﻿JULY 
  1 
  TO 
  SEPTEMBEE 
  30, 
  1910. 
  9 
  

  

  ond 
  year, 
  is 
  grown 
  from 
  cuttings, 
  and 
  is 
  considered 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  

   valuable 
  cultures 
  of 
  the 
  country. 
  Plants 
  have 
  been 
  secured 
  and 
  are 
  

   now 
  growing 
  both 
  from 
  the 
  Edinburgh 
  Botanic 
  Gardens 
  and 
  also 
  

   direct 
  from 
  Aden, 
  Arabia, 
  through 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  K. 
  Moser, 
  the 
  American 
  

   consul, 
  who 
  has 
  furnished 
  an 
  interesting 
  report 
  on 
  the 
  industry. 
  It 
  

   is 
  quite 
  probable 
  that 
  this 
  plant 
  will 
  grow 
  in 
  our 
  southwestern 
  

   country, 
  but 
  until 
  the 
  chemists 
  and 
  animal 
  physiologists 
  have 
  closely 
  

   examined 
  the 
  action 
  of 
  the 
  alkaloid 
  it 
  contains, 
  it 
  will 
  not 
  be 
  distri- 
  

   buted 
  to 
  experimenters. 
  

  

  Picea 
  hreweriana 
  of 
  Oregon 
  and 
  California, 
  which 
  because 
  of 
  its 
  

   appearance 
  may 
  be 
  called 
  the 
  veiled 
  spruce, 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  rarest 
  of 
  

   all 
  the 
  spruces, 
  and 
  the 
  seeds, 
  though 
  sought 
  after 
  many 
  times, 
  have 
  

   so 
  rarely 
  been 
  obtained 
  that 
  the 
  distribution 
  of 
  more 
  than 
  a 
  pound 
  

   of 
  fresh 
  seed, 
  received 
  from 
  Miss 
  Alice 
  Eastwood, 
  is 
  of 
  unusual 
  

   interest. 
  

  

  The 
  nomenclature 
  in 
  this 
  inventory 
  and 
  the 
  notes 
  on 
  geographical 
  

   distribution 
  have 
  been 
  prepared 
  in 
  the 
  Office 
  of 
  Taxonomic 
  and 
  

   Range 
  Investigations 
  by 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  C. 
  Skeels, 
  under 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  

   Mr. 
  Frederick 
  V. 
  Coville. 
  The 
  inventory 
  was 
  prepared 
  by 
  Miss 
  

   Mary 
  A. 
  Austin, 
  of 
  this 
  office. 
  

  

  David 
  Fairchild, 
  

   Agricultural 
  Explorer 
  in 
  Charge. 
  

  

  Office 
  of 
  Foreign 
  Seed 
  and 
  Plant 
  Introduction, 
  

  

  Washington, 
  D. 
  C, 
  Apiil 
  21^, 
  1911. 
  

  

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