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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  28610 
  and 
  28611. 
  Anona 
  spp. 
  

  

  From 
  Redland 
  Bay, 
  Queensland, 
  Australia. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  James 
  Collins. 
  

   Received 
  August 
  2, 
  1910. 
  

   Cuttings 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  28610. 
  Anona 
  sp. 
  

  

  "As 
  far 
  as 
  I 
  know 
  this 
  variety 
  has 
  never 
  been 
  named. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  giant 
  and 
  far 
  

   superior 
  to 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  anonas. 
  It 
  often 
  attains 
  a 
  weight 
  of 
  6 
  pounds, 
  

   'being 
  a 
  veritable 
  custard. 
  ' 
  It 
  originated 
  here 
  about 
  30 
  years 
  ago. 
  " 
  ( 
  Collins.) 
  

  

  28611. 
  Anona 
  cherimola 
  Mill. 
  Cherimoya. 
  

  

  28612 
  and 
  28613. 
  Mangifera 
  indica 
  L. 
  Mango. 
  

  

  From 
  Poona, 
  Bombay, 
  India. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  Mr. 
  P. 
  S. 
  Kanetkar, 
  superintend- 
  

   ent, 
  Empress 
  Botanical 
  Gardens. 
  Received 
  August 
  4, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  28612. 
  Pyrie. 
  28613. 
  Kala 
  Hapoos. 
  

  

  28614 
  and 
  28615. 
  Zea 
  mays 
  L. 
  Corn. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  Kalahari, 
  about 
  30 
  miles 
  east 
  of 
  Kuruman, 
  on 
  the 
  Kaapscheberg, 
  South 
  

   Bechuanaland, 
  Africa. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Prof. 
  J. 
  Burtt 
  Davy, 
  government 
  agros- 
  

   tologist 
  and 
  botanist, 
  Transvaal 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  Pretoria, 
  Transvaal, 
  

   South 
  Africa. 
  Received 
  August 
  2, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  notes 
  by 
  Prof. 
  Davy: 
  

  

  ' 
  ' 
  White 
  Botman 
  flint 
  maize. 
  This 
  seed 
  was 
  procured 
  from 
  a 
  very 
  dry 
  region, 
  of 
  shal- 
  

   low 
  limestone 
  soil, 
  cold 
  and 
  dry 
  in 
  winter. 
  It 
  struck 
  me 
  that 
  these 
  strains 
  might 
  do 
  

   for 
  the 
  extreme 
  southwest 
  of 
  the 
  corn 
  belt 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  (northwestern 
  Texas). 
  " 
  

  

  28614. 
  "Donovan's 
  strain 
  (red 
  cob) 
  has 
  been 
  grown 
  by 
  him 
  without 
  selection 
  

   or 
  change 
  of 
  seed 
  for 
  10 
  years, 
  and 
  came 
  originally 
  from 
  a 
  still 
  drier 
  region, 
  

   Daniels 
  Kuil, 
  at 
  the 
  southeast 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  Kuruman 
  Hills." 
  

  

  28615. 
  "Mayer's 
  strain, 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  vicinity 
  as 
  the 
  preceding 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  

   No. 
  28614)." 
  

  

  28616. 
  Trichilia 
  dregeana 
  E. 
  Meyer. 
  

  

  From 
  Durban, 
  Natal, 
  South 
  Africa. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  J. 
  Medley 
  Wood, 
  director, 
  

   Botanic 
  Gardens. 
  Received 
  July 
  26, 
  1910. 
  

   "A 
  handsome 
  evergreen 
  shade 
  tree." 
  {Wood.) 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  In 
  woods 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Durban 
  in 
  South 
  Africa. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  9482 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  28617. 
  Vigna 
  unguiculata 
  (L.) 
  Walp. 
  Cowpea. 
  

  

  From 
  Para, 
  Brazil. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Walter 
  Fischer, 
  acting 
  director, 
  Campo 
  

   de 
  Cultura 
  Experimental 
  Paraense. 
  Received 
  August 
  4, 
  1910. 
  

   "Probably 
  identical 
  with 
  the 
  Blacleye 
  variety; 
  I 
  grew 
  them 
  on 
  the 
  campo 
  and 
  har- 
  

   vested 
  them 
  just 
  two 
  months 
  after 
  sowing. 
  This 
  cowpea 
  could 
  hardly 
  be 
  called 
  a 
  

   forage 
  variety, 
  at 
  least 
  not 
  here 
  in 
  this 
  soil, 
  where 
  it 
  soon 
  goes 
  to 
  seed, 
  but 
  bears 
  

   heavily." 
  {Fischer.) 
  

  

  28618 
  to 
  28625. 
  

  

  From 
  Russia. 
  Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Frank 
  N. 
  Meyer, 
  agricultural 
  explorer, 
  

   July 
  25, 
  1910. 
  

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