﻿JANUAEY 
  1 
  TO 
  MARCH 
  31, 
  1911. 
  19 
  

  

  29409 
  and 
  29410. 
  Annona 
  squamosa 
  L. 
  Custard-apple. 
  

  

  From 
  Paget 
  Island, 
  Bermuda. 
  Procured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  P. 
  Wilder, 
  Honolulu, 
  Hawaii, 
  

   from 
  Miss 
  Godet. 
  Received 
  January 
  24, 
  1911. 
  

   29409. 
  Cuttings. 
  29410. 
  Seeds. 
  

  

  29411 
  and 
  29412. 
  Gossypium 
  herbaceum 
  L. 
  Cotton. 
  

  

  From 
  Mesopotamia, 
  Turkey. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  S. 
  Levack, 
  American 
  vice 
  and 
  

   deputy 
  consul, 
  Bagdad, 
  Turkey. 
  Received 
  January 
  16, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  29411. 
  "Luka." 
  29412. 
  "Iraki." 
  

  

  "The 
  foregoing 
  are 
  the 
  varieties 
  of 
  native 
  cotton 
  grown 
  in 
  Mesopotamia. 
  They 
  are 
  

   cultivated 
  to 
  a 
  very 
  small 
  extent 
  and 
  according 
  to 
  primitive 
  methods. 
  The 
  varieties 
  

   mentioned 
  are 
  considered 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  very 
  inferior 
  staple. 
  

  

  "In 
  the 
  opinion 
  of 
  experts 
  (such 
  as 
  Sir 
  William 
  Willcocks, 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  irriga- 
  

   tion 
  works 
  in 
  Mesopotamia), 
  this 
  district 
  will 
  be 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  cotton-producing 
  

   areas 
  of 
  the 
  world 
  when 
  the 
  irrigation 
  scheme 
  is 
  complete." 
  (Levack.) 
  

  

  29413. 
  Bauhinia 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  Port 
  Louis, 
  Mauritius. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  Regnard. 
  Received 
  Janu- 
  

   ary 
  23, 
  1911. 
  

   "A 
  shrub 
  10 
  to 
  15 
  feet 
  tall, 
  with 
  horizontal 
  branches 
  covered 
  with 
  pink 
  flowers. 
  

   The 
  prettiest 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  . 
  ' 
  ' 
  (Regnard. 
  ) 
  

  

  Note. 
  — 
  This 
  appears 
  from 
  the 
  seeds 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  No. 
  26561, 
  which 
  was 
  identified 
  

   as 
  B. 
  monandra 
  Kurz 
  (?). 
  (S 
  keels.) 
  

  

  29414 
  to 
  29417. 
  

  

  From 
  Harput, 
  Mamuret-iil-Aziz, 
  Turkey. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  W. 
  Masterson, 
  

   American 
  consul. 
  Received 
  January 
  12 
  and 
  16, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  29414 
  and 
  29415. 
  Elaeagnus 
  angustifolia 
  L. 
  Oleaster. 
  

  

  29414. 
  Small 
  fruited. 
  29415. 
  Large 
  fruited. 
  

  

  29416 
  and 
  29417. 
  Amygdalus 
  communis 
  L. 
  Almond. 
  

  

  29416. 
  Sweet. 
  29417. 
  Bitter. 
  

  

  "These 
  almond 
  trees 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  possessed 
  of 
  a 
  wonderfully 
  hardy 
  nature, 
  as 
  

   they 
  flourish 
  equally 
  well 
  in 
  the 
  low 
  bottom 
  land 
  of 
  the 
  Euphrates 
  River 
  where 
  

   the 
  climate 
  is 
  very 
  moderate 
  or 
  up 
  in 
  the 
  mountain 
  table-lands, 
  where 
  I 
  have 
  

   seen 
  them 
  growing 
  at 
  an 
  altitude 
  of 
  6,000 
  feet 
  and 
  where 
  the 
  thermometer 
  regis- 
  

   ters 
  below 
  zero 
  Fahrenheit 
  for 
  several 
  weeks 
  at 
  a 
  time. 
  

  

  "I 
  can 
  not 
  say, 
  however, 
  concerning 
  these 
  almonds 
  or 
  the 
  oleaster 
  bushes, 
  

   whether 
  they 
  will 
  thrive 
  in 
  a 
  locality 
  where 
  there 
  is 
  much 
  rainfall 
  in 
  the 
  sum- 
  

   mer 
  or 
  not, 
  as 
  in 
  this 
  country 
  there 
  is 
  practically 
  no 
  rainfall 
  from 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  

   May 
  until 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  November 
  and 
  irrigation 
  is 
  resorted 
  to 
  entirely. 
  It 
  seems 
  

   to 
  me 
  that 
  all 
  of 
  these 
  varieties 
  of 
  seed 
  would 
  grow 
  and 
  mature 
  in 
  any 
  part 
  of 
  our 
  

   country 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  Potomac 
  and 
  Ohio 
  rivers, 
  particularly 
  in 
  the 
  mountain 
  

   sections 
  of 
  northern 
  Georgia 
  and 
  Alabama, 
  eastern 
  Tennessee, 
  western 
  North 
  

   Carolina, 
  and 
  southwestern 
  Virginia, 
  as 
  that 
  entire 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  country 
  U 
  

   almost 
  identical 
  in 
  climate, 
  soil, 
  and 
  rainfall 
  with 
  the 
  highlands 
  of 
  Asia 
  Minor." 
  

   (Masterson.) 
  

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