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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  29051 
  to 
  29052— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  29052. 
  Pinus 
  laricio 
  pallasiana 
  (Lamb.) 
  Endl. 
  Pine. 
  

  

  From 
  near 
  Kirikinesh, 
  Crimea, 
  Russia. 
  "(January 
  16, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  pine 
  found 
  

   growing 
  wild 
  along 
  the 
  coasts 
  of 
  the 
  Crimea, 
  occurring 
  sometimes 
  in 
  the 
  

   rockiest 
  of 
  situations 
  where 
  one 
  would 
  not 
  believe 
  a 
  pine 
  tree 
  would 
  grow. 
  Of 
  

   value 
  as 
  an 
  ornamental 
  park 
  tree 
  in 
  regions 
  where 
  the 
  winters 
  are 
  not 
  too 
  severe, 
  

   but 
  the 
  summers 
  hot 
  and 
  dry. 
  Said 
  to 
  be 
  used 
  in 
  reclaiming 
  moving 
  sand 
  

   wastes 
  in 
  southern 
  Russia." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  On 
  the 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  mountains 
  in 
  the 
  Crimean 
  Peninsula 
  and 
  

   the 
  adjacent 
  shores 
  of 
  the 
  Black 
  Sea. 
  

  

  29054 
  to 
  29077. 
  Musa 
  spp. 
  Banana. 
  

  

  From 
  Paramaribo, 
  Surinam, 
  South 
  America. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Goldsmith 
  H. 
  

   Williams, 
  manager, 
  United 
  Fruit 
  Co. 
  Received 
  November 
  19, 
  1910. 
  

   Suckers 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Williams: 
  

  

  29054. 
  Apple 
  banana. 
  From 
  Surinam. 
  

  

  29055. 
  Apple 
  banana, 
  large. 
  From 
  Demerara. 
  

  

  29056. 
  Apple 
  banana, 
  large, 
  extra 
  acid. 
  From 
  Demerara. 
  

  

  29057. 
  Apple 
  banana, 
  very 
  long 
  bunches, 
  sweet. 
  From 
  Demerara. 
  

  

  29058. 
  Braha 
  Bana, 
  a 
  sort 
  of 
  cross 
  between 
  a 
  plantain 
  and 
  banana. 
  From 
  

   Surinam. 
  

  

  29059. 
  Fig, 
  or 
  lady's-finger, 
  extra 
  long 
  bunches, 
  usually 
  10 
  hands. 
  From 
  

   Demerara. 
  

  

  29060. 
  Fig, 
  King 
  of 
  the 
  Prawn, 
  tasteless 
  but 
  handsome. 
  From 
  New 
  York 
  

   Botanic 
  Garden. 
  

  

  29061. 
  Fig, 
  Soekroe, 
  very 
  small 
  fig 
  banana, 
  but 
  quite 
  sweet. 
  From 
  Surinam. 
  

  

  29062. 
  Horse 
  banana. 
  From 
  Demerara. 
  

  

  29063. 
  Horse 
  banana, 
  Camboure, 
  pink 
  fleshed. 
  From 
  Oyapok 
  River, 
  French 
  

   Guiana. 
  

  

  29064. 
  Lindo, 
  tree 
  exactly 
  like 
  the 
  Jamaica 
  banana, 
  but 
  the 
  fruit 
  is 
  not 
  so 
  

   sweet 
  and 
  resembles 
  slightly 
  a 
  plantain 
  in 
  appearance 
  and 
  flavor. 
  From 
  

   Costa 
  Rica. 
  

  

  29065. 
  Martaban 
  Calcutta, 
  very 
  much 
  like 
  the 
  Bumulan 
  from 
  Manila. 
  From 
  

   Surinam. 
  

  

  29066. 
  Plantain, 
  common. 
  From 
  Surinam. 
  

  

  29067. 
  Palem 
  Bang, 
  Malay 
  Archipelago; 
  small 
  fingers, 
  but 
  has 
  a 
  good 
  flavor. 
  

  

  29068. 
  Pisang 
  Radja, 
  Siam. 
  From 
  Java. 
  

  

  29069. 
  Pisang 
  Radja. 
  From 
  Java. 
  

  

  Note. 
  — 
  There 
  is 
  some 
  question 
  as 
  to 
  whether 
  or 
  not 
  this 
  is 
  Pisang 
  Radja, 
  as 
  a 
  

   mistake 
  was 
  made 
  in 
  labeling 
  it. 
  

  

  29070. 
  Plantain, 
  Vittata, 
  St. 
  Thomas 
  Island, 
  West 
  Africa. 
  

  

  29071. 
  Red, 
  medium 
  size; 
  light 
  shade 
  of 
  red. 
  From 
  Demerara. 
  

  

  29072. 
  Uraba. 
  From 
  Gulf 
  of 
  Darien. 
  

  

  29073. 
  Uraba 
  No. 
  2. 
  From 
  Windward 
  Islands. 
  

   29074 
  to 
  29077. 
  

  

  Note. 
  — 
  These 
  numbers 
  were 
  put 
  on 
  the 
  plants 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  labels 
  had 
  

   become 
  detached 
  en 
  route. 
  They 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  identified 
  until 
  grown. 
  

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