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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  made 
  for 
  all 
  the 
  species 
  of 
  Diospyros 
  which 
  may 
  in 
  any 
  way 
  be 
  of 
  

   value 
  for 
  breeding 
  purposes 
  or 
  as 
  a 
  stock. 
  Special 
  interest 
  may 
  attach 
  

   to 
  Diospyros 
  per 
  egrina 
  .(No. 
  28584), 
  from 
  Sibpur, 
  Calcutta, 
  from 
  the 
  fact 
  

   that 
  the 
  expressed 
  juice 
  when 
  boiled 
  with 
  powdered 
  charcoal 
  is 
  used 
  on 
  

   a 
  large 
  scale 
  for 
  paying 
  the 
  bottoms 
  of 
  boats 
  and 
  that 
  an 
  excellent 
  

   glue 
  is 
  made 
  from 
  the 
  juice 
  by 
  the 
  natives 
  of 
  the 
  Malabar 
  coast. 
  

   Diospyros 
  montana 
  cordifolia 
  (No. 
  28684), 
  a 
  tree 
  which 
  is 
  found 
  from 
  

   the 
  Himalayas 
  to 
  Australia 
  and 
  which 
  bears 
  small 
  fruits 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  

   cherries, 
  and 
  Diospyros 
  microcarpa 
  from 
  Australia 
  (No. 
  28343) 
  have 
  

   also 
  been 
  secured. 
  

  

  Two 
  strains 
  of 
  maize 
  from 
  the 
  Kalahari 
  Desert 
  region 
  of 
  South 
  

   Africa 
  (Nos. 
  28614 
  and 
  28615) 
  and 
  a 
  form 
  from 
  Zomba, 
  Nyasaland 
  

   Protectorate 
  (No. 
  28661), 
  may 
  interest 
  the 
  corn 
  breeders. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  A. 
  Weberbauer, 
  whose 
  collections 
  in 
  the 
  Peruvian 
  Andes 
  are 
  

   well 
  known, 
  has 
  sent 
  two 
  wild 
  forms 
  of 
  Solanum 
  from 
  the 
  region 
  

   about 
  Lima. 
  One, 
  which 
  he 
  believes 
  to 
  be 
  Solanum 
  maglia, 
  is 
  from 
  

   the 
  cool, 
  cloudy 
  Loma 
  region 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  vegeta- 
  

   tion 
  zone 
  is 
  an 
  undetermined 
  form 
  (Nos. 
  28656 
  and 
  28657). 
  

  

  Western 
  China 
  is 
  known 
  to 
  have 
  many 
  wild 
  species 
  of 
  Rubus, 
  

   some 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  reported 
  to 
  bear 
  fruit 
  of 
  unusual 
  excellence. 
  The 
  

   vigor 
  of 
  the 
  Chinese 
  brambles 
  and 
  the 
  early-ripening 
  habit 
  of 
  certain 
  

   of 
  those 
  already 
  introduced 
  have 
  attracted 
  the 
  attention 
  of 
  plant 
  

   breeders 
  in 
  this 
  field, 
  and 
  the 
  introduction 
  of 
  a 
  species 
  from 
  the 
  top 
  

   of 
  Mount 
  Omei, 
  on 
  the 
  Upper 
  Yangtze, 
  described 
  by 
  the 
  sender, 
  

   Dr. 
  Edgar 
  T. 
  Shields, 
  of 
  Yachow, 
  as 
  "a 
  delicious 
  large 
  yellow 
  rasp- 
  

   berry" 
  can 
  scarcely 
  fail 
  to 
  attract 
  their 
  attention. 
  

  

  Two 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  fruits 
  of 
  the 
  Malay 
  Archipelago 
  are 
  the 
  ram- 
  

   boetan 
  and 
  the 
  kapoelasan, 
  species 
  of 
  Nephelium. 
  A 
  Wardian-case 
  

   shipment 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  from 
  Java, 
  containing 
  three 
  varieties 
  of 
  

   the 
  latter 
  (Nos. 
  28332 
  to 
  28334) 
  and 
  seven 
  varieties 
  of 
  the 
  former 
  

   (Nos. 
  28335 
  to 
  28341), 
  and 
  an 
  attempt 
  will 
  be 
  made 
  to 
  propagate 
  

   these 
  on 
  various 
  stocks 
  for 
  distribution 
  in 
  Porto 
  Rico, 
  Hawaii, 
  and 
  

   the 
  Panama 
  Canal 
  Zone. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  L. 
  Trabut, 
  the 
  veteran 
  experimenter 
  of 
  Algiers, 
  has 
  sent 
  in 
  seeds 
  

   of 
  the 
  remarkably 
  alkali-resistant 
  grass 
  Festuca 
  fenas 
  (No. 
  28355) 
  

   from 
  the 
  Shott 
  Khreida. 
  

  

  A 
  collection 
  of 
  medicagos 
  and 
  trifoliums 
  from 
  Beirut, 
  Turkey, 
  

   containing 
  six 
  species 
  (Nos. 
  28788 
  to 
  28793) 
  will 
  be 
  of 
  use 
  to 
  those 
  

   breeding 
  these 
  leguminous 
  plants. 
  

  

  The 
  khat 
  plant 
  of 
  Yemen, 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  coast 
  of 
  Arabia, 
  has 
  been 
  

   in 
  cultivation 
  for 
  generations. 
  Its 
  fresh 
  leaves 
  are 
  chewed 
  by 
  the 
  

   Arabs 
  almost 
  universally 
  in 
  that 
  region. 
  To 
  them 
  life 
  and 
  hard 
  

   work 
  would 
  be 
  unendurable 
  without 
  khat, 
  and 
  every 
  coolie, 
  even 
  the 
  

   poorest, 
  buys 
  the 
  leaf. 
  The 
  plant 
  yields 
  a 
  marketable 
  crop 
  the 
  sec- 
  

  

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