﻿JULY 
  1 
  TO 
  SEPTEMBER 
  30, 
  1910. 
  87 
  

  

  28656 
  and 
  28657— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  28656. 
  Solanum 
  sp. 
  

  

  "Tubers 
  of 
  an 
  undoubtedly 
  wild 
  Solanum 
  that 
  I 
  collected 
  myself. 
  I 
  found 
  

   the 
  plants 
  on 
  the 
  hills 
  near 
  Lima, 
  between 
  crumbled 
  rocks 
  in 
  the 
  so-called 
  Loma 
  

   formation, 
  200 
  meters 
  above 
  sea 
  level. 
  The 
  specimens 
  were 
  very 
  young, 
  in 
  the 
  

   beginning 
  of 
  their 
  growing 
  period, 
  but 
  one 
  of 
  them 
  already 
  had 
  blooms. 
  These 
  

   were 
  deep 
  violet, 
  almost 
  the 
  color 
  of 
  Viola 
  odorata. 
  The 
  plants 
  were 
  very 
  

   similar 
  to 
  the 
  potato, 
  but 
  were 
  not 
  Solanum 
  tuberosum^ 
  but 
  the 
  Solanum 
  maglia 
  

   which 
  I 
  collected 
  (formerly) 
  near 
  Mollendo. 
  

  

  "Lima, 
  considering 
  its 
  latitude, 
  has 
  very 
  low 
  temperatures; 
  from 
  June 
  to 
  

   October 
  the 
  average 
  monthly 
  temperature 
  is 
  15.9° 
  to 
  16.7° 
  C; 
  sometimes 
  the 
  

   temperature 
  sinks 
  to 
  12° 
  C. 
  From 
  November 
  to 
  May 
  there 
  is 
  practically 
  no 
  

   precipitation. 
  From 
  June 
  to 
  October, 
  however, 
  it 
  is 
  cloudy 
  almost 
  continuously, 
  

   and 
  slight 
  rains 
  dampen 
  the 
  ground 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  previously 
  bare 
  hills 
  are 
  covered 
  

   with 
  a 
  green 
  carpet 
  of 
  plants 
  (chiefly 
  annual 
  plants, 
  such 
  as 
  tuberous 
  and 
  

   bulbous 
  plants) 
  . 
  This 
  vegetation 
  is 
  called 
  Loma. 
  " 
  

  

  28657. 
  Solanum 
  sp. 
  

  

  "Tubers 
  of 
  another 
  Solanum 
  species 
  related 
  to 
  the 
  potato. 
  This, 
  too, 
  was 
  

   found 
  at 
  200 
  meters 
  above 
  sea 
  level 
  and 
  between 
  crumbled 
  rocks 
  in 
  the 
  Loma. 
  

   The 
  plant 
  has 
  pale-lilac 
  blooms 
  and 
  is 
  distinguished 
  from 
  Solanum 
  tuberosum, 
  

   among 
  other 
  things, 
  by 
  the 
  narrow 
  leaf 
  lobes." 
  (Weberbauer 
  .) 
  

  

  28658. 
  Rubus 
  sp. 
  Raspberry. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  Mount 
  Omei, 
  Szechwan 
  Province, 
  China. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  

   Edgar 
  T. 
  Shields, 
  Yachow, 
  Szechwan 
  Province, 
  China. 
  Received 
  July 
  23, 
  1910. 
  

   "Seed 
  of 
  a 
  most 
  delicious, 
  large, 
  yellow 
  raspberry." 
  (Shields.) 
  

  

  28659. 
  Vicia 
  faba 
  L. 
  Horse 
  bean. 
  

  

  From 
  Yachow, 
  Szechwan 
  Province, 
  China. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Edgar 
  T. 
  Shields. 
  

   Received 
  July 
  23, 
  1910. 
  

   "These 
  are 
  very 
  prolific 
  and 
  are 
  used 
  extensively 
  in 
  feeding 
  horses 
  and 
  cows. 
  

   They 
  are 
  also 
  eaten 
  by 
  the 
  poorer 
  people, 
  boiled 
  and 
  roasted 
  in 
  oil." 
  (Shields.) 
  

  

  28660. 
  Magnolia 
  campbellii 
  Hook. 
  f. 
  and 
  Thorns. 
  

  

  From 
  Erfurt, 
  Germany. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  Haage 
  & 
  Schmidt. 
  Received 
  August 
  

   17, 
  1910. 
  

   A 
  large 
  deciduous-leaved 
  tree, 
  whose 
  rosy 
  flowers, 
  often 
  10 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter, 
  

   open 
  before 
  the 
  leaves 
  appear. 
  The 
  leaves 
  are 
  12 
  inches 
  long 
  by 
  4 
  inches 
  wide, 
  

   smooth 
  above 
  and 
  silky 
  pubescent 
  below. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  In 
  the 
  forests 
  on 
  the 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  Himalayas, 
  at 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  

   8,000 
  to 
  10,000 
  feet, 
  in 
  Sikkim 
  and 
  Bhutan, 
  northern 
  India. 
  

  

  28661. 
  Zea 
  mays 
  L. 
  Corn. 
  

  

  From 
  Zomba, 
  Nyasaland 
  Protectorate, 
  Africa. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  W. 
  Davy, 
  

   agriculturist, 
  Agricultural 
  and 
  Forestry 
  Department. 
  Received 
  August 
  13, 
  

   1910. 
  

   "Seed 
  of 
  a 
  native-grown 
  type 
  of 
  Nyasaland. 
  I 
  have 
  carried 
  out 
  selection 
  work 
  on 
  

   it 
  for 
  only 
  one 
  year 
  at 
  present, 
  and 
  it 
  will 
  take 
  some 
  years 
  to 
  get 
  a 
  very 
  true 
  and 
  

   improved 
  type 
  fixed. 
  The 
  results 
  of 
  even 
  the 
  first 
  year 
  show 
  a 
  marked 
  improvement, 
  

   the 
  yield 
  being 
  at 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  4,550 
  pounds 
  of 
  dried 
  husked 
  corn 
  per 
  acre. 
  I 
  would 
  

   recommend 
  you 
  to 
  test 
  it 
  in 
  your 
  Southern 
  States 
  with 
  a 
  good 
  rainfall." 
  (Davy.) 
  

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