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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  29640— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  the 
  year, 
  in 
  some 
  parts 
  early 
  and 
  in 
  other 
  parts 
  late. 
  In 
  this 
  section, 
  Villa 
  Encarna- 
  

   cion, 
  the 
  oranges 
  are 
  ripe 
  early 
  in 
  January, 
  whereas 
  the 
  regular 
  orange 
  season 
  here 
  is 
  

   from 
  May 
  to 
  December, 
  though 
  few 
  good 
  oranges 
  are 
  found 
  after 
  October." 
  {Mead.) 
  

  

  29641. 
  Cytisus 
  maderensis 
  (Webb, 
  and 
  Berth.) 
  Masf. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  Palma. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  George 
  V. 
  Perez, 
  Puerto 
  de 
  

   Orotava, 
  Teneriffe. 
  Received 
  February 
  17, 
  1911. 
  

  

  " 
  A 
  native 
  fodder 
  shrub 
  of 
  great 
  value 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  a 
  very 
  ornamental 
  plant. 
  

   It 
  comes 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  island 
  of 
  Palma 
  as 
  the 
  tagasaste 
  (Cytisus 
  proliferus 
  L., 
  No. 
  

   28827), 
  and 
  from 
  time 
  immemorial 
  both 
  have 
  been 
  used 
  there 
  for 
  the 
  rearing 
  of 
  

   cattle 
  and 
  horses. 
  

  

  " 
  I 
  venture 
  to 
  suggest 
  sowing 
  a 
  plat 
  in 
  a 
  suitable 
  climate 
  like 
  California 
  or 
  Florida 
  

   and 
  keeping 
  the 
  plants 
  for 
  the 
  supply 
  of 
  seed, 
  which 
  is 
  difficult 
  to 
  procure. 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  mistake 
  made 
  about 
  these 
  cytisi 
  when 
  grown 
  for 
  forage 
  is 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  allowed 
  

   to 
  grow 
  to 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  large 
  bushes 
  or 
  small 
  trees, 
  whereas 
  they 
  ought 
  to 
  be 
  cut 
  back, 
  

   when 
  they 
  will 
  pollard 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  times 
  in 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  a 
  year. 
  

  

  "They 
  are 
  quite 
  as 
  nutritious 
  as 
  lucern 
  and 
  very 
  drought 
  resistant. 
  In 
  these 
  

   islands 
  they 
  grow 
  best 
  at 
  an 
  altitude 
  of 
  2,000 
  to 
  4,000 
  feet, 
  but 
  they 
  will 
  also 
  grow 
  by 
  

   the 
  coast. 
  It 
  ought 
  to 
  have 
  a 
  great 
  future 
  in 
  California." 
  (Perez.) 
  

  

  Seed. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  Canary, 
  Cape 
  Verde, 
  and 
  Madeira 
  islands. 
  

  

  29642. 
  Statice 
  arborea 
  Broussenet. 
  

  

  From 
  Puerto 
  de 
  Orotava, 
  Teneriffe. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  George 
  V. 
  Perez. 
  Received 
  

   February 
  17, 
  1911. 
  

  

  "This 
  plant 
  has 
  a 
  very 
  vigorous 
  growth. 
  Although 
  it 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  forage 
  

   plant, 
  the 
  avidity 
  with 
  which 
  goats 
  eat 
  it 
  and 
  the 
  resistance 
  to 
  salt 
  in 
  the 
  soil 
  would 
  

   make 
  it 
  worth 
  while 
  to 
  make 
  experiments 
  with 
  it. 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  home 
  of 
  this 
  plant 
  was 
  for 
  many 
  years 
  two 
  large 
  maritime 
  rocks 
  entirely 
  sur- 
  

   rounded 
  by 
  the 
  sea. 
  From 
  these 
  rocks 
  this 
  plant 
  disappeared, 
  owing 
  to 
  goats 
  having 
  

   been 
  placed 
  there 
  some 
  25 
  years 
  ago 
  to 
  find 
  their 
  food, 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  supposed 
  to 
  be 
  lost 
  

   to 
  botany 
  until 
  I 
  had 
  it 
  rediscovered 
  by 
  a 
  goatherd 
  in 
  some 
  precipitous 
  rocks 
  on 
  this 
  

   island 
  in 
  1906. 
  I 
  beg 
  to 
  refer 
  you 
  to 
  an 
  article 
  in 
  the 
  Annals 
  of 
  Botany, 
  vol. 
  20, 
  no. 
  78, 
  

   Apr., 
  1906, 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Otto 
  Stapf, 
  of 
  the 
  Herbarium, 
  Kew; 
  also 
  Annals 
  of 
  Botany, 
  vol. 
  

   22, 
  no. 
  85, 
  Jan., 
  1908, 
  pp. 
  115 
  and 
  116, 
  by 
  the 
  same 
  Dr. 
  Otto 
  Stapf." 
  (Perez.) 
  

  

  29649 
  to 
  29652. 
  Prunus 
  sp. 
  Plum. 
  

  

  From 
  Teneriffe, 
  Canary 
  Islands. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Ross 
  J. 
  Hazeltine, 
  American 
  

   vice 
  consul. 
  Received 
  February 
  18, 
  1911. 
  

   Cuttings 
  of 
  the 
  following 
  ( 
  quoted 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Hazeltine) 
  : 
  

  

  29649. 
  "Dark-red 
  plum; 
  red 
  skin 
  and 
  meat. 
  " 
  

  

  29650. 
  "Red 
  plum; 
  red 
  skin 
  and 
  yellow 
  meat." 
  

  

  29651. 
  "White 
  plum." 
  

  

  29652. 
  "Yellow 
  plum 
  with 
  red 
  meat." 
  

  

  29653. 
  Vitis 
  vinifera 
  L. 
  Grape. 
  

  

  From 
  Kiayingchau, 
  China. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  George 
  Campbell. 
  Received 
  

   February 
  20, 
  1911. 
  

   "Cuttings 
  of 
  the 
  alleged 
  seedless 
  grape. 
  About 
  a 
  year 
  ago 
  I 
  obtained 
  a 
  very 
  

   dubious-looking 
  piece 
  of 
  the 
  vine 
  which 
  I 
  cut 
  up 
  and 
  planted. 
  I 
  got 
  one 
  good 
  vig- 
  

   orous 
  plant 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  lot 
  and 
  from 
  it 
  took 
  the 
  cuttings 
  which 
  I 
  am 
  sending 
  you. 
  It 
  

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