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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTEL 
  

  

  27651 
  to 
  27659— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  27652. 
  Ruby 
  Queen. 
  "Round 
  to 
  oblong, 
  flattened; 
  skin 
  purple; 
  eyes 
  

   shallow. 
  Very 
  early." 
  

  

  27653. 
  Fiirst 
  Bismarck. 
  "Medium-sized, 
  round 
  tubers; 
  skin 
  deep 
  flesh 
  

   color; 
  eyes 
  shallow." 
  

  

  27654. 
  Norma, 
  CimbalVs. 
  "Long, 
  cylindrical, 
  medium-sized 
  tubers; 
  skin 
  

   yellowish; 
  eyes 
  shallow. 
  A 
  medium-early 
  variety." 
  

  

  27655. 
  Epicure. 
  "Medium-sized, 
  round 
  to 
  oblong 
  tubers; 
  skin 
  yellowish- 
  

   white; 
  eyes 
  rather 
  deep. 
  An 
  early 
  variety." 
  

  

  27656. 
  Entente 
  Cordiale. 
  "Medium-sized, 
  yellowish-skinned 
  tubers, 
  round 
  

   to 
  oblong, 
  slightly 
  flattened; 
  eyes 
  shallow. 
  An 
  early 
  variety." 
  

  

  27657. 
  Cacilia. 
  "Tubers 
  medium-sized, 
  oblong, 
  flattened; 
  skin 
  white; 
  

   flesh 
  yellowish 
  white." 
  

  

  27658. 
  Imperator, 
  Richtefs. 
  "Medium-sized, 
  oblong, 
  flattened 
  tubers; 
  skin 
  

   yellowish 
  white; 
  eyes 
  shallow." 
  

  

  27659. 
  Industrie. 
  "Medium-sized, 
  oblong, 
  flattened 
  tubers; 
  skin 
  yellowish 
  

   white; 
  eyes 
  shallow; 
  sprouts 
  white." 
  

  

  27660 
  and 
  27661. 
  

  

  From 
  Mayaguez, 
  Porto 
  Rico. 
  Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  D. 
  W. 
  May, 
  special 
  agent 
  

   in 
  charge, 
  Porto 
  Rico 
  Agricultural 
  Experiment 
  Station. 
  Received 
  April 
  19, 
  

   1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  27660. 
  Erythrina 
  umbrosa 
  H. 
  B. 
  & 
  K. 
  

  

  "This 
  is 
  a 
  most 
  excellent 
  leguminous 
  shade 
  for 
  coffee, 
  and 
  a 
  windbreak 
  for 
  

   citrus 
  groves." 
  (May.) 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  On 
  the 
  mountains 
  along 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  Venezuela 
  between 
  La 
  

   Guayra 
  and 
  Caracas. 
  

  

  27661. 
  Sterculia 
  foetida 
  L. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  17139 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  27662 
  to 
  27674. 
  

  

  From 
  Tiflis, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Frank 
  N. 
  Meyer, 
  agricul- 
  

   tural 
  explorer, 
  April 
  8, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  27662. 
  Fagus 
  orientalis 
  Lipsky. 
  

  

  From 
  Tiflis, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1286a, 
  Mar. 
  21, 
  1910.) 
  The 
  Caucasian 
  

   beech, 
  which 
  grows 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  tall 
  and 
  imposing 
  tree 
  and 
  forms 
  whole 
  forests 
  all 
  

   through 
  Caucasus. 
  The 
  wood 
  is 
  excellent 
  material 
  for 
  tubs 
  and 
  barrels, 
  furni- 
  

   ture 
  and 
  tools. 
  These 
  seeds 
  came 
  from 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Yelisavetpol, 
  eastern 
  

   Caucasus, 
  where 
  there 
  is 
  only 
  a 
  slight 
  annual 
  rainfall 
  (10-12 
  inches). 
  Recom- 
  

   mended 
  as 
  a 
  shade 
  and 
  timber 
  tree 
  for 
  mild-wintered, 
  semiarid 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  

   United 
  States. 
  Obtained 
  from 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  C. 
  Rollow, 
  director 
  of 
  the 
  Botanic 
  Gar- 
  

   dens 
  at 
  Tiflis. 
  Also 
  see 
  note 
  for 
  No. 
  406 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  26862)." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Throughout 
  the 
  Caucasus 
  region 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  province 
  of 
  Ghilan, 
  

   northwestern 
  Persia. 
  

  

  27663. 
  Allium 
  cepa 
  L. 
  Onion. 
  

   From 
  Tiflis, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1287a, 
  Mar. 
  19, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  many-headed 
  

  

  variety 
  of 
  native 
  Caucasian 
  onion, 
  coming 
  originally 
  from 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Yeli- 
  

   savetpol, 
  but 
  now 
  also 
  much 
  grown 
  around 
  Tiflis. 
  The 
  curiosity 
  about 
  this 
  

  

  