﻿JANUARY 
  1 
  TO 
  MARCH 
  31, 
  1911. 
  37 
  

  

  29830. 
  Nicotiana 
  tabacum 
  L. 
  Tobacco. 
  

  

  From 
  Mexico. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Thomas 
  W. 
  Voetter, 
  American 
  consul, 
  Saltillo, 
  

   Mexico. 
  Received 
  February 
  18, 
  1911. 
  

   "Tobacco 
  of 
  an 
  unknown 
  variety, 
  formerly 
  grown 
  at 
  Congregacion 
  del 
  Rosario, 
  

   Monclova, 
  about 
  120 
  miles 
  northwest 
  of 
  Saltillo. 
  The 
  firm 
  of 
  Damaso 
  Rodriguez, 
  

   who 
  obtained 
  this 
  seed 
  from 
  their 
  correspondents 
  at 
  Congregacion 
  del 
  Rosario, 
  stated 
  

   that 
  tobacco 
  had 
  not 
  been 
  grown 
  for 
  sale 
  in 
  the 
  Monclova 
  region 
  for 
  several 
  years, 
  

   and 
  that 
  the 
  last 
  lot 
  they 
  had 
  purchased 
  was 
  about 
  four 
  or 
  five 
  years 
  ago. 
  This 
  last 
  

   lot 
  also 
  was 
  not 
  of 
  good 
  quality, 
  as 
  the 
  growers 
  did 
  not 
  know 
  how 
  to 
  cure 
  the 
  leaf." 
  

   {Voetter.) 
  

  

  29831. 
  Melilotus 
  indica 
  (L.) 
  Allioni. 
  Melilot. 
  

  

  From 
  Zafarwal, 
  India. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  S. 
  Nesbitt, 
  American 
  Mission. 
  

   Received 
  February 
  21, 
  1911. 
  

   "This 
  is 
  the 
  plant 
  called 
  Sinji 
  in 
  the 
  Punjab. 
  As 
  far 
  as 
  I 
  have 
  observed, 
  the 
  blos- 
  

   soms 
  are 
  yellow." 
  (Nesbitt.) 
  

  

  29832. 
  Carica 
  papaya 
  L. 
  Papaya. 
  

  

  From 
  Monghai, 
  Southern 
  Shan 
  States, 
  Burma. 
  Collected 
  by 
  Rev. 
  H. 
  C. 
  Gib- 
  

   bens, 
  M. 
  D., 
  American 
  Baptist 
  Shan 
  Mission. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Oglesby 
  Paul, 
  

   Fairmount 
  Park, 
  Philadelphia, 
  Pa. 
  Received 
  February 
  23, 
  1911. 
  

   "This 
  fruit 
  grows 
  everywhere 
  in 
  Burma 
  and 
  is 
  very 
  wholesome 
  and 
  pleasant. 
  These 
  

   seeds 
  were 
  from 
  fairly 
  large 
  and 
  good-tasting 
  fruits 
  raised 
  in 
  Monghai." 
  (Gibbens.) 
  

  

  29833. 
  Xanthosoma 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  Estero, 
  Fla. 
  Presented 
  by 
  The 
  Koreshan 
  Unity. 
  Received 
  February 
  23, 
  

   1911. 
  

   " 
  Received 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  Cuban 
  malanga. 
  The 
  tubers 
  are 
  of 
  good 
  size, 
  weighing 
  

   as 
  much 
  as 
  3 
  to 
  4 
  ounces. 
  When 
  baked 
  the 
  flesh 
  is 
  very 
  white 
  and 
  mealy 
  and 
  of 
  

   excellent 
  flavor." 
  (E. 
  A. 
  Young.) 
  

  

  29834. 
  Cannabis 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Hemp. 
  

  

  From 
  Mokanshan, 
  China. 
  Procured 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Robert 
  J. 
  Felgate. 
  Received 
  

   February 
  2, 
  1911. 
  

  

  29835 
  and 
  29836. 
  Dactylis 
  glomerata 
  L. 
  Orchard 
  grass. 
  

  

  From 
  The 
  Plains, 
  Va. 
  Grown 
  by 
  Mr. 
  John 
  McGill, 
  jr., 
  from 
  selections 
  made 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  R. 
  A. 
  Oakley 
  on 
  the 
  farm 
  of 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  H. 
  Moore, 
  Lexington, 
  Ya. 
  Received 
  

   February 
  21, 
  1911. 
  

  

  Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  29835. 
  (Agros. 
  No. 
  453.) 
  29836. 
  (Agros. 
  No. 
  454.) 
  

  

  These 
  selections 
  were 
  made 
  for 
  their 
  special 
  forage 
  qualities. 
  

  

  29837. 
  Prunus 
  sp. 
  Plum. 
  

  

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

   vice 
  consul. 
  Received 
  February 
  24, 
  1911. 
  

   Note. 
  — 
  Supposed 
  to 
  contain 
  some 
  or 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  varieties 
  listed 
  under 
  Nos. 
  29649 
  to 
  

   29652. 
  

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