﻿JANUARY 
  1 
  TO 
  MARCH 
  31, 
  1011. 
  27 
  

  

  29490. 
  Pelargonium 
  odoratissimum 
  (L.) 
  Ait. 
  Rose 
  geranium. 
  

  

  From 
  Algeria. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  Mermier-Boyer, 
  Chabet 
  el 
  Ameur, 
  Algeria. 
  

   Received 
  February 
  4, 
  1911. 
  

   Procured 
  for 
  the 
  experiments 
  of 
  the 
  Office 
  of 
  Drug-Plant 
  Investigations 
  with 
  this 
  

   plant 
  for 
  the 
  production 
  of 
  oil. 
  

   Cuttings. 
  

  

  29491. 
  Jacaranda 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  Parana, 
  Argentina. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  A. 
  M. 
  Monsanto. 
  Received 
  Feb- 
  

   ruary 
  4, 
  1911. 
  

   " 
  This 
  tree 
  when 
  in 
  full 
  bloom 
  presents 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  perfect 
  and 
  artistic 
  clusters 
  

   of 
  lilac 
  flowers 
  the 
  human 
  eye 
  might 
  ever 
  wish 
  to 
  behold. 
  If 
  I 
  may 
  judge, 
  perhaps 
  

   the 
  most 
  seasonable 
  time 
  for 
  planting 
  these 
  seeds 
  would 
  be 
  in 
  the 
  spring." 
  (Mon- 
  

   santo.) 
  

  

  29493 
  to 
  29498. 
  

  

  From 
  Usumbwa, 
  Mwansa, 
  German 
  East 
  Africa. 
  Presented 
  by 
  the 
  Usumbwa 
  Co. 
  

   Received 
  February 
  4, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  29493 
  to 
  29495. 
  Capsicum 
  annuum 
  L. 
  Red 
  pepper. 
  

  

  29493. 
  Native 
  large 
  red. 
  

  

  29494. 
  Native 
  round 
  yellow. 
  

  

  29495. 
  Native 
  round 
  red. 
  

  

  29496. 
  Crotalaria 
  saltiana 
  Andrews. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  24119 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  29497. 
  Psidium 
  guajava 
  L. 
  Guava. 
  

  

  29498. 
  Gossypium 
  sp. 
  Cotton. 
  

   " 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  species 
  found 
  everywhere 
  in 
  the 
  interior 
  and 
  known 
  to 
  be 
  cul- 
  

   tivated 
  by 
  the 
  natives 
  for 
  hundreds 
  of 
  years." 
  ( 
  Usumbwa 
  Co.) 
  

  

  29499. 
  Pistacia 
  chinensis 
  Bunge,. 
  Pistache. 
  

  

  From 
  China. 
  Purchased 
  through 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  C. 
  McNally, 
  American 
  consul, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  

  

  Edgar 
  Kopp, 
  vice 
  consul, 
  Tsingtau, 
  China, 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Henry 
  Cousens, 
  Weihsien, 
  

  

  China. 
  Received 
  at 
  the 
  Plant 
  Introduction 
  Garden, 
  Chico, 
  Cal., 
  January, 
  

  

  1911. 
  

  

  " 
  Introduced 
  because 
  of 
  its 
  great 
  promise 
  as 
  a 
  shade 
  and 
  ornamental 
  tree. 
  It 
  

  

  promises 
  to 
  be 
  hardy 
  as 
  far 
  north 
  as 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C, 
  and 
  its 
  foliage 
  colors 
  up 
  

  

  beautifully 
  in 
  autumn." 
  (David 
  Fairchild.) 
  

  

  29500 
  and 
  29501. 
  Terminalia 
  spp. 
  

  

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

   ruary 
  4, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  quoted 
  notes 
  by 
  Dr. 
  W. 
  W. 
  Stockberger: 
  

  

  29500. 
  Terminalia 
  arjuna 
  (Roxb.) 
  Wight 
  and 
  Arnott. 
  Arjan. 
  

  

  "This 
  species 
  exists 
  as 
  a 
  large 
  deciduous 
  tree, 
  common 
  throughout 
  India. 
  

  

  The 
  timber 
  is 
  of 
  some 
  value. 
  The 
  bark 
  serves 
  as 
  an 
  Indian 
  drug 
  and 
  has 
  been 
  

  

  used 
  as 
  a 
  cardiac 
  stimulant 
  and 
  tonic. 
  From 
  8 
  to 
  16 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  tannin 
  occurs 
  

  

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