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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  29923 
  to 
  29979— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  29978. 
  Rubus 
  parvifolius 
  L. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  provinces 
  of 
  Ckihli, 
  Shengking, 
  and 
  Szechwan 
  in 
  

   China, 
  and 
  in 
  Chosen 
  (Korea) 
  and 
  Japan. 
  

  

  29979. 
  X 
  Sorbus 
  hosth 
  (Jacq.) 
  Heynh. 
  

  

  Considered 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  hybrid 
  between 
  Sorbus 
  aria 
  and 
  S. 
  chamaemespilus, 
  

   grown 
  in 
  the 
  Austrian 
  Alps. 
  

  

  29980. 
  Panicum 
  muticum 
  Forsk. 
  Para 
  grass. 
  

  

  From 
  Peradeniya, 
  Ceylon. 
  Procured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  William 
  C. 
  Magelssen, 
  American 
  

   consul, 
  Colombo, 
  Ceylon, 
  from 
  the 
  Royal 
  Botanic 
  Gardens 
  at 
  Peradeniya. 
  

   Received 
  March 
  1, 
  1911. 
  

   See 
  Nos. 
  24402, 
  24434, 
  24646 
  for 
  previous 
  introductions. 
  

  

  29981 
  to 
  29983. 
  Asparagus 
  spp. 
  Asparagus. 
  

  

  From 
  Erfurt, 
  Germany. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  Haage 
  & 
  Schmidt. 
  Received 
  March 
  

   1, 
  1911. 
  

  

  Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  29981. 
  Asparagus 
  comorensis 
  Baker. 
  

  

  29982. 
  Asparagus 
  plumosus 
  Baker. 
  

   Variety 
  blampiedii. 
  

  

  29983. 
  Asparagus 
  plumosus 
  Baker. 
  

   Variety 
  robustus. 
  

  

  Introduced 
  for 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  Office 
  of 
  Truck-Crop 
  Diseases 
  in 
  breeding 
  a 
  resistant 
  

   asparagus, 
  and 
  also 
  various 
  forms 
  for 
  florists' 
  use. 
  

  

  29984. 
  Helianthus 
  annuus 
  L. 
  Sunflower. 
  

  

  From 
  Mexico. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Edward 
  Palmer, 
  Durango, 
  Mexico, 
  through 
  

   Dr. 
  R. 
  H. 
  True. 
  Numbered 
  March 
  2, 
  1911. 
  

   "Doctor 
  Palmer 
  in 
  1896 
  found 
  a 
  rather 
  good-looking 
  sunflower 
  seed 
  in 
  Mexico 
  which 
  

   has 
  interested 
  me 
  considerably. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  a 
  large 
  seed, 
  but 
  has 
  a 
  good, 
  plump 
  kernel, 
  

   and 
  I 
  think 
  will 
  give 
  a 
  fairly 
  good 
  oil 
  yield. 
  The 
  shuck 
  is 
  much 
  thinner 
  than 
  that 
  of 
  

   the 
  Russian 
  sort, 
  and 
  if 
  it 
  will 
  yield 
  well 
  in 
  this 
  country 
  it 
  might 
  prove 
  valuable. 
  

   Doctor 
  Palmer 
  tells 
  me 
  that 
  in 
  Mexico 
  where 
  this 
  sort 
  is 
  grown 
  the 
  black 
  shells 
  yield 
  

   a 
  purplish 
  dye 
  which 
  is 
  esteemed 
  by 
  some. 
  " 
  ( 
  True.) 
  

  

  29985. 
  Nicotiana 
  sllvestris 
  Speg. 
  and 
  Comes. 
  Wild 
  tobacco. 
  

  

  From 
  Tegucigalpa, 
  Honduras. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  R. 
  Fritzgartner. 
  Received 
  

   January 
  25, 
  1911. 
  

  

  See 
  No. 
  29091 
  for 
  purpose 
  for 
  which 
  introduced. 
  

  

  29990. 
  (Undetermined.) 
  (Zinziberacese.) 
  Ginger. 
  

  

  From 
  Tsinan, 
  Shantung, 
  China. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  J. 
  B. 
  Neal. 
  Received 
  March 
  

  

  4, 
  1911. 
  

  

  "This 
  ginger 
  comes 
  from 
  a 
  region 
  some 
  50 
  or 
  60 
  miles 
  south 
  of 
  here, 
  and 
  is 
  planted 
  

  

  in 
  soil 
  which 
  my 
  cook 
  describes 
  as 
  being 
  half 
  sand 
  and 
  half 
  ordinary 
  earth. 
  It 
  is 
  

  

  planted 
  in 
  April 
  and 
  after 
  the 
  rainy 
  season, 
  which 
  comes 
  in 
  July 
  and 
  August, 
  is 
  ready 
  

  

  for 
  harvesting, 
  say 
  in 
  September." 
  (Neal.) 
  

  

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