﻿JANUARY 
  1 
  TO 
  MARCH 
  31, 
  1911. 
  17 
  

  

  29382. 
  Fagelia 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  high 
  Cordilleras, 
  Chile. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Jose 
  D. 
  Husbands, 
  Lima- 
  

   vida, 
  via 
  Molina, 
  Chile. 
  Received 
  January 
  18, 
  1911. 
  

   "A 
  new, 
  beautiful, 
  and 
  rare 
  calceolaria, 
  found 
  growing 
  in 
  dry 
  sand. 
  " 
  (Husbands.) 
  

  

  29383. 
  Bouea 
  gandaria 
  Blume. 
  

  

  From 
  Buitenzorg, 
  Java. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  G. 
  Gobius, 
  secretary, 
  Department 
  

   of 
  Agriculture. 
  Received 
  January 
  20, 
  1911. 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  A 
  tree 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  wooded 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  mountains 
  in 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  

   Java, 
  and 
  cultivated 
  in 
  India. 
  

  

  29384. 
  Diospyros 
  ebenum 
  Koenig. 
  Ebony. 
  

  

  From 
  Colombo, 
  Ceylon. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  C. 
  Drieberg, 
  secretary, 
  Ceylon 
  Agri- 
  

   cultural 
  Society. 
  Received 
  January 
  21, 
  1911. 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  eastern 
  part 
  of 
  India 
  and 
  throughout 
  the 
  Malay 
  Archipelago. 
  

  

  29385 
  to 
  29387. 
  

  

  From 
  Seharunpur, 
  India. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  C. 
  Hartless, 
  superintendent, 
  

   Government 
  Botanic 
  Gardens. 
  Received 
  January 
  16, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  29385. 
  Eleusine 
  indica 
  (L.) 
  Gaertn. 
  B-agi 
  millet. 
  

  

  29386. 
  Panicum 
  maximum 
  Jacq. 
  Guinea 
  grass. 
  

  

  29387. 
  Eragrostis 
  plumosa 
  (Retz.) 
  Link. 
  

  

  Distribution, 
  — 
  Throughout 
  the 
  plains 
  and 
  lower 
  hills 
  of 
  India, 
  in 
  Burma, 
  and 
  

   Ceylon. 
  

  

  ' 
  'Nos. 
  29385 
  and 
  29387 
  are 
  very 
  weedy, 
  and 
  when 
  planting 
  care 
  should 
  be 
  

   taken 
  to 
  plant 
  only 
  pure 
  seed, 
  as 
  the 
  weeds 
  are 
  usually 
  stronger 
  than 
  the 
  de- 
  

   sired 
  plant 
  and 
  the 
  specimens 
  collected 
  often 
  prove 
  to 
  be 
  only 
  weedy 
  grasses 
  

   instead 
  of 
  the 
  kind 
  desired." 
  (A. 
  S. 
  Hitchcock.) 
  

  

  29388 
  and 
  29389. 
  

  

  From 
  Smyrna, 
  Turkey. 
  Purchased 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Ernest 
  L. 
  Harris, 
  American 
  

   consul 
  general. 
  Received 
  January 
  20, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  29388. 
  Vicia 
  ervilia 
  (L.) 
  Willd. 
  Bitter 
  vetch. 
  

  

  29389. 
  Linum 
  usitatissimum 
  L. 
  Flax. 
  

   Brown 
  seeded. 
  

  

  29390. 
  Andropogon 
  sorghum 
  (L.) 
  Brot. 
  Sorgo. 
  

   From 
  Fort 
  Worth, 
  Tex. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  the 
  American 
  Seed 
  Co., 
  through 
  Mr. 
  

  

  A. 
  B. 
  Conner. 
  Received 
  January 
  20, 
  1911. 
  

   Honey 
  (?). 
  ' 
  ' 
  This 
  seed 
  was 
  being 
  sold 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Red 
  Texas 
  Seeded 
  Ribbon 
  

   Cane, 
  but 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  identical 
  with 
  Honey 
  sorgo. 
  " 
  (Conner.) 
  

  

  29391. 
  Phoenix 
  dactylifera 
  L. 
  Date. 
  

  

  From 
  Tunis, 
  North 
  Africa. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Martel, 
  Deggache, 
  Tunis, 
  

  

  through 
  Mr. 
  T. 
  H. 
  Kearney. 
  Received 
  January 
  21 
  and 
  28, 
  1911. 
  

  

  Menahher. 
  "A 
  large 
  date 
  of 
  good 
  quality 
  and 
  excellent 
  flavor, 
  known 
  only 
  from 
  

  

  the 
  Jerid 
  Oases 
  in 
  Tunis, 
  where 
  it 
  has 
  become 
  extremely 
  rare. 
  This 
  variety 
  was 
  

  

  formerly 
  the 
  date 
  preferred 
  by 
  the 
  beys 
  of 
  Tunis, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  stated 
  by 
  the 
  natives 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  Jerid 
  that 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  agents 
  of 
  the 
  beys 
  were 
  accustomed 
  to 
  confiscate 
  

  

  the 
  crop 
  without 
  paying 
  the 
  owners 
  for 
  it, 
  the 
  proprietors 
  of 
  date 
  gardens 
  ceased 
  

  

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