﻿16 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  28926 
  to 
  28928— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  Zizephus 
  jujuba 
  Miller. 
  

  

  This 
  being 
  an 
  unusual 
  name 
  for 
  the 
  common 
  jujube, 
  the 
  following 
  dates 
  and 
  

   synonyms 
  are 
  given 
  to 
  avoid 
  confusion 
  : 
  

  

  Ziziphus 
  jujuba 
  Miller 
  1768. 
  (Rhamnus 
  zizyphus 
  L. 
  1753, 
  Z. 
  sativa 
  Gaertn. 
  

   1788, 
  Z. 
  vulgaris 
  Lam. 
  1789, 
  not 
  Z. 
  jujuba 
  (L.) 
  Lam. 
  1789.) 
  See 
  No. 
  28129 
  

   for 
  further 
  information. 
  

  

  " 
  Ch'ang 
  Hung 
  tsao. 
  (Long 
  red 
  'date 
  ' 
  or 
  jujube.) 
  

  

  Yilan 
  Ling 
  tsao. 
  (Foremost 
  honorable 
  'date' 
  or 
  jujube.) 
  

  

  Hsiao 
  tsao. 
  (The 
  small 
  'date' 
  or 
  jujube.)" 
  

   Diospyros 
  sp. 
  (?) 
  Persimmon. 
  

  

  Juan 
  tsao. 
  "A 
  wild 
  persimmon 
  on 
  which, 
  as 
  a 
  stock, 
  they 
  graft 
  the 
  edible 
  

   persimmon." 
  

  

  28929. 
  Arachis 
  hypogaea 
  L. 
  Peanut. 
  

  

  From 
  Kia-ying 
  chau, 
  China. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  George 
  Campbell. 
  Received 
  

   November 
  2, 
  1910. 
  

   "These 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  more 
  drought 
  resistant 
  than 
  some 
  received 
  from 
  the 
  States. 
  

   The 
  plants 
  also 
  have 
  a 
  running 
  habit." 
  (Campbell.) 
  

  

  28930 
  to 
  28932. 
  

  

  From 
  Costa 
  Rica. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Senor 
  don 
  Anastasio 
  Alfaro, 
  secretary 
  of 
  the 
  

   Society 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  San 
  Jose, 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Lyster 
  H. 
  Dewey, 
  Botanist 
  in 
  

   Charge 
  of 
  Fiber-Plant 
  Investigations. 
  Received 
  October 
  4, 
  1910. 
  

   Notes 
  on 
  the 
  following 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Dewey: 
  

  

  28930. 
  Agave 
  fourcroydes 
  Lem. 
  Henequen. 
  

   "Bulbils 
  and 
  suckers 
  from 
  plants 
  introduced 
  in 
  the 
  garden 
  of 
  the 
  Museum 
  of 
  

  

  San 
  Jose, 
  Costa 
  Rica, 
  supposed 
  to 
  have 
  come 
  from 
  Mexico. 
  

  

  "These 
  plants 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  same 
  type 
  as 
  those 
  cultivated 
  for 
  fiber 
  pro- 
  

   duction 
  in 
  Yucatan. 
  

  

  "The 
  fiber 
  from 
  the 
  leaves 
  of 
  this 
  plant 
  is 
  called 
  sisal 
  in 
  English-speaking 
  

   countries. 
  It 
  is 
  used 
  more 
  than 
  all 
  other 
  fibers 
  combined 
  in 
  the 
  manufacture 
  

   of 
  binder 
  twine. 
  The 
  true 
  sisal 
  plant, 
  Agave 
  sisalana 
  Perrine, 
  is 
  a 
  distinct 
  

   species 
  having 
  a 
  wider 
  range 
  but 
  not 
  so 
  extensively 
  cultivated." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  provinces 
  of 
  Yucatan 
  and 
  Campeche 
  in 
  Mexico. 
  Culti- 
  

   vated 
  in 
  Tamaulipas, 
  Sinaloa, 
  and 
  Chiapas 
  in 
  Mexico, 
  in 
  Cuba, 
  and 
  in 
  German 
  

   East 
  Africa. 
  

  

  28931. 
  Agave 
  sp. 
  Agave. 
  

   "Young 
  plants 
  collected 
  on 
  the 
  island 
  in 
  the 
  Gulf 
  of 
  Nicoya 
  on 
  the 
  Pacific 
  

  

  coast 
  of 
  Costa 
  Rica. 
  

  

  "These 
  plants 
  belong 
  to 
  the 
  narrow-leaved 
  group 
  of 
  the 
  large 
  agaves 
  and 
  

   may 
  be 
  useful 
  for 
  the 
  production 
  of 
  fiber." 
  

  

  28932. 
  Furcraea 
  sp. 
  Cabuya. 
  

   "Bulbils 
  and 
  young 
  plants 
  from 
  the 
  garden 
  of 
  the 
  Museum 
  of 
  San 
  Jose, 
  

  

  Costa 
  Rica. 
  Collected 
  by 
  Senor 
  don 
  Adolf 
  o 
  Tonduz. 
  

  

  "This 
  species 
  belongs 
  to 
  the 
  group 
  of 
  furcreeas 
  that 
  are 
  being 
  cultivated 
  in 
  

   Costa 
  Rica 
  for 
  the 
  production 
  of 
  fiber." 
  

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