﻿APRIL 
  1 
  TO 
  JUNE 
  30, 
  1910. 
  43 
  

  

  27830 
  to 
  27838. 
  Mangifera 
  indica 
  L. 
  Mango. 
  

  

  Grown 
  at 
  the 
  Department 
  Greenhouse, 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C. 
  Numbered 
  May 
  3, 
  

   1910. 
  

   Plants 
  of 
  the 
  following 
  seedling 
  Philippine 
  mangos, 
  selected 
  for 
  propagation 
  by 
  

   grafting, 
  for 
  distribution 
  and 
  testing, 
  to 
  determine 
  how 
  nearly 
  these 
  varieties 
  come 
  

   true 
  from 
  seed 
  : 
  

  

  27830 
  and 
  27831. 
  Carabao. 
  Grown 
  from 
  S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  25938. 
  

   27832 
  to 
  27834. 
  Pico. 
  Grown 
  from 
  S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  25939. 
  

   27835 
  to 
  27838. 
  Lyon. 
  Grown 
  from 
  S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  25940, 
  which 
  was 
  intro- 
  

   duced 
  under 
  the 
  class 
  name 
  of 
  Pahutan. 
  

  

  27839 
  to 
  27842. 
  

  

  From 
  Callao, 
  Peru, 
  South 
  America. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Rev. 
  V. 
  M. 
  McCombs. 
  Re- 
  

   ceived 
  May 
  5, 
  1910. 
  

  

  27839. 
  Solanum 
  sp. 
  Potato. 
  

  

  Yellow. 
  (Tubers.) 
  

  

  27840 
  and 
  27841. 
  Anona 
  cherimola 
  Miller. 
  Cherimoya. 
  

  

  27840. 
  (Seeds.) 
  27841. 
  (Cuttings.) 
  

  

  27842. 
  Lucuma 
  sp. 
  (Seeds.) 
  

   27843 
  to 
  27845. 
  

  

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

   May 
  3, 
  1910. 
  

  

  27843. 
  Iris 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  near 
  Helenendorf, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  769, 
  Apr. 
  8, 
  1910.) 
  An 
  

   iris, 
  perhaps 
  I. 
  paradoxa, 
  found 
  on 
  a 
  dry, 
  stony 
  mountain 
  slope, 
  and 
  growing 
  but 
  

   a 
  few 
  inches 
  high. 
  May 
  be 
  of 
  value 
  as 
  a 
  low-growing 
  edging 
  plant 
  in 
  semiarid 
  

   regions." 
  (Meyer.) 
  (Rhizomes.) 
  

  

  27844. 
  Gladiolus 
  segetum 
  Gawl. 
  

  

  From 
  near 
  Geok-Tepe, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  770, 
  Apr. 
  12, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  wild 
  

   gladiolus 
  occurring 
  on 
  dry 
  mountain 
  slopes. 
  To 
  be 
  tested 
  in 
  breeding 
  experi- 
  

   ments." 
  (Meyer.) 
  (Bulbs.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  From 
  the 
  Madeira 
  and 
  Canary 
  Islands 
  eastward 
  through 
  

   northern 
  Africa 
  and 
  southern 
  Europe 
  to 
  Persia 
  and 
  Turkestan. 
  

  

  27845. 
  Tulipa 
  eichleri 
  Regel. 
  

  

  From 
  near 
  Geok-Tepe, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  771, 
  Apr. 
  12, 
  1910.) 
  An 
  

   ornamental 
  species 
  of 
  tulip 
  having 
  large, 
  bright-red 
  flowers 
  that 
  stand 
  on 
  long- 
  

   stems. 
  Found 
  growing 
  on 
  dry 
  places 
  in 
  the 
  mountains 
  at 
  several 
  hundred 
  feet 
  

   elevation 
  . 
  " 
  ( 
  Meyer 
  . 
  ) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  In 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Baku 
  in 
  the 
  Transcaucasian 
  region 
  and 
  in 
  

   the 
  Kohrud 
  Mountains 
  of 
  northern 
  Persia. 
  

  

  27846 
  and 
  27847. 
  Malus 
  sylvestris 
  Miller. 
  Apple. 
  

  

  From 
  Santa 
  Ines, 
  Chile. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Salvador 
  Izquierdo. 
  Received 
  May 
  

   2, 
  1910. 
  

   Cuttings 
  of 
  the 
  following 
  : 
  

  

  27846. 
  Admirable 
  de 
  Otono 
  de 
  Santa 
  Ines. 
  " 
  This 
  tree 
  produces 
  a 
  large 
  fruit, 
  

   somewhat 
  flattened; 
  color 
  green, 
  inclined 
  to 
  yellow, 
  with 
  vertical, 
  reddish 
  

   stripes; 
  fruit 
  sweet, 
  acidulous, 
  juicy, 
  and 
  very 
  aromatic; 
  an 
  excellent 
  variety; 
  

   ripens 
  here 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  April. 
  The 
  tree 
  is 
  very 
  vigorous 
  and 
  absolutely 
  

   unattackable 
  by 
  the 
  woolly 
  aphis. 
  I 
  consider 
  it 
  an 
  excellent 
  market 
  

   fruit."- 
  (Izquierdo.) 
  

  

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