﻿OCTOBER 
  1 
  TO 
  DECEMBER 
  31, 
  1910. 
  27 
  

  

  29025. 
  Irvingia 
  gabonensis 
  (Aubry-Lecomte) 
  Baill. 
  Oba. 
  

   From 
  Botnaga, 
  Kamerun, 
  western 
  Africa. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Fred 
  H. 
  Hope. 
  

  

  Received 
  November 
  17, 
  1910. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  28912 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  29026. 
  Triticum 
  dicoccum 
  dicoccoides 
  (Koern.) 
  Asch. 
  and 
  Graebn. 
  

  

  Wild 
  wheat. 
  

  

  From 
  Palestine. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Aaron 
  Aaronsohn, 
  director, 
  Jewish 
  Agricul- 
  

   tural 
  Experiment 
  Station, 
  Haifa, 
  Palestine. 
  Received 
  November 
  3, 
  1910. 
  

   See 
  Bulletin 
  No. 
  180, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Plant 
  Industry, 
  for 
  description. 
  

   Note. 
  — 
  " 
  I 
  believe 
  that 
  you 
  will 
  do 
  well 
  to 
  sow 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  this 
  as 
  winter 
  wheat 
  in 
  the 
  

   Southwest. 
  The 
  wild 
  wheat 
  sown 
  at 
  Bonn, 
  Germany, 
  last 
  October 
  survived 
  the 
  winter 
  

   perfectly, 
  as 
  I 
  could 
  see 
  for 
  myself 
  last 
  May 
  when 
  I 
  visited 
  there." 
  (Aaronsohn.) 
  

  

  29027. 
  Passiflora 
  liguxaris 
  Juss. 
  Passion 
  flower. 
  

  

  From 
  near 
  Ambato, 
  Ecuador. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Herman 
  R. 
  Dietrich, 
  American 
  

   consul 
  general, 
  Guayaquil. 
  Received 
  November 
  14, 
  1910. 
  

   "This 
  granadilla 
  fruit 
  was 
  grown 
  a 
  short 
  distance 
  from 
  Ambato, 
  Ecuador. 
  It 
  is 
  

   frequently 
  shipped 
  to 
  Guayaquil, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  sold 
  to 
  consumers 
  at 
  about 
  3J 
  cents 
  

   apiece, 
  Ecuadorian 
  currency." 
  (Dietrich.) 
  

  

  29028 
  to 
  29030. 
  Gossypium 
  spp. 
  Cotton. 
  

  

  From 
  Marash, 
  Turkey. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Paul 
  N. 
  Nersessian. 
  Received 
  Novem- 
  

   ber 
  9, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Nersessian: 
  

  

  29028. 
  Gossypium 
  herbaceum 
  L. 
  

  

  "This 
  branches 
  out 
  more 
  and 
  grows 
  larger 
  than 
  No. 
  29030, 
  the 
  bolls 
  are 
  

   larger, 
  and 
  the 
  lint 
  cotton 
  from 
  a 
  given 
  weight 
  of 
  bolls 
  is 
  much 
  more, 
  but 
  the 
  

   yield 
  of 
  bolls 
  from 
  a 
  given 
  area 
  is 
  much 
  less 
  in 
  this 
  locality 
  than 
  the 
  afore- 
  

   mentioned 
  variety. 
  It 
  may 
  yield 
  more 
  bolls 
  in 
  another 
  locality, 
  or 
  the 
  cause 
  

   of 
  the 
  short 
  yield 
  may 
  be 
  found 
  and 
  remedied; 
  then 
  of 
  course 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  the 
  best 
  

   of 
  all. 
  This 
  variety 
  we 
  call 
  Besny 
  or 
  Gaga." 
  

  

  29029. 
  Gossypium 
  hirsutum 
  L. 
  

  

  "This 
  variety 
  we 
  call 
  Constantinople. 
  It 
  grows 
  larger, 
  branches 
  out 
  more 
  

   like 
  a 
  tree, 
  requires 
  richer 
  land, 
  is 
  sown 
  about 
  two 
  weeks 
  earlier, 
  and 
  matures 
  

   earlier. 
  It 
  requires 
  more 
  water 
  for 
  irrigating 
  than 
  the 
  others. 
  The 
  bolls 
  open 
  

   wide 
  apart 
  and 
  shed 
  out 
  the 
  lint 
  cotton 
  if 
  not 
  picked 
  in 
  time." 
  

  

  29030. 
  Gossypium 
  herbaceum 
  L. 
  

  

  29031 
  to 
  29033. 
  

  

  From 
  eastern 
  Bengal 
  and 
  Assam, 
  India. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  R. 
  L. 
  Proudlock, 
  

   arboricultural 
  expert. 
  Received 
  November 
  19, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  29031. 
  Cassia 
  mimosoides 
  L. 
  

  

  "A 
  leguminous 
  plant 
  which 
  is 
  splendid 
  for 
  covering 
  ground 
  and 
  yet 
  easy 
  to 
  

   root 
  out. 
  It 
  does 
  well 
  in 
  a 
  moist 
  tropical 
  climate 
  and 
  will 
  in 
  my 
  opinion 
  be 
  

   first-rate 
  for 
  keeping 
  down 
  weeds 
  on 
  rubber 
  plantations." 
  (Proudlock.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  India, 
  extending 
  from 
  the 
  Himalayas, 
  where 
  it 
  grows 
  at 
  an 
  

   altitude 
  of 
  6,000 
  feet, 
  southward 
  to 
  Ceylon; 
  generally 
  naturalized 
  in 
  the 
  

   Tropics. 
  

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