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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  cancellata 
  (No. 
  30061), 
  a 
  forage 
  plant 
  of 
  promise 
  which, 
  as 
  yet, 
  has 
  

   been 
  untried 
  in 
  this 
  country. 
  

  

  American 
  growers 
  of 
  the 
  mango 
  will 
  be 
  interested 
  in 
  several 
  new 
  

   varieties 
  of 
  this 
  fruit 
  imported 
  from 
  Poona 
  (Nos. 
  29504 
  to 
  29513) 
  and 
  

   from 
  Lucknow 
  (Nos. 
  30085 
  to 
  30089). 
  The 
  fact 
  that 
  Eucommia 
  

   ulmoides 
  (No. 
  30137) 
  is 
  hardy 
  as 
  far 
  north 
  as 
  Boston, 
  that 
  it 
  plays 
  an 
  

   important 
  role 
  in 
  Chinese 
  medicine, 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  rubberlike 
  substance 
  

   which 
  its 
  leaves 
  and 
  bark 
  contain 
  is 
  being 
  thoroughly 
  investigated 
  

   as 
  a 
  commercial 
  possibility 
  makes 
  the 
  securing 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  quantity 
  of 
  

   seed 
  through 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  H. 
  Wilson 
  of 
  unusual 
  interest. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Trabut's 
  hybrid 
  sisal 
  (Nos. 
  30189 
  and 
  30190), 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  

   claimed 
  is 
  more 
  cold 
  resistant 
  than 
  the 
  ordinary 
  sisal 
  and 
  has 
  more 
  

   abundant 
  and 
  finer 
  fibers, 
  can 
  not 
  fail 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  great 
  interest 
  to 
  

   fiber 
  experts, 
  while 
  a 
  collection 
  of 
  sorgos 
  from 
  the 
  Governor 
  of 
  Togo- 
  

   land, 
  German 
  West 
  Africa, 
  may 
  add 
  some 
  valuable 
  varieties 
  to 
  those 
  

   already 
  growing 
  in 
  America. 
  

  

  The 
  manuscript 
  for 
  this 
  inventory 
  has 
  been 
  prepared 
  by 
  Miss 
  

   Mary 
  A. 
  Austin 
  and 
  the 
  botanical 
  determinations 
  made 
  by 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  C. 
  

   Skeels, 
  under 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Frederick 
  V. 
  Coville, 
  of 
  the 
  Office 
  

   of 
  Taxonomic 
  and 
  Range 
  Investigations. 
  

  

  David 
  Fairchild, 
  

   Agricultural 
  Explorer 
  in 
  Charge. 
  

  

  Office 
  of 
  Foreign 
  Seed 
  and 
  Plant 
  Introduction, 
  

  

  Washington, 
  D. 
  C, 
  September 
  22, 
  1911. 
  

  

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