﻿30 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  28584. 
  Diospyros 
  peregrina 
  (Gaertn.) 
  Guerke. 
  

  

  From 
  Sibpur, 
  Calcutta, 
  India. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Maj. 
  A. 
  T. 
  Gage, 
  superintendent, 
  

   Royal 
  Botanic 
  Garden. 
  Received 
  July 
  26, 
  1910. 
  

  

  "A 
  dense, 
  evergreen, 
  small 
  tree 
  with 
  dark-green 
  foliage 
  and 
  long, 
  shining 
  leaves; 
  

   common 
  throughout 
  India 
  and 
  Burma 
  except 
  the 
  arid 
  and 
  dry 
  zone 
  in 
  the 
  Pun- 
  

   jab 
  and 
  Sind. 
  Distributed 
  to 
  Ceylon, 
  Siam, 
  and 
  the 
  Malay 
  Peninsula; 
  very 
  abun- 
  

   dant 
  in 
  Bengal. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  beautiful 
  tree; 
  the 
  fruit 
  is 
  eatable, 
  but 
  excessively 
  sour. 
  

   Its 
  principal 
  use 
  is 
  for 
  paying 
  the 
  bottoms 
  of 
  boats. 
  It 
  is 
  beaten 
  in 
  a 
  large 
  mortar 
  and 
  

   the 
  juice 
  is 
  expressed. 
  This 
  is 
  boiled, 
  mixed 
  with 
  powdered 
  charcoal, 
  and 
  applied 
  

   once 
  a 
  year 
  to 
  the 
  outside 
  of 
  the 
  planks. 
  The 
  wood 
  is 
  of 
  little 
  value. 
  The 
  fruit 
  is 
  

   largely 
  used 
  in 
  tanning, 
  being 
  a 
  powerful 
  astringent. 
  The 
  juice 
  of 
  the 
  unripe 
  fruit 
  is 
  

   used 
  in 
  medicine 
  as 
  an 
  astringent. 
  The 
  tree 
  produces 
  a 
  round 
  fruit 
  as 
  big 
  as 
  a 
  middle- 
  

   sized 
  apple, 
  green 
  when 
  unripe, 
  rusty 
  yellow 
  when 
  ripe, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  later 
  stages 
  con- 
  

   taining 
  a 
  somewhat 
  astringent 
  pulp, 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  seeds 
  are 
  embedded. 
  When 
  ripe 
  it 
  

   is 
  eaten 
  by 
  the 
  natives, 
  but 
  is 
  not 
  very 
  palatable. 
  The 
  leaves 
  are 
  also 
  eaten 
  as 
  a 
  vege- 
  

   table. 
  Ainslie 
  mentions 
  that 
  the 
  carpenters 
  of 
  the 
  Malabar 
  coast 
  use 
  the 
  juice 
  of 
  the 
  

   fruit 
  as 
  an 
  excellent 
  glue. 
  ' 
  ' 
  ( 
  Watt, 
  Dictionary 
  of 
  the 
  Economic 
  Products 
  of 
  India, 
  vol. 
  3, 
  

   p. 
  U5.) 
  

  

  Seeds. 
  

  

  28585 
  to 
  28593. 
  

  

  From 
  Domane 
  Niemiercze, 
  Podolia, 
  Russia. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Messrs. 
  K. 
  Buszczynski 
  

   and 
  M. 
  Lazynski. 
  Received 
  July 
  22, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  28585 
  to 
  28587. 
  Avena 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Oat. 
  

  

  28585. 
  Earliest, 
  or 
  Sixty-Day. 
  

  

  28586. 
  Ligovo. 
  

  

  28587. 
  The 
  new 
  oats 
  (cross 
  between 
  Ligovo 
  and 
  Earliest). 
  

  

  28588 
  to 
  28592. 
  Triticum 
  aestivum 
  L. 
  Wheat. 
  

  

  28588. 
  Brown 
  bearded. 
  28591. 
  Triumph 
  of 
  Podolia. 
  

  

  28589. 
  Crossed 
  Wheat 
  No. 
  1. 
  28592. 
  White 
  bearded. 
  

  

  28590. 
  Improved 
  Banat. 
  

  

  28593. 
  Triticum 
  durum 
  Desf. 
  Wheat. 
  

   White 
  spring. 
  

  

  28594 
  and 
  28595. 
  

  

  From 
  Spain. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  R. 
  L. 
  Sprague, 
  American 
  consul, 
  Gibraltar, 
  Spain. 
  

   Received 
  July 
  7, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Sprague: 
  

  

  28594. 
  Vicia 
  ervilia 
  (L.) 
  Willd. 
  Bitter 
  vetch. 
  

   " 
  Yero. 
  This 
  vetch 
  is 
  sown 
  throughout 
  Andalusia, 
  but 
  never 
  plowed 
  under 
  

  

  for 
  green 
  manure. 
  When 
  the 
  crop 
  is 
  ripe 
  it 
  is 
  gathered 
  and 
  given 
  to 
  cattle 
  

   during 
  the 
  winter 
  months." 
  

  

  28595. 
  Lathyrus 
  sativus 
  L. 
  

  

  u 
  Alverjones. 
  These 
  are 
  used 
  for 
  green 
  manure 
  and 
  can 
  be 
  procured 
  in 
  larger 
  

   quantities 
  than 
  the 
  preceding 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  28594). 
  At 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  price 
  

   the 
  practical 
  result 
  is 
  considered 
  better." 
  

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