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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  30090. 
  Zea 
  mays 
  L. 
  Corn. 
  

  

  From 
  Shanghai, 
  China. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Rev. 
  J. 
  M. 
  W. 
  Farnham. 
  Received 
  

   March 
  9, 
  1911. 
  

   1 
  ' 
  Liuoo 
  . 
  A 
  white 
  variety 
  . 
  ' 
  ' 
  ( 
  Farnham 
  . 
  ) 
  

  

  Note. 
  — 
  Some 
  of 
  this 
  corn 
  was 
  contained 
  in 
  the 
  mixture 
  previously 
  received 
  and 
  

   given 
  No. 
  22308. 
  

  

  30091. 
  Dioscorea 
  sp. 
  Yampie. 
  

  

  From 
  Kingston, 
  Jamaica. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  William 
  Harris, 
  superintendent, 
  

   Public 
  Gardens, 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  Received 
  March 
  9, 
  1911. 
  

   "Tubers 
  mostly 
  of 
  fair 
  size, 
  but 
  generally 
  rather 
  rough 
  and 
  irregular 
  in 
  form. 
  The 
  

   flesh 
  is 
  very 
  white 
  and 
  of 
  good 
  flavor 
  when 
  cooked, 
  resembling 
  somewhat 
  the 
  white- 
  

   fleshed 
  yampie 
  of 
  the 
  Canal 
  Zone 
  (No. 
  29540)." 
  (R. 
  A. 
  Young.) 
  

  

  30092. 
  Juniperus 
  cedrus 
  Webb. 
  

  

  From 
  island 
  of 
  Palma. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  George 
  V. 
  Perez, 
  Puerto 
  de 
  Orotava, 
  

  

  Teneriffe, 
  through 
  Mr. 
  S. 
  T. 
  Dana, 
  Acting 
  Chief 
  of 
  Silvics, 
  United 
  States 
  

  

  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  Forest 
  Service. 
  Received 
  February 
  25, 
  1911. 
  

  

  "Seed 
  of 
  this 
  very 
  rare 
  and 
  nearly 
  extinct 
  tree. 
  It 
  comes 
  from 
  the 
  heights 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  neighboring 
  island 
  of 
  Palma, 
  where 
  the 
  few 
  specimens 
  that 
  remain 
  are 
  being 
  destroyed 
  

  

  without 
  mercy. 
  I 
  am 
  afraid 
  the 
  seed 
  is 
  very 
  bad, 
  most 
  of 
  it 
  being 
  barren, 
  probably 
  

  

  coming 
  from 
  isolated 
  female 
  trees, 
  but 
  I 
  hope 
  that 
  among 
  it 
  there 
  may 
  be 
  some 
  fertile 
  

  

  seed. 
  In 
  years 
  to 
  come 
  I 
  hope 
  to 
  have 
  some 
  seed 
  myself 
  from 
  a 
  few 
  young 
  trees 
  in 
  

  

  my 
  garden 
  here." 
  (Perez.) 
  

  

  30093. 
  Indigofera 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  Port 
  Moresby, 
  Papua, 
  British 
  New 
  Guinea. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  A. 
  Hamil- 
  

   ton, 
  care 
  of 
  the 
  general 
  manager, 
  British 
  New 
  Guinea 
  Development 
  Co. 
  

   Received 
  March 
  10, 
  1911. 
  

   "A 
  legume 
  which 
  grows 
  on 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  swamps 
  and 
  also 
  drier 
  ground. 
  It 
  has 
  well- 
  

   developed 
  nodules; 
  the 
  only 
  fault 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  a 
  fodder 
  plant 
  and 
  could 
  

   be 
  used 
  only 
  for 
  soiling 
  purposes. 
  Might 
  do 
  for 
  renovating 
  rice 
  land." 
  (Hamilton.) 
  

   Probably 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  No. 
  27562. 
  

  

  30094. 
  Medicago 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Alfalfa. 
  

  

  From 
  Berkeley, 
  Cal. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Prof. 
  E. 
  J. 
  Wickson, 
  director, 
  Agricultural 
  

   Experiment 
  Station, 
  through 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  M. 
  Westgate. 
  Numbered 
  March 
  16, 
  1911. 
  

  

  "This 
  seed 
  was 
  grown 
  from 
  No. 
  1151, 
  which 
  gave 
  the 
  best 
  results 
  of 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  

   Turkestan 
  alfalfas 
  included 
  in 
  the 
  original 
  tests. 
  Flowers 
  variegated." 
  (Westgate.) 
  

  

  30095 
  to 
  30112. 
  

  

  From 
  Palestine. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Aaron 
  Aaronsohn, 
  director, 
  Jewish 
  Agricul- 
  

   tural 
  Experiment 
  Station, 
  Haifa, 
  Palestine. 
  Received 
  February 
  27, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  30095. 
  Hippocrepis 
  unisiliquosa 
  L. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Countries 
  along 
  the 
  Mediterranean 
  from 
  Spain 
  through 
  Italy, 
  

   Greece, 
  Asia 
  Minor, 
  and 
  Syria, 
  and 
  in 
  northern 
  Africa. 
  

  

  30096. 
  Circinnus 
  circinatus 
  (L.) 
  Kuntze. 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  Same 
  as 
  the 
  preceding. 
  

  

  30097. 
  Medicago 
  rotata 
  Boiss. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  On 
  hillsides 
  and 
  in 
  cultivated 
  places 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Gaza 
  

   and 
  on 
  the 
  plain 
  of 
  Damascus 
  in 
  Palestine, 
  and 
  in 
  Mesopotamia. 
  

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