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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  28626 
  — 
  Continued. 
  

  

  wound 
  and 
  then 
  be 
  planted 
  rather 
  deeply 
  in 
  the 
  ground 
  in 
  comparatively 
  dry 
  soil. 
  

   Because 
  of 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  its 
  fruits 
  it 
  seems 
  that 
  this 
  species 
  is 
  likely 
  to 
  prove 
  a 
  very 
  

   valuable 
  one 
  for 
  dry 
  soils 
  where 
  other 
  plants 
  are 
  not 
  likely 
  to 
  thrive." 
  (Robertson- 
  

   Proschowsky, 
  Journal 
  d' 
  Agriculture 
  Tropicale.) 
  

  

  28627 
  to 
  28631. 
  Mangifera 
  indica 
  L. 
  Mango. 
  

  

  From 
  India. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  Mr. 
  P. 
  S. 
  Kanetkar. 
  superintendent, 
  Empress 
  

   Botanical 
  Gardens, 
  Poona, 
  Bombay. 
  Received 
  August 
  8, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  28627. 
  Amin. 
  From 
  Madras 
  Presidency. 
  

  

  28628. 
  Borsha. 
  From 
  Poona. 
  

  

  28629. 
  Fernandez. 
  From 
  Goa. 
  

  

  28630. 
  Peter 
  pasant. 
  From 
  Madras 
  Presidency. 
  

  

  28631. 
  Shendrya. 
  From 
  (Kothrud) 
  Poona. 
  

  

  28632 
  and 
  28633. 
  Capsicum 
  annuum 
  L. 
  Pepper. 
  

  

  From 
  Sibpur, 
  near 
  Calcutta, 
  India. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Maj. 
  A. 
  T. 
  Gage, 
  superin- 
  

   tendent, 
  Royal 
  Botanic 
  Garden. 
  Received 
  August 
  2, 
  1910. 
  

   Seed 
  of 
  Nepal 
  peppers 
  from 
  northern 
  India, 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  28632. 
  Red. 
  28633. 
  Yellow. 
  

  

  28634 
  to 
  28636. 
  

  

  From 
  Chile. 
  Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Jose 
  D. 
  Husbands, 
  Limavida, 
  Chile, 
  August 
  

   3, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  descriptive 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Husbands: 
  

  

  28634. 
  Chenopodium 
  quinoa 
  Willd. 
  Quinoa. 
  

   "(No. 
  585.) 
  A 
  grain 
  said 
  to 
  produce 
  1,000 
  for 
  1. 
  After 
  rubbing 
  and 
  washing 
  

  

  well 
  to 
  remove 
  its 
  bitterness 
  it 
  is 
  eaten 
  boiled, 
  toasted, 
  and 
  ground 
  into 
  flour, 
  

   used 
  in 
  soups, 
  etc. 
  The 
  ashes 
  of 
  the 
  plant 
  contain 
  an 
  extra 
  amount 
  of 
  potash 
  

   and 
  are 
  used 
  in 
  soap 
  making." 
  

  

  28635. 
  Myrtus 
  sp. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  590.) 
  A 
  new 
  class 
  of 
  ' 
  Array 
  'an 
  ,' 
  a 
  Myrtus 
  that 
  flowers 
  in 
  \ha 
  fall, 
  has 
  

   crimson 
  seed 
  berries, 
  and 
  seeks 
  the 
  altitude 
  of 
  the 
  driest 
  arid 
  hills; 
  the 
  fra- 
  

   grance 
  is 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  of 
  that 
  which 
  flowers 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  and 
  only 
  grows 
  

   in 
  wet 
  or 
  moist 
  places. 
  A 
  dense, 
  evergreen, 
  ornamental 
  treelet 
  or 
  bush 
  worthy 
  

   of 
  cultivation." 
  

  

  28636. 
  Persea 
  meyeniana 
  Nees. 
  

  

  ' 
  ' 
  (No. 
  584.) 
  'Lingue 
  ' 
  of 
  central 
  Chile." 
  

  

  28637 
  to 
  28642. 
  Vitis 
  vinifera 
  L. 
  Grape. 
  

  

  From 
  Elqui, 
  Chile. 
  Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Jose 
  D. 
  Husbands, 
  Limavida, 
  Chile, 
  

   August 
  11, 
  1910. 
  

   28637 
  and 
  28638. 
  "Italia. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  finest 
  raisin 
  grape 
  known." 
  

  

  {Husbands.) 
  

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