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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  29839. 
  Vitis 
  sp. 
  Grape. 
  

  

  From 
  Mokanshan, 
  China. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mrs. 
  Annie 
  Andersen, 
  "Ruthville," 
  

   Mokanshan, 
  via 
  Shanghai, 
  China, 
  at 
  the 
  request 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Alexander 
  Kennedy, 
  

   Dongsi, 
  China. 
  Received 
  February 
  23, 
  1911. 
  

   " 
  Seed 
  from 
  wild 
  grapevines 
  I 
  transplanted 
  into 
  my 
  own 
  garden." 
  (Andersen.) 
  

  

  29840. 
  Colocasia 
  sp. 
  Dasheen. 
  

  

  From 
  Hilo, 
  Hawaii. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  A. 
  Clowes, 
  superintendent, 
  Hilo 
  and 
  

   Olaa 
  Substation, 
  Hawaii 
  Agricultural 
  Experiment 
  Station. 
  Received 
  Feb- 
  

   ruary 
  27, 
  1911. 
  

   Royal 
  Black 
  or 
  Lehua 
  Ele-ele. 
  ' 
  ' 
  The 
  term 
  ' 
  Royal 
  Taro 
  ' 
  should, 
  I 
  believe, 
  be 
  applied 
  

   to 
  a 
  class 
  of 
  taros 
  and 
  not 
  to 
  any 
  one 
  variety. 
  All 
  the 
  dark-fleshed 
  taros 
  were, 
  I 
  am 
  

   told, 
  taboo 
  to 
  the 
  common 
  people, 
  and 
  were 
  only 
  eaten 
  by 
  and 
  grown 
  for 
  the 
  chiefs. 
  

   The 
  Lehuas, 
  of 
  which 
  there 
  are 
  two, 
  the 
  Black 
  or 
  Ele-ele 
  and 
  the 
  White 
  or 
  Keo-keo, 
  

   are 
  only 
  two 
  of 
  this 
  class. 
  I 
  understand 
  that 
  the 
  distinctive 
  mark 
  of 
  the 
  Lehua 
  is 
  the 
  

   dark-purple 
  ring 
  at 
  the 
  junction 
  of 
  the 
  corm 
  and 
  the 
  leafstalk." 
  (Clowes.) 
  

  

  29879. 
  Momordica 
  balsamina 
  L. 
  

  

  From 
  Pretoria, 
  South 
  Africa. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Prof. 
  J. 
  Burtt 
  Davy, 
  Government 
  

  

  agrostologist 
  and 
  botanist, 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  Received 
  February 
  

  

  25, 
  1911. 
  

  

  "Seeds 
  of 
  an 
  ornamental 
  cucurbit. 
  The 
  flowers 
  are 
  inconspicuous, 
  but 
  the 
  

  

  tubercled 
  fruit 
  is 
  a 
  beautiful 
  deep 
  orange, 
  the 
  seeds 
  being 
  covered 
  with 
  deep-red, 
  

  

  fleshy 
  arillus. 
  It 
  may 
  do 
  in 
  warm 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  country 
  with 
  a 
  wet 
  summer 
  climate." 
  

  

  (Davy.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Throughout 
  tropical 
  Asia, 
  the 
  Malay 
  Archipelago, 
  Australia, 
  and 
  

   Africa, 
  and 
  cultivated 
  in 
  tropical 
  America. 
  

  

  29880. 
  Bromus 
  inermis 
  Leyss. 
  Brome-grass. 
  

  

  From 
  Bellefourche, 
  S. 
  Dak. 
  Grown 
  by 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  C. 
  Dillman, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Plant 
  

   Industry. 
  Received 
  February 
  27, 
  1911. 
  

   "This 
  strain 
  of 
  brome-grass 
  first 
  attracted 
  attention 
  in 
  1904 
  at 
  the 
  South 
  Dakota 
  

   Agricultural 
  Experiment 
  Station, 
  Brookings, 
  S. 
  Dak., 
  where 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  planted 
  in 
  a 
  

   small 
  plat. 
  It 
  appeared 
  to 
  be 
  extremely 
  vigorous, 
  producing 
  a 
  large 
  quantity 
  of 
  

   forage 
  and 
  seed. 
  Previous 
  records 
  of 
  the 
  origin 
  of 
  this 
  stock 
  had 
  been 
  lost, 
  but 
  it 
  

   was 
  listed 
  by 
  Prof. 
  W. 
  A. 
  Wheeler, 
  then 
  botanist 
  of 
  the 
  South 
  Dakota 
  station, 
  as 
  

   South 
  Dakota 
  No. 
  26. 
  A 
  part 
  of 
  this 
  seed 
  was 
  planted 
  at 
  the 
  Highmore 
  Substation 
  in 
  

   1905, 
  and 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  seed 
  of 
  the 
  1907 
  crop 
  was 
  planted 
  at 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  Agricultural 
  Experi- 
  

   ment 
  Farm, 
  Newell, 
  S. 
  Dak., 
  in 
  1909, 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  make 
  further 
  selections. 
  This 
  

   strain 
  is 
  generally 
  characterized 
  by 
  the 
  light 
  color 
  of 
  the 
  panicles. 
  Close 
  study 
  shows 
  

   that 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  a 
  very 
  uniform 
  type, 
  but 
  it 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  superior 
  to 
  the 
  ordinary 
  run 
  of 
  

   commercial 
  seed." 
  (T. 
  H. 
  Kearney.) 
  

  

  29881. 
  Pinus 
  pinaster 
  Soland. 
  1789. 
  Pine, 
  

  

  (Pinus 
  maritima 
  Poir. 
  1804.) 
  

   From 
  Naples, 
  Italy. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  Dammann 
  & 
  Co., 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Stuart 
  J. 
  

   Fuller, 
  vice 
  consul 
  in 
  charge. 
  Received 
  February 
  27, 
  1911. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  1736 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  29884 
  to 
  29887. 
  

  

  From 
  Japan. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  the 
  Yokohama 
  Nursery 
  Co. 
  Received 
  February 
  

  

  8, 
  11, 
  and 
  23, 
  1911. 
  

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