﻿APRIL 
  1 
  TO 
  JUNE 
  30, 
  1910. 
  31 
  

  

  27680. 
  Caryophyllus 
  aromaticus 
  L. 
  Clove. 
  

  

  From 
  Zanzibar, 
  East 
  Africa. 
  Procured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Arthur 
  Garrels, 
  American 
  consul. 
  

   Received 
  Apr. 
  20, 
  1910. 
  

   "A 
  small 
  tree, 
  12 
  to 
  15 
  feet 
  high, 
  native 
  in 
  the 
  Molucca 
  Islands, 
  now 
  cultivated 
  

   widely 
  in 
  tropical 
  regions 
  for 
  the 
  dried, 
  unopened 
  flower 
  buds, 
  which 
  constitute 
  the 
  

   cloves 
  of 
  commerce. 
  The 
  chief 
  source 
  of 
  cloves 
  is 
  now 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  Zanzibar, 
  where 
  

   the 
  culture 
  is 
  carried 
  on 
  as 
  a 
  Government 
  monopoly. 
  The 
  unopened 
  flower 
  buds 
  are 
  

   picked, 
  freed 
  from 
  their 
  stems, 
  and 
  cured 
  for 
  commerce, 
  the 
  original 
  brilliant 
  red 
  of 
  

   the 
  product 
  changing 
  to 
  a 
  dark-brown 
  color. 
  Cloves 
  contain 
  a 
  pungent, 
  fragrant, 
  

   volatile 
  oil 
  in 
  great 
  quantity 
  (sometimes 
  as 
  high 
  as 
  25 
  per 
  cent), 
  which 
  gives 
  to 
  the 
  

   product 
  its 
  highly 
  prized 
  quality 
  as 
  a 
  spice. 
  The 
  oil, 
  when 
  separated 
  by 
  distillation, 
  

   is 
  known 
  to 
  commerce 
  as 
  clove 
  oil, 
  and 
  owing 
  to 
  its 
  properties 
  as 
  an 
  antiseptic 
  and 
  

   local 
  anesthetic 
  is 
  much 
  used 
  in 
  dental 
  practice. 
  Tannin 
  is 
  present 
  in 
  cloves 
  as 
  high 
  

   as 
  17 
  per 
  cent. 
  They 
  were 
  formerly 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  dyestuff 
  for 
  coloring 
  silks." 
  (R. 
  H. 
  

   True.) 
  (Seed.) 
  

  

  27682 
  and 
  27683. 
  Oryza 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Rice. 
  

  

  From 
  Philippine 
  Islands. 
  Procured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  William 
  S. 
  Lyon, 
  Manila, 
  P. 
  I. 
  

   Received 
  Apr. 
  21, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  27682. 
  Mimis. 
  27683. 
  Milagrosa. 
  

  

  27684. 
  Laurocerasus 
  officinalis 
  Roem. 
  Laurel- 
  cherry. 
  

  

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

   tural 
  explorer. 
  Received 
  Apr. 
  23, 
  1910. 
  

   "(No. 
  485, 
  Mar. 
  17, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  variety 
  of 
  laurel-cherry 
  coming 
  from 
  the 
  higher 
  

   mountains 
  of 
  the 
  Caucasus 
  and 
  able 
  to 
  stand 
  temperatures 
  of 
  10° 
  below 
  zero 
  F. 
  It 
  is 
  

   of 
  rather 
  slow 
  growth 
  and 
  low, 
  spreading 
  habits. 
  A 
  good 
  evergreen 
  shrub 
  for 
  parks 
  

   and 
  gardens 
  in 
  certain 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  such 
  as 
  Long 
  Island, 
  etc." 
  

   (Meyer.) 
  

  

  27685 
  to 
  27703. 
  

  

  From 
  Belgrade, 
  Servia. 
  Presented 
  by 
  the 
  Chief 
  of 
  the 
  Culture 
  Department, 
  

   Servian 
  Royal 
  Ministry 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  forwarded 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Robert 
  S. 
  S. 
  

   Bergh, 
  American 
  consul. 
  Received 
  April 
  13, 
  1910. 
  

   Cuttings 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  the 
  information 
  regarding 
  them 
  was 
  translated, 
  from 
  the 
  

   labels 
  which 
  accompanied 
  the 
  cuttings, 
  by 
  Prof. 
  Woislav 
  Petrovitch, 
  of 
  the 
  Depart- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  Commerce 
  and 
  Labor, 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C: 
  

  

  27685 
  to 
  27697. 
  Vitis 
  vinipera 
  L. 
  Grape. 
  

  

  27685. 
  "Sitna 
  Bellina." 
  Small 
  white 
  grapes, 
  used 
  to 
  make 
  wine. 
  

  

  27686. 
  "Procoupatz." 
  Name 
  derived 
  from 
  that 
  of 
  a 
  town 
  of 
  Eastern 
  

   Servia, 
  Prokouplie. 
  Used 
  to 
  make 
  wine. 
  

  

  27687. 
  ' 
  ' 
  Bella 
  Adackalcka." 
  "White 
  Adackalcka." 
  For 
  table 
  use. 
  

  

  27688. 
  White 
  "Drenack" 
  For 
  table 
  use. 
  

  

  27689. 
  Red 
  "Drenack." 
  Long, 
  pointed 
  grapes, 
  for 
  table 
  use. 
  

  

  27690. 
  "Lipolist." 
  Ordinary 
  (common) 
  grapes. 
  Title 
  derived 
  from 
  

   the 
  similarity 
  of 
  the 
  leaves 
  of 
  this 
  vine 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  linden 
  tree. 
  (In 
  

   Servian 
  "Lipa"=linden, 
  "List"=leaf.) 
  

  

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