﻿JANUARY 
  1 
  TO 
  MARCH 
  31, 
  1911. 
  57 
  

  

  30068 
  to 
  30079— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  places 
  in 
  poor 
  soil. 
  It 
  is 
  sparingly 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  highlands 
  but 
  prefers 
  the 
  

   plains. 
  Bulbs 
  are 
  edible 
  boiled, 
  roasted, 
  or 
  baked." 
  (Husbands.) 
  

  

  30074. 
  Bulbils. 
  30075. 
  Seeds. 
  

  

  30076 
  and 
  30077. 
  Tigridia 
  sp. 
  

  

  "The 
  same 
  as 
  No. 
  30068 
  except 
  in 
  shade 
  of 
  color. 
  These 
  are 
  lavender 
  and 
  

   generally 
  have 
  two 
  flowers 
  to 
  each 
  stem. 
  Edible." 
  (Husbands.) 
  

  

  30076. 
  Bulbils. 
  30077. 
  Seeds. 
  

  

  30078 
  and 
  30079. 
  (Undetermined.) 
  

  

  "Pique. 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  large 
  assortment 
  of 
  this 
  charming 
  flower 
  both 
  in 
  form 
  

   and 
  distinct 
  color; 
  no 
  two 
  are 
  exactly 
  alike. 
  The 
  bulbs 
  are 
  eaten 
  boiled, 
  

   roasted, 
  or 
  baked." 
  (Husbands.) 
  

  

  30078. 
  Bulbils 
  30079. 
  Seeds. 
  

  

  30080. 
  Persea 
  Americana 
  Miller. 
  Avocado. 
  

  

  From 
  Santa 
  Barbara, 
  Cal. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  George 
  A. 
  White, 
  at 
  the 
  request 
  of 
  

   Mr. 
  H. 
  F. 
  Schultz. 
  Received 
  at 
  the 
  Plant 
  Introduction 
  Garden, 
  Chico, 
  Cal., 
  

   March 
  8, 
  1911. 
  

   "Buds 
  from 
  a 
  seedling 
  avocado 
  tree 
  growing 
  in 
  Santa 
  Barbara." 
  (White.) 
  

  

  30081 
  and 
  30082. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  Philippine 
  Islands. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  H. 
  Shamel, 
  Seattle, 
  Wash. 
  

   Received 
  March 
  11, 
  1911. 
  

  

  Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  30081. 
  Clitoria 
  ternatea 
  L. 
  

  

  "This 
  is 
  a 
  flowering 
  vine 
  found 
  growing 
  about 
  a 
  yard 
  at 
  Mati, 
  Mindanao. 
  It 
  

   has 
  the 
  most 
  brilliant 
  blue 
  flower 
  I 
  have 
  ever 
  seen 
  and 
  makes 
  a 
  pretty, 
  orna- 
  

   mental 
  vine." 
  (Shamel.) 
  

  

  30082. 
  Carica 
  papaya 
  L. 
  Papaya. 
  

  

  ' 
  ' 
  From 
  a 
  rather 
  small-sized 
  fruit 
  which 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  mature 
  in 
  eight 
  months 
  and 
  

   which 
  it 
  occurs 
  to 
  me 
  is 
  worth 
  testing 
  as 
  a 
  greenhouse 
  plant, 
  as 
  it 
  produces 
  

   heavily 
  in 
  a 
  small 
  space." 
  (Shamel.) 
  

  

  30083. 
  Nicotian 
  a 
  tabacum 
  L. 
  Tobacco. 
  

  

  From 
  Sacramento, 
  Coahuila, 
  Mexico. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Lauro 
  Liadas, 
  Director 
  

   General 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  Mexico, 
  Mexico. 
  Received 
  March 
  14, 
  1911. 
  

  

  30084. 
  Capsicum 
  annuum 
  L. 
  Red 
  pepper. 
  

  

  From 
  Bilbao, 
  Spain. 
  Procured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Harry 
  A. 
  McBride, 
  American 
  vice 
  and 
  

   deputy 
  consul 
  general, 
  Barcelona, 
  Spain. 
  Received 
  March 
  13, 
  1911. 
  

  

  "Pimiento 
  Morron." 
  

  

  30085 
  to 
  30089. 
  Mangifera 
  indica 
  L. 
  Mango. 
  

  

  From 
  Lucknow, 
  United 
  Provinces, 
  India. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  J. 
  Davies, 
  

   superintendent, 
  Government 
  Horticultural 
  Gardens, 
  at 
  the 
  request 
  of 
  Rev. 
  

   N. 
  L. 
  Rockey, 
  Gonda, 
  United 
  Provinces. 
  Received 
  March 
  13, 
  1911. 
  

   Cuttings 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  30085. 
  Amin. 
  30088. 
  Langra. 
  

  

  30086. 
  Bombay. 
  30089. 
  Safeda. 
  

  

  30087. 
  Dilpasand. 
  

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