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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  28371 
  to 
  28531— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  28529. 
  Yucca 
  filamentosa 
  L. 
  

  

  (P. 
  I. 
  G. 
  No. 
  6419.) 
  Variety 
  variegata. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  In 
  dry 
  and 
  sandy 
  soil 
  from 
  North 
  Carolina 
  to 
  Florida 
  and 
  

   Mississippi. 
  

  

  28530. 
  Yucca 
  flaccida 
  Haw. 
  

  

  (P. 
  I. 
  G. 
  No. 
  6306.) 
  Distribution. 
  — 
  On 
  dry 
  or 
  sandy 
  slopes 
  in 
  or 
  near 
  the 
  

   mountains 
  from 
  North 
  Carolina 
  to 
  Alabama. 
  

  

  28531. 
  Zephyranthes 
  sulphurea 
  Hort. 
  

   (P. 
  I. 
  G. 
  No. 
  6216.) 
  

  

  28532. 
  Medic 
  ago 
  carstiensis 
  Wulfen. 
  

  

  From 
  Edinburgh, 
  Scotland. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Isaac 
  Bay 
  ley 
  Balfour, 
  director, 
  

   Royal 
  Botanic 
  Garden. 
  Received 
  July 
  21, 
  1910. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  27794 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  28533 
  to 
  28536. 
  Carica 
  papaya 
  L. 
  Papaya. 
  

  

  From 
  Empire, 
  Canal 
  Zone, 
  Panama. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  G. 
  Ross, 
  at 
  the 
  

   request 
  of 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  F. 
  Schultz. 
  Received 
  July 
  21, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  28533. 
  "Fruit 
  cylindrical 
  in 
  shape, 
  very 
  rich 
  flavor, 
  heaviest 
  one 
  here 
  

   weighing 
  16 
  J 
  pounds." 
  (Ross.) 
  

  

  "This 
  variety 
  has 
  a 
  very 
  small 
  seed 
  cavity 
  and 
  less 
  seeds 
  than 
  most 
  others." 
  

   (Schultz.) 
  

  

  28534. 
  "Fruit 
  oblong 
  in 
  shape, 
  extra 
  size, 
  10^ 
  pounds, 
  and 
  having 
  an 
  excel- 
  

   lent 
  flavor." 
  (Ross.) 
  

  

  28535. 
  "Fruit 
  oblong 
  and 
  slightly 
  tapering 
  in 
  shape, 
  above 
  medium 
  in 
  size, 
  

   and 
  having 
  very 
  sweet 
  meat." 
  (Ross.) 
  

  

  28536. 
  "Fruit 
  pear 
  shaped. 
  Tree 
  was 
  planted 
  three 
  years 
  ago 
  and 
  produced 
  

   30 
  papayas 
  last 
  year, 
  all 
  very 
  large 
  and 
  of 
  very 
  fine 
  flavor." 
  (Ross.) 
  

  

  28537. 
  Tricholaena 
  rosea 
  Nees. 
  

  

  From 
  Benguela, 
  Angola, 
  Portuguese 
  West 
  Africa. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  T. 
  W. 
  

  

  Woodside, 
  A. 
  B. 
  C. 
  F. 
  M. 
  Received 
  July 
  20, 
  1910. 
  

  

  "A 
  grass 
  that 
  grows 
  spontaneously 
  in 
  old 
  worn-out 
  fields. 
  Grows 
  often 
  to 
  the 
  

  

  height 
  of 
  2\ 
  or 
  3 
  feet. 
  It 
  is 
  very 
  succulent 
  and 
  sweet, 
  and 
  cattle 
  like 
  it 
  very 
  much. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  it 
  grows 
  in 
  old 
  abandoned 
  fields 
  I 
  would 
  judge 
  that 
  it 
  does 
  not 
  

  

  require 
  rich 
  soil 
  . 
  " 
  ( 
  Woodside 
  . 
  ) 
  

  

  28538 
  and 
  28539. 
  Medicago 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Alfalfa. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  Bombay 
  Presidency, 
  India. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  P. 
  S. 
  Kanetkar, 
  super- 
  

   intendent, 
  Empress 
  Botanical 
  Gardens, 
  Poona, 
  Bombay, 
  India. 
  Received 
  

   July 
  23, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  28538. 
  "From 
  the 
  Surat 
  district, 
  a 
  few 
  miles 
  from 
  the 
  sea 
  and 
  at 
  sea 
  level. 
  

   It 
  is 
  grown 
  in 
  fields 
  in 
  which 
  sugar 
  cane 
  was 
  grown 
  in 
  the 
  rains 
  and 
  harvested 
  in 
  

   October. 
  The 
  seed 
  is 
  sown 
  in 
  November. 
  No 
  cuttings 
  for 
  green 
  fodder 
  are 
  

   taken, 
  but 
  the 
  crop 
  is 
  allowed 
  to 
  run 
  to 
  flower 
  and 
  seed 
  . 
  The 
  crop 
  is 
  harvested 
  

   at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  March. 
  The 
  cultivators 
  near 
  Surat 
  have 
  only 
  recently 
  taken 
  

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