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  28883 
  and 
  28884. 
  

  

  From 
  Teneriffe, 
  Canary 
  Islands. 
  Procured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Ross 
  J. 
  Hazeltine, 
  American 
  

   vice 
  consul, 
  from 
  Sefior 
  Luis 
  Diaz. 
  Received 
  October 
  3, 
  1910. 
  

   Cuttings 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  28883. 
  Prunus 
  armeniaca 
  L. 
  Apricot. 
  

   Yellow. 
  

  

  28884. 
  Prunus 
  sp. 
  Plum. 
  

   Yellow. 
  "One 
  of 
  the 
  finest 
  I 
  have 
  ever 
  seen." 
  {Hazeltine.) 
  

  

  28885. 
  Hordeum 
  spontaneum 
  Koch. 
  Barley. 
  

  

  From 
  Haifa, 
  Palestine. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Aaron 
  Aaronsohn, 
  director, 
  Jewish 
  

   Agricultural 
  Experiment 
  Station. 
  Received 
  October 
  3, 
  1910. 
  

  

  28886. 
  Spondias 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  Mauritius. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  Regnard, 
  Port 
  Louis, 
  Mauritius. 
  Received 
  

  

  October 
  14, 
  1910. 
  

  

  "This 
  is 
  much 
  like 
  the 
  species 
  dulcis 
  as 
  regards 
  appearance 
  of 
  the 
  tree 
  and 
  fruit, 
  

  

  but 
  not 
  the 
  seeds. 
  The 
  only 
  specimen 
  in 
  Mauritius 
  grows 
  at 
  the 
  Botanical 
  Gardens, 
  

  

  Pamplemousses; 
  it 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  classified 
  and 
  seems 
  not 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  noticed." 
  

  

  (Regnard.) 
  

  

  28887. 
  Carica 
  papaya 
  L. 
  Papaya. 
  

  

  From 
  Camp 
  Overton, 
  Mindanao, 
  Philippine 
  Islands. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Maj. 
  Charles 
  

   H. 
  Muir, 
  Twenty-third 
  Infantry, 
  Fort 
  Clark, 
  Tex., 
  through 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  C. 
  Green, 
  

   in 
  charge, 
  South 
  Texas 
  Plant 
  Introduction 
  Garden, 
  Brownsville, 
  Tex. 
  Re- 
  

   ceived 
  October 
  3, 
  1910. 
  

   "This 
  seed 
  is 
  from 
  the 
  best 
  variety 
  of 
  thi3 
  fruit 
  I 
  have 
  ever 
  met 
  with 
  in 
  either 
  the 
  

   Philippines 
  or 
  Cuba; 
  it 
  is 
  spoken 
  of 
  as 
  the 
  Dapitan 
  by 
  some 
  and 
  as 
  the 
  Java 
  by 
  others." 
  

   (Muir.) 
  

  

  28888 
  to 
  28893. 
  Vigna 
  unguiculata 
  (L.) 
  Walp. 
  Cowpea. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  Province 
  of 
  Para, 
  near 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Braganca, 
  Brazil. 
  Presented 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  Walter 
  Fischer, 
  acting 
  director, 
  Campo 
  de 
  Cultura 
  Experimental 
  Paraense, 
  

   Para, 
  Brazil. 
  Received 
  October 
  3 
  and 
  4, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  28888. 
  Large 
  brown 
  eye. 
  

  

  28889. 
  Pinkish 
  clay-colored 
  seeds. 
  

  

  28890. 
  Brownish 
  clay-colored 
  seeds. 
  

  

  28891. 
  Reddish 
  brown. 
  

  

  28892. 
  Under 
  color 
  brownish 
  clay 
  thickly 
  marked 
  with 
  purplish 
  lines 
  or 
  

   marb 
  lings. 
  

  

  28893. 
  Like 
  the 
  preceding, 
  except 
  that 
  the 
  ground 
  color 
  is 
  almost 
  completely 
  

   obscured 
  by 
  the 
  purple 
  marblings. 
  

  

  "The 
  two 
  preceding 
  numbers 
  (I 
  believe 
  one 
  of 
  them 
  is 
  a 
  hybrid 
  with 
  some 
  speckled 
  

   variety) 
  are 
  said 
  to 
  give 
  a 
  luxuriant 
  growth 
  of 
  foliage, 
  but 
  further 
  than 
  this 
  I 
  heard 
  

   nothing." 
  (Fischer.) 
  

  

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