﻿APEIL 
  1 
  TO 
  JUNE 
  30, 
  1911. 
  9 
  

  

  ment 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  making 
  a 
  study 
  of 
  the 
  forage-crop 
  problems 
  

   of 
  the 
  Philippine 
  Islands, 
  left 
  that 
  detail 
  on 
  July 
  5 
  and 
  started 
  on 
  an 
  

   agricultural 
  exploration 
  for 
  this 
  office. 
  His 
  collections 
  which 
  are 
  

   recorded 
  here 
  are 
  only 
  such 
  as 
  were 
  made 
  by 
  him 
  previous 
  to 
  leaving 
  

   the 
  Philippines. 
  They 
  include, 
  among 
  other 
  forage 
  grasses 
  and 
  

   grains, 
  soft-seeded 
  varieties 
  of 
  the 
  grass 
  known 
  as 
  Job's-tears 
  (Coix 
  

   lachryma-jobi 
  ma-yueri), 
  which 
  Mr. 
  Piper 
  believes 
  are 
  promising 
  as 
  

   summer 
  grain 
  crops 
  (No. 
  30715). 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  plant 
  material 
  sent 
  in 
  by 
  correspondents 
  and 
  through 
  the 
  

   American 
  consuls 
  the 
  following 
  are 
  worthy 
  of 
  special 
  attention: 
  A 
  

   strong, 
  fruitful 
  variety 
  of 
  the 
  chayote 
  (No. 
  30462), 
  other 
  varieties 
  of 
  

   which 
  vine 
  have 
  been 
  disappointing 
  in 
  our 
  experiments 
  because 
  of 
  

   their 
  shy-bearing 
  habits; 
  roots 
  of 
  the 
  white 
  ginger 
  from 
  China 
  (Nos. 
  

   30483 
  and 
  30592) 
  that 
  may 
  demonstrate 
  the 
  possibility 
  of 
  ginger 
  

   culture 
  in 
  this 
  country: 
  a 
  wild 
  species 
  of 
  Persea 
  (No. 
  30494) 
  from 
  

   Panama 
  which 
  the 
  avocado 
  growers 
  of 
  Florida 
  and 
  California 
  may 
  

   be 
  glad 
  to 
  try 
  as 
  a 
  stock; 
  the 
  arayan 
  from 
  Mazatian, 
  Mexico 
  (No. 
  

   30499), 
  a 
  rich, 
  juicy, 
  tropical 
  fruit 
  that 
  deserves 
  to 
  be 
  improved, 
  

   as 
  it 
  represents 
  one 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  tropical 
  myrtles 
  which 
  have 
  

   good 
  edible 
  fruits 
  ; 
  plants 
  of 
  the 
  Laranja 
  da 
  Terra 
  (No. 
  30605), 
  a 
  variety 
  

   or 
  local 
  strain 
  of 
  orange, 
  which 
  is 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  stock 
  for 
  the 
  navel 
  

   orange 
  in 
  Bahia, 
  Brazil, 
  where 
  this 
  orange 
  is 
  supposed 
  to 
  have 
  origi- 
  

   nated; 
  a 
  collection 
  of 
  the 
  remarkable 
  soy 
  beans 
  of 
  Manchuria 
  (Nos. 
  

   30593 
  to 
  30601), 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  which 
  for 
  producing 
  a 
  paint 
  oil 
  and 
  for 
  

   use 
  in 
  the 
  manufacture 
  of 
  human 
  food 
  has 
  been 
  recently 
  so 
  strongly 
  

   emphasized; 
  the 
  sweet 
  lime 
  of 
  Palestine 
  (No. 
  30620) 
  which, 
  according 
  

   to 
  Mr. 
  Aaron 
  Aaronsohn, 
  is 
  preferred 
  as 
  a 
  stock 
  for 
  the 
  famous 
  seed- 
  

   less 
  Jaffa 
  orange, 
  because 
  the 
  trees 
  require 
  less 
  irrigation 
  and 
  fruit 
  

   earlier 
  than 
  the 
  bitter 
  orange; 
  the 
  Shibu 
  kaki 
  of 
  Japan 
  (No. 
  30678), 
  

   a 
  variety 
  of 
  persimmon 
  which 
  is 
  not 
  edible, 
  but 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  

   remarkable 
  waterproofing 
  called 
  u 
  Kaki-no-shibu/' 
  a 
  fermented 
  

   product, 
  is 
  made; 
  a 
  new 
  pine 
  (No. 
  30688), 
  which 
  grows 
  to 
  a 
  height 
  

   of 
  200 
  feet 
  and 
  has 
  cones 
  12 
  inches 
  long, 
  discovered 
  by 
  Mr. 
  George 
  

   Forrest 
  in 
  the 
  Lichiang 
  mountain 
  range 
  of 
  western 
  Yunnan; 
  a 
  lemon 
  

   variety 
  (No. 
  30737) 
  from 
  an 
  altitude 
  of 
  4,000 
  feet 
  in 
  the 
  Himalayas, 
  

   which 
  is 
  not 
  injured 
  by 
  the 
  snowfalls 
  and 
  rather 
  severe 
  frosts 
  of 
  that 
  

   region; 
  a 
  shrubby 
  fruit 
  plant 
  of 
  the 
  annona 
  family 
  (No. 
  30835) 
  from 
  

   British 
  West 
  Africa 
  that 
  is 
  burned 
  to 
  the 
  ground 
  each 
  year 
  and 
  may 
  

   adapt 
  itself 
  to 
  the 
  annual 
  freezes 
  of 
  Texas 
  and 
  northern 
  Florida; 
  

   Sorbus 
  torminalis 
  (No. 
  30892) 
  from 
  southern 
  Kussia, 
  which 
  is 
  sug- 
  

   gested 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Theo. 
  Kryshtofovich 
  as 
  a 
  stock 
  for 
  the 
  pear 
  on 
  account 
  

   of 
  its 
  remarkable 
  drought 
  resistance; 
  seeds 
  from 
  good 
  fiber-bearing 
  

   varieties 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  Zealand 
  flax 
  (Nos. 
  30831 
  and 
  30832) 
  from 
  

   Auckland; 
  two 
  species 
  of 
  passifloras 
  from 
  the 
  Caucasus 
  (Nos. 
  30902 
  

  

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