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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  29660— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  "These 
  trees 
  do 
  not 
  grow 
  in 
  swamps, 
  but 
  on 
  nice, 
  sweet 
  soil 
  near 
  the 
  river 
  and 
  

   where 
  frosts 
  are 
  sharp. 
  They 
  grow 
  where 
  the 
  orange 
  tree 
  would 
  be 
  frozen 
  in 
  winter." 
  

   (Williams.) 
  

  

  See 
  No. 
  29537 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  29715 
  to 
  29723. 
  

  

  From 
  Canal 
  Zone, 
  Panama. 
  Collected 
  by 
  Mr. 
  William 
  R. 
  Maxon, 
  United 
  States 
  

   National 
  Museum. 
  Received 
  February 
  18, 
  1911. 
  

   Plants 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  29715 
  to 
  29722. 
  (Undetermined.) 
  (Orchidacese.) 
  Orchid. 
  

  

  (Maxon's 
  Nos. 
  4720 
  to 
  4727.) 
  These 
  were 
  collected 
  on 
  tree 
  trunks 
  in 
  the 
  

   vicinity 
  of 
  Frijoles, 
  Canal 
  Zone; 
  altitude, 
  35 
  to 
  100 
  feet. 
  

   29723. 
  Elaphoglossum 
  herminieri 
  (Bory 
  and 
  Fee) 
  Moore. 
  

  

  ^Maxon's 
  No. 
  4649.) 
  Collected 
  on 
  a 
  fallen 
  tree 
  trunk 
  in 
  the 
  hilly 
  forest 
  

   around 
  Agua 
  Clara 
  reservoir, 
  near 
  Gatun, 
  Canal 
  Zone; 
  altitude 
  70 
  to 
  100 
  feet. 
  

  

  29724. 
  (Undetermined.) 
  (Orchid 
  acese.) 
  Epiphytic 
  orchid. 
  

  

  From 
  near 
  Frijoles, 
  Canal 
  Zone, 
  Panama; 
  altitude 
  35 
  to 
  100 
  feet. 
  Collected 
  

   by 
  Prof. 
  H. 
  Pittier, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Plant 
  Industry. 
  Received 
  February 
  18, 
  1911. 
  

   (Pittier's 
  No. 
  2683.) 
  

  

  29725 
  and 
  29726. 
  Magnolia 
  campbellii 
  Hook. 
  f. 
  and 
  Thorns. 
  

  

  From 
  Sibpur, 
  Calcutta, 
  India. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Maj. 
  A. 
  T. 
  Gage, 
  superintendent, 
  

   Royal 
  Botanic 
  Garden. 
  Received 
  February 
  21, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  29725. 
  From 
  tree 
  bearing 
  red 
  flowers. 
  

  

  29726. 
  From 
  tree 
  bearing 
  white 
  flowers. 
  

  

  29727 
  and 
  29728. 
  

  

  From 
  Egypt. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  D. 
  S. 
  Fish, 
  secretary, 
  Alexandria 
  Horticultural 
  

   Society, 
  Alexandria, 
  Egypt. 
  Received 
  February 
  20, 
  1911. 
  

  

  29727. 
  Saccharum 
  officinarum 
  L. 
  Sugar 
  cane. 
  

   11 
  Beledi 
  sugar 
  cane. 
  This 
  has 
  been 
  cultivated 
  in 
  Egypt 
  for 
  centuries. 
  It 
  is 
  

  

  highly 
  esteemed 
  by 
  the 
  natives 
  for 
  eating 
  out 
  of 
  hand." 
  (Fish.) 
  

   Cuttings. 
  

  

  29728. 
  Ipomoea 
  batatas 
  (L.) 
  Poir. 
  Sweet 
  potato. 
  

   "Beledi 
  sweet 
  potato. 
  This 
  was 
  probably 
  brought 
  to 
  Egypt 
  from 
  Spain." 
  

  

  (Fish.) 
  

   Tubers. 
  

  

  29729 
  and 
  29730. 
  Rosa 
  spp. 
  Rose. 
  

  

  From 
  Lisbon, 
  Portugal. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Ch. 
  D'Navel, 
  inspector, 
  Botanic 
  

   Gardens. 
  Received 
  February 
  21, 
  1911. 
  

   Cuttings 
  of 
  the 
  following 
  hybrids 
  of 
  Rosa 
  gigantea: 
  

  

  29729. 
  Belle 
  Portuguoise. 
  

  

  29730. 
  Etoile 
  du 
  Portugal. 
  A 
  hybrid 
  of 
  Rosa 
  gigantea 
  and 
  Reine 
  Marie 
  

   Eenriette. 
  

  

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