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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  29373. 
  Mimusops 
  zeyheri 
  Sond. 
  Moople. 
  

  

  From 
  Magaliesberg, 
  Pretoria, 
  South 
  Africa. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Prof. 
  J. 
  Burtt 
  Davy, 
  

   government 
  agrostologist 
  and 
  botanist, 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  Pretoria. 
  

   Received 
  January 
  19, 
  1911. 
  

  

  "Seed 
  of 
  a 
  tree 
  that 
  has 
  an 
  edible 
  fruit 
  which 
  is 
  slightly 
  astringent 
  and 
  is 
  much 
  

   eaten 
  by 
  the 
  natives 
  and 
  by 
  white 
  children, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  of 
  any 
  particular 
  merit 
  ; 
  its 
  

   taste 
  reminds 
  one 
  a 
  little 
  of 
  acorns. 
  The 
  tree 
  is 
  an 
  evergreen, 
  of 
  shapely 
  habit 
  of 
  growth, 
  

   and 
  well 
  worth 
  growing 
  as 
  an 
  ornamental. 
  I 
  have 
  no 
  data 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  wood, 
  

   but 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  closely 
  allied 
  Mimusops 
  obovata 
  is 
  described 
  as 
  yellowish 
  white, 
  close 
  

   grained, 
  tough, 
  heavy, 
  and 
  durable; 
  it 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  used 
  principally 
  for 
  fellies, 
  axles, 
  

   and 
  various 
  wagon 
  work. 
  

  

  "This 
  tree 
  grows 
  in 
  the 
  upper 
  bushveld, 
  below 
  4,000 
  feet 
  altitude, 
  with 
  a 
  rainfall 
  

   of 
  about 
  25 
  inches, 
  falling 
  in 
  the 
  summer 
  months 
  only; 
  it 
  grows 
  in 
  districts 
  practically 
  

   free 
  from 
  frost." 
  (Davy.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  A 
  large 
  shrub 
  or 
  small 
  tree 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Magaliesberg 
  in 
  the 
  

   Transvaal 
  region 
  of 
  South 
  Africa. 
  

  

  29374 
  to 
  29376. 
  

  

  From 
  Magadoxo, 
  Italian 
  Somaliland, 
  Africa. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Prof. 
  J. 
  Burtt 
  Davy, 
  

   government 
  agrostologist 
  and 
  botanist, 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  Pretoria, 
  

   South 
  Africa. 
  Received 
  January 
  19, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  29374. 
  Andropogon 
  sorghum 
  (L.) 
  Brot. 
  Durra. 
  

  

  "Red. 
  Probably 
  identical 
  with 
  several 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  received 
  from 
  

   time 
  to 
  time 
  from 
  Abyssinia." 
  (Carleton 
  R. 
  Ball.) 
  

  

  29375 
  and 
  29376. 
  Zea 
  mays 
  L. 
  Corn. 
  

  

  29375. 
  White 
  Dent. 
  29376. 
  White 
  Flint. 
  

  

  * 
  ' 
  These 
  are 
  useful 
  for 
  certain 
  classes 
  of 
  trade 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  of 
  value 
  in 
  

   extremely 
  arid 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  Southwest." 
  (Davy.) 
  

  

  29377 
  to 
  29379. 
  Nicotiana 
  tabacum 
  L. 
  Tobacco. 
  

  

  From 
  Cuba. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  L. 
  Cervantes, 
  Havana, 
  Cuba. 
  Received 
  

   January 
  19, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  29377. 
  From 
  Manicaragua. 
  29379. 
  From 
  Yara. 
  

  

  29378. 
  From 
  Remedios. 
  

  

  29380. 
  Nicotiana 
  tabacum 
  L. 
  Tobacco. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  Vuelta 
  Abajo 
  district, 
  in 
  the 
  immediate 
  vicinity 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  

   Pinar 
  del 
  Rio, 
  Cuba. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Prof. 
  Ramon 
  Garcia 
  Oses, 
  director, 
  Esta- 
  

   cion 
  Experimental 
  Agronomica, 
  Santiago 
  de 
  las 
  Vegas, 
  Cuba. 
  Received 
  

   January 
  20, 
  1911. 
  

   Variety 
  Havanensis. 
  

  

  29381. 
  Eriobotrya 
  japonica 
  (Thunb.) 
  Lindl. 
  Loquat. 
  

  

  From 
  Chile. 
  Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Jose" 
  D. 
  Husbands, 
  Limavida, 
  via 
  Molina, 
  

   Chile, 
  January 
  21, 
  1911. 
  

   1 
  'Of 
  West-Indian 
  origin 
  but 
  grown 
  in 
  Chile 
  from 
  colonial 
  days. 
  Being 
  acclimated 
  

   in 
  Chile 
  and 
  accustomed 
  to 
  grow 
  semidry 
  to 
  dry, 
  in 
  poor 
  arid 
  soils, 
  it 
  is 
  better 
  suited 
  

   for 
  American 
  introduction 
  than 
  direct 
  from 
  the 
  rich 
  soil 
  and 
  moisture 
  conditions 
  of 
  

   the 
  Tropics. 
  ' 
  ' 
  (Husbands. 
  ) 
  

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