﻿JANUARY 
  1 
  TO 
  MAKCH 
  31, 
  1911. 
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  29653— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  has 
  been 
  difficult 
  to 
  find 
  out 
  about 
  this 
  vine. 
  I 
  could 
  not 
  get 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  fruit 
  this 
  

   year 
  and 
  do 
  not 
  know 
  how 
  valuable 
  it 
  may 
  be. 
  Some 
  say 
  it 
  is 
  seedless 
  and 
  others 
  

   that 
  it 
  has 
  very 
  few 
  seeds. 
  It 
  has 
  a 
  reputation 
  locally, 
  and 
  for 
  some 
  reason 
  it 
  is 
  

   hard 
  to 
  get 
  cuttings 
  from 
  it. 
  I 
  am 
  not 
  even 
  sure 
  that 
  my 
  cuttings 
  came 
  from 
  the 
  

   vine 
  described.", 
  {Campbell.) 
  

  

  29654. 
  Nicotiana 
  tabacum 
  L. 
  Tobacco. 
  

  

  From 
  Zacuapam, 
  Huatusco, 
  Vera 
  Cruz, 
  Mexico. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  C. 
  A. 
  Purpus. 
  

   Received 
  February 
  15, 
  1911. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  29091 
  for 
  purpose 
  for 
  which 
  introduced. 
  

  

  29655. 
  Erythrina 
  crista-galli 
  L. 
  

  

  From 
  Cahi 
  Puente, 
  Paraguay. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  F. 
  Mead. 
  Received 
  Feb- 
  

   ruary 
  18, 
  1911. 
  

   "This 
  plant 
  is 
  called 
  Ceibo 
  in 
  Spanish; 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  of 
  some 
  use 
  as 
  an 
  ornamental 
  

   shrub 
  or 
  small 
  tree. 
  Its 
  usual 
  habit 
  of 
  growth 
  is 
  as 
  a 
  shrub, 
  but 
  by 
  pruning 
  it 
  can 
  

   be 
  trained 
  into 
  a 
  tree 
  growing 
  to 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  5 
  meters. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  deciduous 
  perennial, 
  

   flowering 
  every 
  spring, 
  the 
  flowers 
  being 
  large 
  spike 
  clusters 
  10 
  to 
  18 
  inches 
  long 
  and 
  

   of 
  a 
  rich 
  dark-red 
  color. 
  It 
  flowers 
  very 
  profusely 
  and 
  to 
  my 
  mind 
  is 
  very 
  beautiful. 
  

   The 
  branches 
  are 
  very 
  pithy 
  and 
  are 
  used 
  to 
  some 
  extent 
  as 
  a 
  substitute 
  for 
  cork. 
  

   The 
  roots 
  are 
  also 
  pithy, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  from 
  them 
  that 
  the 
  'genuine 
  Paraguay 
  razor 
  hones 
  ' 
  

   are 
  made. 
  It 
  will 
  stand 
  frost 
  equal 
  to 
  tomato 
  vines." 
  (Mead.) 
  

  

  29656 
  and 
  29657. 
  Passiflora 
  spp. 
  Passion 
  flower. 
  

  

  From 
  Mexico. 
  Procured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Clarence 
  A. 
  Miller, 
  American 
  consul, 
  Tampico, 
  

   Mexico, 
  from 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  F. 
  Preston, 
  Tamos, 
  Vera 
  Cruz, 
  who 
  obtained 
  them 
  from 
  

   Dr. 
  F. 
  Foex, 
  director, 
  Estacion 
  Agricola 
  Experimental, 
  Oaxaca. 
  Received 
  

   February 
  16, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  29656. 
  Passiflora 
  sp. 
  

  

  29657. 
  Passiflora 
  dictamo 
  DC. 
  

  

  "The 
  Itamo 
  real 
  is 
  not 
  an 
  edible 
  Passiflora, 
  but 
  in 
  Mexico 
  is 
  valued 
  very 
  

   highly 
  for 
  its 
  medicinal 
  qualities. 
  Its 
  fruit 
  is 
  small, 
  juicy, 
  of 
  dark-brown, 
  

   nearly 
  black, 
  color, 
  and 
  full 
  of 
  small 
  seeds. 
  The 
  flowers 
  are 
  small 
  and 
  not 
  

   very 
  pretty, 
  but 
  the 
  leaves 
  are 
  noted 
  for 
  their 
  sloping 
  form 
  or 
  shape 
  and 
  for 
  

   the 
  glands 
  with 
  which 
  they 
  are 
  provided." 
  (Foex.) 
  

  

  29658 
  and 
  29659. 
  Quercus 
  surer 
  L. 
  Cork 
  oak. 
  

  

  From 
  Lisbon, 
  Portugal. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Compania 
  das 
  Lezirias 
  do 
  Tejo 
  e 
  Sado. 
  

   Received 
  February 
  18, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  29658. 
  "Bastao. 
  Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  preceding 
  year, 
  developing 
  on 
  the 
  tree 
  through- 
  

   out 
  a 
  whole 
  year, 
  and 
  generally 
  thought 
  to 
  be 
  more 
  productive." 
  

  

  29659. 
  "Lande. 
  Acorns 
  of 
  ordinary 
  production, 
  of 
  this 
  year's 
  fruit, 
  also 
  of 
  

   very 
  good 
  quality, 
  and 
  of 
  great 
  reproductive 
  value." 
  

  

  29660. 
  Atalantia 
  glauca 
  (Lindl.) 
  Hook. 
  f. 
  

  

  Australian 
  desert 
  lime. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  Condamine 
  River, 
  12 
  miles 
  from 
  Chinchilla 
  railroad 
  station, 
  220 
  miles 
  

   from 
  Sunnybank, 
  Australia. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  John 
  Williams, 
  Sunnybank, 
  

   near 
  Brisbane. 
  Received 
  February 
  21, 
  1911. 
  

  

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