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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  29331 
  and 
  29332— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  planting 
  it 
  in 
  the 
  tropical 
  or 
  subtropical 
  regions 
  and 
  growing 
  it 
  in 
  the 
  dry- 
  

   season. 
  Here 
  in 
  Belem 
  these 
  melons 
  sell 
  for 
  from 
  $1 
  to 
  $2." 
  

  

  29333. 
  Mangifera 
  indica 
  L. 
  Mango. 
  

  

  Plants 
  growing 
  at 
  the 
  Subtropical 
  Garden, 
  Miami, 
  Fla. 
  Numbered 
  January 
  7, 
  

   1911. 
  

  

  Haden. 
  "A 
  seedling 
  of 
  a 
  Mulgoba 
  mango 
  planted 
  by 
  the 
  late 
  Capt. 
  F. 
  P. 
  Haden 
  

   and 
  now 
  growing 
  on 
  the 
  Mathams 
  estate, 
  at 
  Cocoanut 
  Grove, 
  Fla. 
  It 
  fruited 
  in 
  1910 
  

   for 
  the 
  first 
  time 
  and 
  promises 
  to 
  be 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  valuable 
  accessions 
  to 
  our 
  mango 
  

   collection. 
  The 
  bud 
  wood 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  plants 
  at 
  Miami 
  were 
  grown 
  was 
  furnished 
  

   by 
  Mr. 
  Kirk 
  Munroe, 
  of 
  Cocoanut 
  Grove, 
  Fla." 
  (H. 
  F. 
  Schultz.) 
  

  

  "General 
  form 
  of 
  fruit 
  roundish, 
  4£ 
  by 
  3^ 
  by 
  3| 
  inches; 
  beak 
  V-shaped, 
  about 
  

   1 
  inch 
  from 
  vertical 
  center 
  of 
  fruit; 
  skin 
  thick, 
  tenacious, 
  surface 
  moderately 
  smooth, 
  

   greenish 
  yellow 
  to 
  rich 
  yellow, 
  with 
  bright-scarlet 
  blush; 
  bloom 
  profuse, 
  whitish; 
  

   flesh 
  deep, 
  rich 
  yellow, 
  buttery, 
  juicy, 
  with 
  but 
  little 
  fiber, 
  sweet, 
  rich, 
  very 
  good; 
  

   seed 
  medium 
  size, 
  flat 
  oval, 
  cling." 
  (W. 
  N. 
  Irwin.) 
  

  

  29334. 
  Ononis 
  antiquorum 
  L. 
  

  

  From 
  Palestine. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  F. 
  Beaumont, 
  American 
  Colony, 
  Jerusa- 
  

   lem, 
  Palestine. 
  Received 
  January 
  6, 
  1911. 
  

  

  " 
  Seed 
  of 
  a 
  wild 
  perennial 
  plant 
  of 
  the 
  pea 
  family, 
  which 
  grows 
  absolutely 
  every- 
  

   where 
  on 
  poor, 
  rocky 
  soil 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  on 
  good 
  ground 
  and 
  which 
  is 
  the 
  deepest 
  rooted 
  

   plant, 
  next 
  to 
  alfalfa, 
  that 
  grows 
  in 
  the 
  country; 
  it 
  is 
  quite 
  equal 
  to 
  alfalfa 
  in 
  rooting 
  

   quality. 
  It 
  has 
  a 
  thorn 
  1 
  to 
  2 
  centimeters 
  long. 
  This 
  plant 
  is 
  greedily 
  eaten 
  by 
  all 
  

   cattle 
  when 
  it 
  is 
  young 
  and 
  the 
  thorn 
  is 
  tender, 
  but 
  when 
  full 
  grown 
  they 
  can 
  not 
  

   manage 
  the 
  thorn. 
  

  

  "We 
  are 
  very 
  ignorant 
  about 
  such 
  matters, 
  but 
  we 
  have 
  thought 
  that 
  if 
  this 
  thorn 
  

   could 
  be 
  bred 
  off, 
  the 
  Ononis 
  would 
  make 
  a 
  splendid 
  forage 
  plant, 
  as 
  it 
  grows 
  so 
  well 
  

   on 
  rocky 
  ground 
  on 
  which 
  nothing 
  else 
  will 
  thrive. 
  

  

  "In 
  the 
  Jordan 
  Valley, 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  very 
  low 
  altitude, 
  plant 
  life 
  is 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  

   active 
  at 
  all 
  seasons. 
  We 
  found 
  the 
  Ononis 
  growing 
  abundantly 
  along 
  the 
  ditches 
  

   that 
  bring 
  the 
  water 
  from 
  Elisha's 
  Spring 
  to 
  the 
  irrigated 
  land. 
  About 
  4 
  feet 
  was 
  the 
  

   average 
  height, 
  though 
  some 
  bushes 
  were 
  5 
  feet. 
  What 
  interested 
  us 
  most 
  was 
  to 
  see 
  

   how, 
  after 
  bearing 
  seed, 
  the 
  plant, 
  like 
  the 
  alfalfa, 
  sends 
  out 
  new 
  shoots, 
  some 
  of 
  which 
  

   were 
  28 
  inches 
  long 
  and 
  of 
  a 
  beautiful, 
  tender 
  growth 
  without 
  the 
  first 
  sign 
  of 
  a 
  thorn. 
  

   We 
  gathered 
  some 
  of 
  this 
  and 
  brought 
  it 
  to 
  our 
  cows, 
  which 
  ate 
  it 
  greedily." 
  {Beau- 
  

   mont.) 
  

  

  29335. 
  Quercus 
  suber 
  L. 
  Cork 
  oak. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  Almoraima 
  woods, 
  15 
  miles 
  north 
  of 
  Gibraltar, 
  Spain. 
  Procured 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  R. 
  L. 
  Sprague, 
  American 
  consul. 
  Received 
  January 
  7, 
  1911. 
  

   See 
  Nos. 
  2665 
  and 
  4323 
  for 
  notes 
  on 
  this 
  species. 
  

  

  29336. 
  Eugenia 
  sp. 
  

  

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

   ceived 
  January 
  5, 
  1911. 
  

   "Called 
  in 
  Guarany 
  ' 
  'iba 
  jhai 
  ' 
  (i-ba-i). 
  A 
  wild 
  fruit 
  about 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  an 
  apricot 
  and 
  

   meat 
  similar 
  in 
  color 
  and 
  taste. 
  Outside 
  appearance 
  similar 
  to 
  quince. 
  Very 
  acid 
  

   and 
  used 
  to 
  some 
  extent 
  for 
  preserves, 
  but 
  principally 
  as 
  food 
  for 
  wild 
  animals 
  in 
  the 
  

   forests. 
  Borne 
  on 
  a 
  tree 
  which 
  grows 
  to 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  10 
  meters 
  and 
  is 
  very 
  similar 
  in 
  

   looks 
  to 
  the 
  olive; 
  wood 
  excellent 
  for 
  furniture. 
  It 
  bears 
  profusely; 
  each 
  fruit 
  con- 
  

   tains 
  from 
  one 
  to 
  three 
  seeds. 
  Found 
  in 
  all 
  parts 
  of 
  Paraguay." 
  (Mead.) 
  

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