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  APRIL 
  1 
  TO 
  JUNE 
  30, 
  1910. 
  15 
  

  

  27505— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  "The 
  climate 
  of 
  the 
  Kenia 
  Forest 
  varies 
  from 
  wet 
  to 
  very 
  wet. 
  On 
  the 
  south 
  slope 
  

   the 
  rainfall 
  is 
  estimated 
  at 
  from 
  80 
  to 
  120 
  inches 
  a 
  year, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  southeastern 
  side 
  

   the 
  forest 
  never 
  becomes 
  sufficiently 
  dry 
  to 
  burn. 
  On 
  the 
  western 
  side, 
  where 
  the 
  

   East 
  African 
  cedar 
  grows, 
  the 
  rainfall 
  is 
  estimated 
  at 
  from 
  50 
  to 
  90 
  inches 
  a 
  year, 
  the 
  

   cedar 
  usually 
  being 
  situated 
  in 
  the 
  drier 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  forest. 
  The 
  temperature, 
  like 
  

   that 
  of 
  most 
  tropical 
  countries, 
  is 
  comparatively 
  equable 
  with 
  but 
  little 
  difference 
  

   between 
  mean 
  summer 
  and 
  mean 
  winter 
  temperatures. 
  At 
  altitudes 
  of 
  6,000 
  to 
  8,000 
  

   feet 
  the 
  extremes 
  of 
  temperature 
  rarely 
  go 
  below 
  45° 
  or 
  above 
  70° 
  F. 
  The 
  region 
  is 
  

   described 
  as 
  having 
  a 
  typically 
  pleasant 
  and 
  invigorating 
  extratropical 
  climate. 
  

   There 
  is 
  a 
  rainy 
  season 
  from 
  March 
  to 
  May, 
  during 
  which 
  time 
  it 
  rains 
  heavily, 
  while 
  

   during 
  the 
  drier 
  season, 
  from 
  December 
  to 
  February, 
  there 
  are 
  usually 
  only 
  occasional 
  

   showers." 
  (Compiled 
  from 
  Colonial 
  Report 
  No. 
  41, 
  East 
  African 
  Protectorate, 
  1907, 
  by 
  

   D. 
  E. 
  Hutchins, 
  and 
  the 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  Forests 
  of 
  British 
  East 
  Africa, 
  1909, 
  by 
  D. 
  E. 
  

   Hutchins.) 
  

  

  ' 
  ' 
  Owing 
  to 
  the 
  climatic 
  conditions 
  under 
  which 
  this 
  tree 
  grows 
  it 
  is 
  doubtful 
  whether 
  

   it 
  will 
  succeed 
  in 
  this 
  country, 
  except, 
  possibly, 
  in 
  Florida." 
  (Zon.) 
  

  

  27506 
  to 
  27509. 
  Phaseolus 
  lunatus 
  L. 
  Bean. 
  

  

  From 
  Tamatave, 
  Madagascar. 
  Procured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  William 
  J. 
  Morse, 
  from 
  the 
  Bureau 
  

   of 
  Manufactures, 
  Department 
  of 
  Commerce 
  and 
  Labor, 
  April 
  2, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  27506. 
  White. 
  

  

  27507. 
  White 
  with 
  red 
  speck 
  on 
  hilum. 
  

  

  27508. 
  White 
  streaked 
  with 
  red. 
  

  

  27509. 
  White 
  speckled 
  with 
  red. 
  

  

  27510. 
  Gakcinia 
  mangostana 
  L. 
  Mangosteen. 
  

  

  From 
  Buitenzorg, 
  Java. 
  Presented 
  by 
  the 
  Director, 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  

   Received 
  April 
  9, 
  1910. 
  

  

  See 
  No. 
  25887 
  for 
  description. 
  . 
  (Seed.) 
  

  

  27511. 
  Amygdalus 
  persica 
  L. 
  Peach. 
  

  

  From 
  Kwangning, 
  Manchuria. 
  Procured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Edward 
  C. 
  Parker, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  

   Agriculture, 
  Industry 
  and 
  Commerce, 
  Mukden, 
  Manchuria, 
  from 
  a 
  peach 
  tree 
  

   in 
  the 
  gardens 
  of 
  Rev. 
  William 
  Hunter. 
  Received 
  April 
  9, 
  1910. 
  

  

  27512 
  to 
  27517. 
  

  

  From 
  Russia. 
  Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Frank 
  N. 
  Meyer, 
  agricultural 
  explorer, 
  

   April 
  6, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  27512. 
  Diospyros 
  lotus 
  L. 
  

  

  From 
  Batum, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1258a, 
  February 
  24, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  wild 
  

   persimmon 
  growing 
  all 
  through 
  the 
  Crimea 
  and 
  the 
  Caucasus, 
  where 
  the 
  coun- 
  

   tries 
  border 
  the 
  Black 
  Sea. 
  The 
  small, 
  black 
  fruits 
  are 
  called 
  ' 
  Churma' 
  and 
  

   are 
  sold 
  everywhere 
  to 
  the 
  native 
  population 
  as 
  sweetmeats. 
  The 
  Russians 
  in 
  

   the 
  Caucasus 
  utilize 
  this 
  persimmon 
  as 
  a 
  stock 
  for 
  D. 
  Tcaki, 
  but 
  claim 
  that 
  the 
  

   grafting 
  or 
  budding 
  is 
  rather 
  difficult. 
  As 
  this 
  species 
  is 
  extremely 
  drought 
  

   and 
  heat 
  resistant, 
  it 
  is 
  highly 
  recommended 
  as 
  a 
  stock 
  for 
  large-fruited 
  per- 
  

   simmons 
  in 
  regions 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  where 
  the 
  winters 
  are 
  mild 
  and 
  the 
  

   summers 
  dry 
  and 
  hot. 
  

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