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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  29134. 
  Ilex 
  paraguariensis 
  St. 
  Hil. 
  Yerba 
  mate. 
  

  

  From 
  Paraguay. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  F. 
  Mead, 
  Cahi 
  Puente, 
  Paraguay. 
  

   Received 
  December 
  10, 
  1910. 
  

   "Crop 
  of 
  1910." 
  

   See 
  No. 
  29097 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  29137. 
  Persea 
  Americana 
  Miller 
  1768. 
  Avocado. 
  

  

  {Per 
  sea 
  gratissima 
  Gaertn. 
  f. 
  1805.) 
  

  

  Material 
  growing 
  at 
  the 
  Subtropical 
  Garden, 
  Miami, 
  Fla. 
  Numbered 
  December, 
  

   1910. 
  

   "Bud 
  wood 
  furnished 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Andrew 
  Hardie, 
  Cocoanut 
  Grove, 
  Fla., 
  who 
  mailed 
  a 
  

   specimen 
  of 
  fruit 
  to 
  this 
  office. 
  The 
  tree 
  is 
  a 
  seedling 
  of 
  the 
  Trapp 
  variety, 
  but 
  

   differs 
  from 
  this 
  sort 
  in 
  the 
  shape 
  of 
  the 
  fruit, 
  which 
  is 
  slightly 
  ovoid 
  and 
  of 
  a 
  very 
  

   attractive 
  purplish-red 
  color. 
  It 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  quite 
  prolific 
  and 
  promises 
  to 
  be 
  one 
  

   of 
  the 
  most 
  valuable 
  accessions 
  to 
  our 
  avocado 
  collection, 
  not 
  so 
  much 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  

   superior 
  quality 
  but 
  for 
  its 
  unusually 
  attractive 
  appearance 
  and 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  it 
  

   ripens 
  late, 
  about 
  Christmas. 
  The 
  fruit 
  is 
  medium 
  to 
  large 
  size, 
  possesses 
  a 
  very 
  

   thick 
  skin, 
  and 
  the 
  meat 
  is 
  medium 
  thick, 
  yellow, 
  and 
  very 
  tender. 
  The 
  seed 
  is 
  

   comparatively 
  large 
  but 
  firmly 
  inclosed 
  by 
  the 
  meat." 
  {H. 
  F. 
  Schultz.) 
  

  

  29138 
  to 
  29140. 
  Medicago 
  spp. 
  

  

  From 
  India. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  Booth 
  Tucker, 
  Salvation 
  Army, 
  Simla, 
  India. 
  

   Received 
  December 
  14, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Tucker: 
  

  

  29138. 
  Medicago 
  hispida 
  apiculata 
  (Willd.) 
  Urban. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  Punjab 
  Agricultural 
  College 
  (irrigated 
  colonies). 
  "This 
  is 
  known 
  

   here 
  as 
  Maina. 
  The 
  Director 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  tells 
  me 
  that 
  this 
  is 
  an 
  excellent 
  

   fodder 
  for 
  cattle, 
  and 
  especially 
  for 
  milch 
  cows, 
  but 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  suitable 
  for 
  

   horses." 
  

   28139. 
  Medicago 
  falcata 
  L. 
  

  

  From 
  Lahul, 
  in 
  the 
  heart 
  of 
  the 
  Himalayas, 
  near 
  Kashmir. 
  " 
  Lahul 
  is 
  a 
  valley 
  

   10,000 
  to 
  11,000 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  sea, 
  surrounded 
  by 
  glaciers 
  and 
  snowy 
  moun- 
  

   tains 
  and 
  covered 
  with 
  snow 
  during 
  the 
  winter 
  months." 
  

  

  29140. 
  Medicago 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Alfalfa. 
  

   From 
  the 
  Punjab 
  Agricultural 
  College 
  (irrigated 
  colonies). 
  "The 
  ordinary 
  

  

  Medicago 
  sativa 
  as 
  grown 
  in 
  the 
  Punjab 
  by 
  horse 
  breeders." 
  

  

  29141 
  to 
  29150. 
  

  

  Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Frank 
  N. 
  Meyer, 
  agricultural 
  explorer, 
  December 
  10, 
  1910. 
  

   Cuttings 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  29141. 
  Rises 
  sp. 
  Red 
  currant. 
  

   From 
  near 
  Guldscha, 
  Russian 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  791, 
  October 
  10, 
  1910.) 
  

  

  Found 
  growing 
  on 
  a 
  dry 
  mountain 
  side 
  at 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  about 
  6,000 
  feet. 
  Of 
  

   vigorous 
  growth, 
  the 
  tallest 
  stems 
  being 
  8 
  feet 
  long. 
  Of 
  value 
  in 
  hybridization 
  

   experiments 
  and, 
  when 
  somewhat 
  improved, 
  as 
  a 
  hardy 
  garden 
  fruit 
  for 
  the 
  

   northern 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  29142. 
  Ribes 
  nigrum 
  L. 
  Black 
  currant. 
  

   From 
  near 
  Terek-Dawan, 
  Russian 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  792, 
  October 
  13, 
  1910.) 
  

  

  Found 
  growing 
  in 
  a 
  cold, 
  stony 
  canyon 
  at 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  over 
  9,000 
  feet 
  above 
  

   sea 
  level. 
  The 
  Russians 
  who 
  live 
  here 
  and 
  there 
  in 
  the 
  mountains 
  make 
  a 
  very 
  

   palatable 
  preserve 
  from 
  the 
  ripe 
  berries. 
  This 
  shrub 
  may 
  be 
  of 
  value 
  as 
  a 
  garden 
  

   fruit 
  in 
  the 
  most 
  northern 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

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