﻿JULY 
  1 
  TO 
  SEPTEMBER 
  30, 
  1910. 
  15 
  

  

  28360 
  to 
  28363. 
  

  

  From 
  Port 
  Louis, 
  Mauritius. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  Regnard. 
  Received 
  July 
  7, 
  

   1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Regnard: 
  

  

  28360. 
  Erythroxylon 
  laurifolium 
  Lam. 
  " 
  Mauritius 
  torchwood." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  A 
  branching 
  shrub 
  common 
  in 
  the 
  woods 
  in 
  the 
  islands 
  of 
  

   Mauritius 
  and 
  Reunion 
  and 
  the 
  Seychelles. 
  

   28361 
  and 
  28362. 
  (Undetermined.) 
  (Liliaceae.) 
  

  

  28361. 
  "Blue 
  fruited." 
  28362. 
  "White 
  fruited." 
  

  

  28363. 
  (Undetermined.) 
  

  

  "Forest 
  tree 
  bearing 
  scarlet 
  berries." 
  

  

  28364. 
  Gossypium 
  sp. 
  Cotton. 
  

  

  From 
  Honduras. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  S. 
  Chaffee, 
  Trujillo, 
  Honduras. 
  Received 
  

   July 
  8, 
  1910. 
  

   "This 
  is 
  supposed 
  to 
  be 
  wild 
  cotton 
  from 
  the 
  Aguan 
  River, 
  25 
  miles 
  east 
  of 
  here 
  

   (Trujillo). 
  I 
  found 
  it 
  three 
  years 
  ago 
  while 
  hunting 
  in 
  that 
  vicinity. 
  At 
  that 
  time 
  it 
  

   was 
  a 
  tree 
  some 
  8 
  or 
  9 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter 
  and 
  25 
  or 
  30 
  feet 
  high 
  and 
  full 
  of 
  bloom. 
  It 
  

   stood 
  out 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  a 
  savannah 
  in 
  a 
  sand 
  and 
  gravel 
  soil 
  with 
  no 
  other 
  trees 
  

   around 
  it 
  and 
  fully 
  a 
  mile 
  from 
  any 
  house. 
  No 
  one 
  in 
  that 
  vicinity 
  has 
  any 
  knowledge 
  

   of 
  its 
  origin 
  or 
  how 
  long 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  there; 
  but 
  last 
  fall 
  it 
  was 
  burned 
  down 
  by 
  a 
  savan- 
  

   nah 
  fire. 
  These 
  bolls 
  were 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  sprouts 
  that 
  have 
  come 
  up 
  from 
  the 
  roots. 
  

   There 
  are 
  also 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  other 
  trees 
  about 
  a 
  mile 
  apart 
  located 
  in 
  the 
  heavy 
  forest." 
  

   (Chaffee.) 
  

  

  28365. 
  Triticum 
  aestivum 
  L. 
  Wheat. 
  

  

  From 
  near 
  the 
  shore 
  of 
  Lake 
  Van, 
  a 
  few 
  miles 
  from 
  Bitlis, 
  Turkey 
  in 
  Asia. 
  

  

  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Hamilton 
  King, 
  American 
  minister 
  to 
  Siam, 
  who 
  procured 
  

  

  it 
  from 
  Miss 
  A. 
  C. 
  Ely. 
  Received 
  July 
  12, 
  1910. 
  

  

  "This 
  is 
  sown 
  in 
  drills 
  and 
  does 
  not 
  need 
  to 
  be 
  irrigated. 
  The 
  soil 
  is 
  sandy, 
  mixed 
  

  

  with 
  volcanic 
  ashes, 
  and 
  probably 
  some 
  moisture 
  percolates 
  from 
  the 
  near-by 
  lake. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  a 
  rather 
  inferior 
  sample 
  . 
  ' 
  ' 
  (Ely.) 
  

  

  28367 
  and 
  28368. 
  

  

  From 
  Marash, 
  Turkey. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Paul 
  N. 
  Nersessian. 
  Received 
  July 
  

   16, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Nersessian: 
  

  

  28367. 
  Lathyrus 
  sativus 
  L. 
  

  

  "Agh 
  jilban 
  (white 
  jilban). 
  For 
  cultivation, 
  soil, 
  and 
  time 
  and 
  manner 
  of 
  

   sowing, 
  see 
  No. 
  28368." 
  

  

  28368. 
  Vicia 
  ervilia 
  (L.) 
  Willd. 
  Bitter 
  vetch. 
  

   " 
  Koushne. 
  They 
  do 
  not 
  cultivate 
  these 
  plants 
  for 
  green 
  manuring 
  but 
  only 
  

  

  for 
  seeds 
  which 
  they 
  use 
  for 
  cattle 
  feed 
  . 
  The 
  seed 
  is 
  sown 
  here 
  from 
  about 
  the 
  

   middle 
  of 
  September 
  until 
  near 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  November. 
  It 
  sprouts 
  or 
  stools 
  

   some 
  in 
  the 
  fall 
  and 
  remains 
  that 
  way 
  during 
  the 
  winter. 
  In 
  the 
  spring 
  it 
  sprouts 
  

   more, 
  covers 
  the 
  ground 
  perfectly, 
  grows 
  about 
  a 
  foot 
  high, 
  and 
  is 
  ripe 
  enough 
  to 
  

   harvest 
  in 
  these 
  days 
  (about 
  June 
  1?). 
  Usually 
  it 
  is 
  sown 
  on 
  poor 
  or 
  exhausted 
  

   fields 
  from 
  which 
  a 
  good 
  crop 
  of 
  grain 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  expected. 
  Of 
  course 
  it 
  does 
  

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