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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  29523 
  and 
  29524— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following, 
  quoted 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Wilson: 
  

  

  29523. 
  "Hoa 
  ma. 
  This 
  is 
  perhaps 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  fiber-producing«plant 
  

   in 
  western 
  China. 
  It 
  is 
  cultivated 
  extensively 
  as 
  a 
  winter 
  crop 
  on 
  the 
  

   Chengtu 
  Plain, 
  especially 
  around 
  the 
  cities 
  of 
  Wen 
  Chiang 
  Hsien 
  and 
  Pi 
  

   Hsien. 
  The 
  fiber 
  is 
  used 
  for 
  making 
  coarse 
  cloth, 
  cordage, 
  etc., 
  and 
  is 
  also 
  

   largely 
  exported 
  to 
  other 
  parts 
  of 
  China, 
  via 
  Chungking 
  and 
  Ichang. 
  " 
  

  

  29524. 
  "Man 
  ma. 
  This 
  is 
  cultivated 
  as 
  an 
  autumn 
  crop 
  in 
  the 
  mountains 
  west 
  

   of 
  Kwanhsien, 
  between 
  3,000 
  and 
  5,000 
  feet. 
  The 
  fiber 
  is 
  apparently 
  used 
  

   only 
  locally 
  by 
  the 
  peasants." 
  

  

  29525. 
  Nicotiana 
  tabacum 
  L. 
  Tobacco. 
  

  

  From 
  Medan, 
  Dutch 
  East 
  Indies. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  G. 
  C. 
  Vriens, 
  director, 
  

   Deli-Proef 
  station. 
  Received 
  January 
  28, 
  1911. 
  

  

  Deli. 
  "This 
  variety 
  is 
  very 
  susceptible 
  to 
  the 
  Granville 
  tobacco-wilt 
  disease." 
  

   (Vriens.) 
  

  

  29526. 
  (Undetermined.) 
  (Orchid 
  acese.) 
  Orchid. 
  

  

  From 
  Canal 
  Zone, 
  Panama. 
  Collected 
  by 
  Prof. 
  H. 
  Pittier, 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Plant 
  

   Industry. 
  Received 
  February 
  9, 
  1911. 
  

  

  Plant. 
  

  

  29527 
  and 
  29528. 
  Nicotiana 
  tabacum 
  L. 
  Tobacco. 
  

  

  From 
  Huimanguilla, 
  Tabasco, 
  Mexico. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  G. 
  Weiss. 
  Received 
  

   February 
  6, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  quoted 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Weiss: 
  

  

  29527. 
  ' 
  ' 
  Seed 
  from 
  which 
  this 
  lot 
  was 
  grown 
  was 
  obtained 
  from 
  Valle 
  National, 
  

   Mexico. 
  The 
  dealer 
  from 
  whom 
  I 
  procured 
  this 
  variety 
  is 
  experimenting 
  

   with 
  it 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  find 
  a 
  native 
  tobacco 
  which 
  will 
  produce 
  a 
  better 
  wrapper 
  

   than 
  the 
  local 
  tobacco." 
  

  

  29528. 
  Seed 
  from 
  Huimanguilla 
  section. 
  

  

  29529. 
  (Undetermined.) 
  (Zinziberacese.) 
  White 
  gingei. 
  

  

  Grown 
  near 
  Tsinan, 
  Shantung, 
  China. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Rev. 
  H. 
  W. 
  Luce, 
  Shan- 
  

   tung 
  Christian 
  University, 
  Weihsien, 
  China. 
  Received 
  February 
  8, 
  1911. 
  

  

  " 
  This 
  light-colored 
  variety, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  I 
  can 
  find 
  out, 
  is 
  grown 
  in 
  sandy 
  soil. 
  " 
  (Luce.) 
  

   Introduced 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  trying 
  ginger 
  culture 
  in 
  more 
  northern 
  latitudes 
  of 
  

   the 
  United 
  States 
  than 
  has 
  heretofore 
  been 
  attempted. 
  

  

  29530. 
  Lawsonia 
  inermis 
  L. 
  Henna. 
  

  

  From 
  Culebra, 
  Canal 
  Zone, 
  Panama. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Alfred 
  D. 
  Dyer. 
  Re- 
  

   ceived 
  February 
  8, 
  1911. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  25776 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  29531. 
  Quercus 
  suber 
  L. 
  Cork 
  oak. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  Almoraima 
  cork 
  woods, 
  Spain. 
  Procured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  R. 
  L. 
  Sprague, 
  Amer- 
  

   ican 
  consul, 
  Gibraltar, 
  Spain. 
  Received 
  February 
  10, 
  1911. 
  

  

  29532. 
  Passiflora 
  sp. 
  Passion 
  flower. 
  

  

  From 
  Mollendo, 
  Peru. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  William 
  Morrison, 
  acting 
  consular 
  agent. 
  

   Received 
  February 
  11, 
  1911. 
  

   "The 
  owner 
  of 
  the 
  ' 
  tree' 
  from 
  which 
  this 
  seed 
  was 
  procured 
  does 
  not 
  know 
  where 
  

   he 
  got 
  the 
  original 
  seed, 
  but 
  is 
  inclined 
  to 
  believe 
  that 
  he 
  received 
  it 
  from 
  Tacna." 
  

   (Morrison.) 
  

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