﻿48 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  27931. 
  Alysicarpus 
  vaginalis 
  (L.) 
  DC. 
  

  

  From 
  Alabang 
  Riyal, 
  Philippine 
  Islands. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Le 
  Roy 
  J. 
  Fattey 
  

   at 
  the 
  request 
  of 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  B. 
  Thompson, 
  Special 
  Agent 
  in 
  Charge, 
  Agricultural 
  

   Experiment 
  Station, 
  Island 
  of 
  Guam. 
  Received 
  May 
  6, 
  1910. 
  

   Known 
  in 
  the 
  Philippine 
  Islands 
  as 
  " 
  Manimanian" 
  

   See 
  No. 
  26786 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  27932. 
  Rheedia 
  edulis 
  (Seem.) 
  Planch. 
  & 
  Triana. 
  Sastra. 
  

  

  From 
  Puerto 
  Mutis, 
  Republic 
  of 
  Panama. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  M. 
  Morse, 
  Boston 
  

   Panama 
  Company, 
  at 
  the 
  request 
  of 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  F. 
  Schultz. 
  Received 
  May 
  12, 
  

   1910. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  27485 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  27933. 
  Hordeum 
  sp. 
  Barley. 
  

  

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

   tural 
  explorer, 
  April 
  28, 
  1910. 
  

   White 
  seeded. 
  

  

  Note. 
  — 
  This 
  was 
  picked 
  out 
  of 
  a 
  lot 
  of 
  black-seeded 
  barley 
  received 
  under 
  Meyer 
  

   No. 
  1301a 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  27829). 
  See 
  this 
  number 
  for 
  remarks. 
  

  

  27934. 
  Gossypium 
  sp. 
  Cotton. 
  

  

  From 
  Unsan, 
  Korea. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  D. 
  Hubbard. 
  Received 
  May 
  16, 
  1910. 
  

   ''This 
  seed 
  was 
  all 
  grown 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  fortieth 
  parallel, 
  and 
  is 
  probably 
  the 
  hardiest 
  

   cotton 
  in 
  existence. 
  On 
  favorable 
  soil 
  in 
  Korea 
  this 
  plant 
  grows 
  waist 
  high 
  and 
  has 
  

   many 
  pods; 
  these 
  are 
  not 
  gathered 
  until 
  the 
  bush 
  has 
  been 
  killed 
  by 
  frost 
  in 
  late 
  

   October 
  or 
  November. 
  This 
  variety 
  has 
  undoubtedly 
  gained 
  in 
  hardiness 
  during 
  the 
  

   ages 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  planted 
  by 
  the 
  northern 
  Koreans. 
  The 
  main 
  article 
  of 
  clothing 
  among 
  

   the 
  Koreans 
  is 
  the 
  cotton 
  suit, 
  made 
  from 
  this 
  home 
  product." 
  (Hubbard.) 
  

  

  27935. 
  Opuntia 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  Manila, 
  Philippine 
  Islands. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  S. 
  Lyon. 
  Received 
  May 
  

   17, 
  1910. 
  

   "An 
  absolutely 
  spineless 
  opuntia. 
  I 
  fancy 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  indigenous, 
  because 
  I 
  have 
  only 
  

   found 
  it 
  about 
  habitations. 
  I 
  will 
  warrant 
  it 
  with 
  never 
  a 
  rudimentary 
  spine. 
  It 
  is 
  

   a 
  'buster' 
  for 
  size, 
  makes 
  a 
  woody 
  caudex 
  as 
  thick 
  as 
  a 
  man's 
  thigh, 
  grows 
  11 
  to 
  13 
  feet 
  

   tall 
  and 
  of 
  like 
  diameter 
  of 
  crown. 
  For 
  such 
  things 
  as 
  might 
  eat 
  it, 
  it 
  would, 
  I 
  should 
  

   think, 
  crop 
  a 
  modest 
  200 
  tons 
  or 
  so 
  per 
  acre." 
  (Lyon.) 
  

  

  27936. 
  Zea 
  mays 
  L. 
  Corn. 
  

  

  From 
  Guadalajara, 
  Mexico. 
  Procured 
  by 
  Hon. 
  Samuel 
  E. 
  Magill, 
  American 
  

   consul. 
  Received 
  May 
  18, 
  1910. 
  

   Jala. 
  

  

  27937 
  to 
  27946. 
  Zea 
  mays 
  L. 
  Corn. 
  

  

  From 
  Guerrero, 
  Mexico. 
  Procured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Marion 
  Letcher, 
  American 
  consul 
  at 
  

   Acapulco, 
  Mexico. 
  Received 
  May 
  16, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  descriptive 
  notes 
  as 
  given 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Letcher: 
  

  

  27937. 
  Conejo 
  Blanco. 
  "Average 
  length 
  of 
  ears 
  5£ 
  inches, 
  average 
  gross 
  

  

  weight 
  of 
  ears 
  95 
  grams, 
  average 
  weight 
  of 
  cob 
  15 
  grams, 
  net 
  weight 
  of 
  corn 
  on 
  

  

  ear 
  80 
  grams. 
  This 
  corn 
  is 
  planted 
  at 
  the 
  beginning 
  of 
  the 
  rainy 
  season 
  for 
  

  

  quick 
  maturity. 
  The 
  crop 
  can 
  be 
  gathered 
  forty 
  to 
  fifty 
  days 
  after 
  planting." 
  

  

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