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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  28690— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  forests 
  are 
  subject 
  to 
  heavy 
  mist 
  and 
  fog, 
  with 
  the 
  result 
  that 
  the 
  undergrowth 
  never 
  

   dies 
  and 
  is 
  always 
  very 
  moist. 
  The 
  rains 
  fall 
  in 
  the 
  hot 
  months, 
  October 
  to 
  April, 
  and 
  

   herein 
  will 
  lie 
  your 
  chief 
  difficulty 
  in 
  establishing 
  the 
  tree 
  in 
  the 
  Northern 
  Hemi- 
  

   sphere. 
  In 
  the 
  south 
  of 
  England 
  it 
  is 
  grown 
  with 
  difficulty, 
  as 
  it 
  makes 
  its 
  new 
  

   growth 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  months 
  as 
  at 
  Mlanje, 
  with 
  the 
  result 
  that 
  it 
  does 
  not 
  ripen 
  off 
  

   before 
  the 
  advent 
  of 
  frosts. 
  At 
  elevations 
  of 
  3,000 
  feet 
  in 
  Nyasaland, 
  where 
  the 
  con- 
  

   ditions 
  of 
  climate 
  are 
  more 
  xerophytic, 
  it 
  makes 
  a 
  nice 
  ornamental 
  tree, 
  but 
  it 
  

   begins 
  to 
  die 
  out 
  suddenly 
  after 
  10 
  or 
  12 
  years. 
  It 
  seems 
  to 
  thrive 
  best 
  in 
  its 
  native 
  

   habitat 
  when 
  it 
  is 
  slightly 
  intermixed 
  with 
  other 
  leaf-shedding 
  trees 
  and 
  evergreens, 
  

   typical 
  of 
  mountain 
  forests, 
  as 
  the 
  decaying 
  foliage, 
  etc., 
  helps 
  to 
  form 
  a 
  better 
  layer 
  

   of 
  humus. 
  " 
  (E. 
  W. 
  Davy, 
  acting 
  chief 
  forest 
  officer, 
  Agricultural 
  and 
  Forestry 
  Depart- 
  

   ment, 
  Zomba, 
  Nyasaland 
  Protectorate, 
  Africa.) 
  

  

  28691 
  to 
  28703. 
  Mangifera 
  indica 
  L. 
  Mango. 
  

  

  From 
  Seharunpur, 
  India. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  C. 
  Hartless, 
  superintendent, 
  

   Government 
  Botanic 
  Gardens. 
  Received 
  August 
  23, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  28698. 
  

   28699. 
  

   28700. 
  

   28701. 
  

   28702. 
  

   28703. 
  

  

  Sanduria. 
  

  

  Singapuri. 
  

  

  Gopalbhog. 
  

  

  Ennurea. 
  

  

  Faizan. 
  

  

  Tamancha. 
  

  

  Sunahra. 
  

  

  Sharbati 
  (brown). 
  

  

  Bulbulchasm. 
  

  

  Calcutta 
  Amin. 
  

  

  Hathijhul. 
  

  

  Chickna. 
  

  

  Faquirmala. 
  

  

  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  Regnard. 
  Received 
  August 
  

  

  28691. 
  

   28692. 
  

   28693. 
  

   28694. 
  

   28695. 
  

   28696. 
  

   28697. 
  

  

  28704. 
  Rollinia 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  Port 
  Louis, 
  Mauritius. 
  

   26, 
  1910. 
  

   "Tree 
  30 
  feet; 
  leaves 
  7 
  inches 
  long; 
  fruit 
  heart 
  shaped, 
  with 
  prominent 
  eyes 
  of 
  a 
  

   yellowish 
  color 
  when 
  ripe; 
  edible. 
  " 
  (Regnard.) 
  

  

  28705 
  to 
  28707. 
  Solanum 
  spp. 
  Wild 
  potato. 
  

  

  From 
  Marseille, 
  France. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Prof. 
  Edouard 
  Heckel, 
  director, 
  Botanic 
  

   Gardens. 
  Received 
  August 
  29, 
  1910. 
  

   Tubers 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  28705 
  and 
  28706. 
  Solanum 
  maglia 
  Schlecht. 
  

  

  28705. 
  White 
  and 
  violet. 
  28706. 
  Fifth 
  generation. 
  

  

  28707. 
  Solanum 
  commersonii 
  Dun. 
  

   Half 
  wild. 
  

  

  28708 
  to 
  28710. 
  Willow. 
  

  

  From 
  Limavida, 
  via 
  Molina, 
  Chile. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Jose 
  D. 
  Husbands. 
  Re- 
  

   ceived 
  August 
  30, 
  1910. 
  

   Cuttings 
  of 
  the 
  following 
  : 
  

  

  28708. 
  Salix 
  vitellina 
  L. 
  

  

  "(H. 
  No. 
  609.) 
  Yellow 
  Mimbre. 
  An 
  industrial 
  plant 
  of 
  value, 
  introduced 
  

   into 
  Chile 
  from 
  Europe 
  by 
  the 
  Spaniards. 
  Grows 
  in 
  waste 
  spots 
  along 
  the 
  

   edge 
  of 
  canals, 
  creeks, 
  ravines, 
  etc. 
  It 
  is 
  used 
  to 
  make 
  extra 
  strong 
  baskets 
  

   for 
  holding 
  fruit, 
  potatoes, 
  or 
  corn 
  and 
  for 
  general 
  farm 
  and 
  factory 
  uses; 
  also 
  

   to 
  tie 
  fences, 
  thatches, 
  etc." 
  (Husbands.) 
  

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