﻿14 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  28909 
  to 
  28911.— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  28911. 
  Psidium 
  araca 
  Raddi. 
  Guava. 
  

  

  "The 
  araca 
  grows 
  to 
  about 
  15 
  feet 
  (the 
  size 
  of 
  a 
  hazel), 
  and 
  the 
  very 
  pleasant 
  

   sweet 
  fruits 
  are 
  about 
  an 
  inch 
  or 
  an 
  inch 
  and 
  a 
  quarter 
  in 
  diameter. 
  With 
  good 
  

   cultivation 
  I 
  feel 
  sure 
  it 
  could 
  be 
  improved. 
  The 
  fruits 
  are 
  just 
  like 
  small 
  

   guavas, 
  clear 
  yellow 
  when 
  ripe. 
  They 
  taste 
  sweeter, 
  however, 
  and 
  would 
  make 
  

   excellent 
  preserves." 
  

  

  See 
  No. 
  26757 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  28912. 
  Irvingia 
  gabonensis 
  (Aubry-Lecomte) 
  Baill. 
  Oba. 
  

   From 
  Victoria, 
  Kamerun, 
  Africa. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  A. 
  Deistel, 
  director 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  experiment 
  station, 
  at 
  the 
  request 
  of 
  the 
  Imperial 
  Colonial 
  Office 
  at 
  Berlin, 
  

  

  Germany. 
  Received 
  October 
  8, 
  1910. 
  

   This 
  is 
  a 
  tree 
  30 
  to 
  50 
  feet 
  high, 
  with 
  shining 
  leaves, 
  which 
  produces 
  edible 
  fruit 
  

   said 
  to 
  be 
  about 
  2\ 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter. 
  The 
  seeds 
  are 
  the 
  source 
  of 
  "Dika 
  butter." 
  

   This 
  is 
  called 
  "wild 
  mango 
  1 
  ' 
  by 
  the 
  English 
  residents 
  of 
  Princes 
  Island, 
  where 
  it 
  

   grows. 
  It 
  is 
  also 
  reported 
  from 
  the 
  Muni 
  and 
  Kamerun 
  rivers 
  in 
  western 
  Africa. 
  

  

  28913. 
  Ipomoea 
  tuberculata 
  Ker. 
  

  

  Grown 
  at 
  Brookland, 
  D. 
  C, 
  and 
  presented 
  by 
  Miss 
  Carrie 
  Harrison, 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  

   of 
  Plant 
  Industry, 
  October, 
  1910. 
  

  

  "Last 
  spring 
  I 
  purchased 
  in 
  the 
  Center 
  Market 
  of 
  Washington 
  a 
  promising 
  young 
  

   perennial 
  plant 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  passion 
  flower. 
  It 
  was 
  planted 
  in 
  a 
  corner 
  with 
  a 
  choice 
  

   of 
  tumbling 
  over 
  a 
  wall, 
  following 
  wires 
  and 
  climbing 
  a 
  tree, 
  or 
  trailing 
  on 
  the 
  ground; 
  

   it 
  did 
  all 
  three 
  with 
  a 
  decided 
  preference 
  for 
  trailing. 
  About 
  August 
  it 
  produced 
  a 
  

   few 
  pinkish-violet, 
  morning-glory 
  blooms 
  with 
  a 
  pansy-purple 
  center, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  I 
  know 
  

   the 
  most 
  decorative 
  of 
  the 
  order. 
  

  

  "This 
  species 
  has 
  been 
  in 
  cultivation 
  since 
  1815, 
  is 
  from 
  the 
  East 
  Indies, 
  and 
  prob- 
  

   ably 
  reached 
  the 
  market 
  from 
  the 
  Botanical 
  Gardens 
  in 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C, 
  where 
  

   they 
  have 
  some 
  plants 
  growing. 
  It 
  belongs 
  to 
  the 
  group 
  which 
  contains 
  the 
  sweet 
  

   potato. 
  

  

  "It 
  has 
  a 
  large 
  spiral 
  root 
  and 
  sends 
  out 
  about 
  30 
  branches, 
  each 
  between 
  20 
  and 
  30 
  

   feet 
  long. 
  The 
  enormous 
  growth 
  would 
  make 
  it 
  a 
  desirable 
  forage 
  plant, 
  and 
  as 
  closely 
  

   related 
  species 
  in 
  India 
  are 
  used 
  for 
  this 
  purpose 
  the 
  presumption 
  is 
  in 
  its 
  favor. 
  The 
  

   general 
  aspect 
  of 
  leaves 
  and 
  branches 
  is 
  that 
  of 
  Akebia 
  quinala. 
  It 
  will 
  have 
  to 
  be 
  

   grown 
  from 
  cuttings, 
  quite 
  an 
  easy 
  matter, 
  as 
  it 
  roots 
  at 
  the 
  leaf 
  nodes, 
  because 
  it 
  

   would 
  not 
  bear 
  fruit 
  out 
  of 
  doors 
  north 
  of 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C." 
  (^Harrison.) 
  

  

  Cuttings. 
  

  

  28914. 
  Lapageria 
  rosea 
  R. 
  and 
  P. 
  Chilean 
  bellflower. 
  

  

  From 
  Coquimbo, 
  Chile. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Andrew 
  Kerr, 
  consular 
  agent. 
  

   Received 
  October 
  15, 
  1910. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  14948 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction 
  and 
  description. 
  

  

  28915 
  to 
  28917. 
  Solanum 
  spp. 
  Wild 
  potato. 
  

  

  Collected 
  by 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  C. 
  Blumer, 
  Tucson, 
  Ariz. 
  Received 
  October 
  27, 
  1910. 
  

   Tubers 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Blumer: 
  

  

  28915 
  and 
  28916. 
  "Collected 
  October 
  5, 
  1910, 
  on 
  the 
  steep 
  northeast 
  slope 
  

   of 
  the 
  Santa 
  Catalina 
  Mountains, 
  at 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  7,800 
  feet, 
  under 
  white 
  

   and 
  Douglas 
  fir, 
  in 
  fine 
  humous 
  loam. 
  Vines 
  fresh, 
  succulent, 
  and 
  fruit- 
  

   ing. 
  Slope 
  burned 
  clean 
  in 
  June." 
  

  

  28917. 
  "Collected 
  October 
  17, 
  1910, 
  on 
  Rincon 
  Mountains, 
  at 
  Spud 
  Ranch 
  

   camp 
  site. 
  Since 
  potatoes 
  were 
  once 
  cultivated 
  here 
  these 
  purplish 
  tubers 
  

   may 
  be 
  escaped 
  from 
  cultivation." 
  

  

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