﻿APRIL 
  1 
  TO 
  JUNE 
  30, 
  1910. 
  45 
  

  

  27856 
  to 
  27858— 
  Continued. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  notes 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  sacks: 
  

  

  27856. 
  "Rattlesnake 
  Junior. 
  Small, 
  striped, 
  oval; 
  meat 
  dark 
  pink." 
  

  

  27857. 
  " 
  Carmen 
  Sylva. 
  Meat 
  perfectly 
  white." 
  

  

  27858. 
  "Princess 
  Marie. 
  I 
  am 
  sure 
  this 
  is 
  seed 
  of 
  the 
  dark-green 
  skin 
  and 
  

   dark-red 
  meat 
  variety, 
  the 
  kind 
  most 
  grown 
  in 
  Roumania." 
  

  

  27859 
  to 
  27872. 
  Vigna 
  unguiculata 
  (L.) 
  Walp. 
  Cowpea. 
  

  

  From 
  Monetta, 
  S. 
  C. 
  Grown 
  by 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  M. 
  Johnson, 
  crop 
  of 
  1909. 
  Numbered 
  for 
  

   convenience 
  in 
  recording 
  distribution 
  May 
  7, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  27859 
  to 
  27861. 
  Hybrids 
  between 
  Iron 
  and 
  Black. 
  

  

  27859. 
  (P. 
  B. 
  No. 
  14a4-l-3-l.) 
  27861. 
  (P. 
  B. 
  No. 
  14a8-5- 
  

  

  27860. 
  (P. 
  B. 
  No. 
  14a4-l-3-4.) 
  3-1.) 
  

   27862 
  to 
  27866. 
  Hybrids 
  between 
  Iron 
  and 
  Large 
  Blackeye. 
  

  

  27862. 
  (P. 
  B. 
  No. 
  17b2-2-l.) 
  27865. 
  (P. 
  B. 
  No. 
  17b2-2-4.) 
  

  

  27863. 
  (P.B.No. 
  17b2-2-2.) 
  27866. 
  (P. 
  B. 
  No. 
  17c2-2-2.) 
  

  

  27864. 
  (P. 
  B. 
  No. 
  17b2-2-3.) 
  

  

  27867 
  to 
  27871. 
  Hybrids 
  between 
  Iron 
  and 
  Whippoorwill. 
  

  

  27867. 
  (P. 
  B. 
  No. 
  18M-2-3.) 
  27870. 
  (P. 
  B. 
  No. 
  18b5-l-2.) 
  

  

  27868. 
  (P.B.No. 
  18bl-2-4.) 
  27871. 
  (P. 
  B. 
  No. 
  18b9-l-l.) 
  

  

  27869. 
  (P.B.No. 
  18b5-l-l.) 
  

   27872. 
  Iron. 
  

  

  27873. 
  Sapium 
  jenmani 
  Hemsl. 
  

  

  From 
  Georgetown, 
  Demarara, 
  British 
  Guiana. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  A. 
  Stockdale, 
  

   assistant 
  director 
  and 
  Government 
  botanist, 
  Science 
  and 
  Agriculture 
  Depart- 
  

   ment, 
  Botanic 
  Gardens. 
  Received 
  May 
  5, 
  1910. 
  

  

  "A 
  rubber-producing 
  plant, 
  that 
  should 
  be 
  planted 
  in 
  a 
  humid 
  situation, 
  shaded 
  

   from 
  the 
  wind. 
  It 
  does 
  best 
  here 
  in 
  well-drained, 
  fully 
  cleared 
  clayey-peaty 
  land 
  

   some 
  distance 
  up 
  the 
  rivers, 
  and 
  is 
  making 
  most 
  excellent 
  growth 
  at 
  our 
  experiment 
  

   stations. 
  In 
  heavy 
  clay 
  soils, 
  exposed 
  to 
  wind, 
  this 
  plant 
  does 
  not 
  grow 
  luxuriantly, 
  

   developing 
  into 
  a 
  shrubby 
  bush 
  very 
  liable 
  to 
  attacks 
  from 
  Lecanium 
  scale." 
  (Stock- 
  

   dale.) 
  

  

  "A 
  tall 
  forest 
  tree 
  growing 
  in 
  the 
  low, 
  warm 
  forests 
  of 
  British 
  Guiana 
  and 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  

   the 
  principal, 
  if 
  not 
  the 
  only, 
  source 
  of 
  the 
  rubber 
  exported 
  from 
  that 
  colony. 
  This 
  

   rubber 
  has 
  a 
  wonderful 
  elasticity 
  and 
  fetches 
  the 
  highest 
  prices 
  in 
  the 
  English 
  markets. 
  

   It 
  is 
  extracted 
  as 
  scrap 
  by 
  the 
  native 
  Indians. 
  This 
  tree 
  might 
  be 
  grown 
  with 
  good 
  

   results 
  in 
  the 
  Philippine 
  Islands." 
  (H. 
  Pittier.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  In 
  the 
  alluvial 
  forests 
  of 
  the 
  Pomeroon 
  district 
  of 
  British 
  Guiana. 
  

  

  27874. 
  (Undetermined.) 
  

  

  From 
  Horqueta, 
  Paraguay, 
  South 
  America. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  T. 
  R. 
  Gwynu. 
  

   Received 
  May 
  6, 
  1910. 
  

   " 
  Ymangazu, 
  Paraguay 
  rubber 
  seed." 
  (Gwynn.) 
  

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