
  superintendent, 
  

   Audubon 
  Park. 
  Received 
  April 
  14, 
  1910. 
  

   " 
  These 
  fruits 
  can 
  be 
  pulled 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  they 
  show 
  a 
  few 
  yellow 
  spots, 
  and 
  are 
  house 
  

   ripened. 
  They 
  are 
  very 
  much 
  like 
  a 
  muskmelon, 
  being 
  eaten 
  with 
  salt 
  and 
  pepper. 
  

   This 
  seed 
  was 
  produced 
  by 
  seedling 
  plants 
  that 
  are 
  2 
  years 
  old. 
  They 
  are 
  rapid 
  

   growers, 
  but 
  will 
  not 
  stand 
  any 
  degree 
  of 
  frost. 
  The 
  fruit 
  grows 
  in 
  clusters 
  and 
  is 
  

   round 
  to 
  oblong 
  in 
  shape. 
  I 
  think 
  they 
  would 
  stand 
  transportation. 
  Have 
  been 
  told 
  

   they 
  are 
  often 
  to 
  be 
  had 
  in 
  our 
  'French 
  market'." 
  (Marshall.) 
  

  

  27487 
  to 
  27489. 
  Solanum 
  sp. 
  Potato. 
  

  

  From 
  Reading, 
  England. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Messrs. 
  Sutton 
  & 
  Sons. 
  Received 
  

   April 
  1, 
  1910. 
  

   Tubers 
  of 
  seed 
  potatoes 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  27487. 
  The 
  Congo. 
  27489. 
  Large 
  red 
  fir 
  apple. 
  

  

  27488. 
  Small 
  white 
  fir 
  apple. 
  

  

  27490. 
  Bambos 
  arundinacea 
  Eetz. 
  Bamboo. 
  

  

  From 
  Cochin, 
  British 
  India. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Jean 
  Houzeau 
  de 
  Lehaie, 
  St. 
  

   Symphorien, 
  Belgium. 
  Received 
  April 
  2, 
  1910. 
  

   "This 
  species 
  is 
  easily 
  propagated 
  by 
  cuttings 
  by 
  the 
  method 
  described 
  by 
  Riviere. 
  

   "Regarding 
  the 
  climatic 
  conditions 
  which 
  it 
  demands, 
  I 
  may 
  say 
  that 
  it 
  has 
  only 
  

   been 
  sent 
  to 
  Algeria 
  and 
  to 
  Sukhum-Kale, 
  in 
  the 
  Caucasus. 
  It 
  seems 
  to 
  develop 
  

   best 
  at 
  Sukhum-Kale, 
  though 
  it 
  is 
  colder 
  there 
  than 
  at 
  Algiers. 
  Why, 
  I 
  have 
  no 
  

   idea. 
  If 
  I 
  am 
  not 
  mistaken, 
  the 
  lowest 
  temperatures 
  met 
  with 
  at 
  Sukhum-Kale 
  are 
  

   between 
  —3° 
  and 
  —5° 
  0.; 
  temperatures 
  taken 
  with 
  the 
  thermometer 
  sheltered. 
  

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