﻿12 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPOETED. 
  

  

  30474. 
  Nicotiana 
  tabacum 
  L. 
  Tobacco. 
  

  

  From 
  Orizaba, 
  Vera 
  Cruz, 
  Mexico. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  George 
  Young, 
  secretary, 
  

   The 
  Cananea 
  Consolidated 
  Copper 
  Co., 
  Cananea, 
  Sonora, 
  Mexico, 
  who 
  pro- 
  

   cured 
  it 
  from 
  Gustavo 
  Mayer 
  y 
  Cia., 
  of 
  Orizaba. 
  Received 
  April 
  3, 
  1911. 
  

   San 
  Cristobal. 
  ' 
  ' 
  This 
  seed 
  is 
  from 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  plantations 
  of 
  the 
  Valle 
  Nacional 
  

   and 
  produces 
  about 
  the 
  highest 
  grade 
  of 
  Mexican 
  tobacco. 
  It 
  was 
  gathered 
  from 
  plants 
  

   specially 
  cultivated 
  for 
  seed. 
  The 
  nursery 
  was 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  August 
  and 
  

   the 
  plants 
  were 
  transplanted 
  on 
  the 
  1st 
  of 
  October. 
  They 
  suffered 
  from 
  no 
  disease 
  or 
  

   insects. 
  The 
  original 
  seed 
  came 
  from 
  Havana 
  about 
  20 
  years 
  ago, 
  but 
  this 
  is 
  the 
  first 
  

   time 
  that 
  seed 
  has 
  been 
  gathered 
  from 
  special 
  plants." 
  (Gustavo 
  Mayer 
  y 
  Cia.) 
  

  

  30475 
  to 
  30477. 
  

  

  From 
  Piracicaba, 
  Brazil. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Prof. 
  Clinton 
  D. 
  Smith, 
  Escola 
  Agricola 
  

  

  Pratica 
  Luiz 
  de 
  Queiro. 
  Received 
  April 
  5, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  quoted 
  notes 
  by 
  Prof. 
  Smith: 
  

  

  30475. 
  Caesalpinia 
  pectinata 
  Cav. 
  "Tara-tara." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  In 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Popayan, 
  Colombia, 
  and 
  in 
  Peru 
  and 
  Brazil. 
  

  

  30476 
  and 
  30477. 
  Psidium 
  guajava 
  L. 
  Guava. 
  

  

  30476. 
  "From 
  selected 
  fruits 
  of 
  white-fleshed 
  guavas." 
  

  

  30477. 
  "Seed 
  from 
  red-fleshed 
  guavas."- 
  

  

  30480. 
  Spondias 
  lute 
  a 
  L. 
  Hog 
  plum. 
  

  

  From 
  Rio 
  de 
  Janeiro, 
  Brazil. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Antonio 
  Augusto 
  Pereira 
  da 
  

   Fonseca. 
  Received 
  April 
  5, 
  1911. 
  

   u 
  Cajamirim. 
  Fruit 
  edible." 
  (Fonseca.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  From 
  the 
  provinces 
  of 
  Yucatan 
  and 
  Tabasco 
  in 
  southern 
  Mexico 
  

   southeastward 
  through 
  Central 
  America 
  to 
  Colombia 
  and 
  northern 
  South 
  America 
  and 
  

   in 
  the 
  West 
  Indies. 
  

  

  30481. 
  Trifolium 
  suaveolens 
  Willd. 
  Shaftal. 
  

  

  From 
  Tiflis, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Richard 
  Schmidt, 
  assistant 
  

   director, 
  Caucasus 
  Museum 
  and 
  Public 
  Library. 
  Received 
  March 
  30, 
  1911. 
  

   "This 
  plant 
  grows 
  on 
  comparatively 
  xerophilous 
  places, 
  which 
  receive 
  water 
  almost 
  

   only 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  from 
  rainfalls 
  and 
  floods. 
  It 
  is 
  very 
  fragrant, 
  so 
  that 
  one 
  can 
  notice 
  

   the 
  blooming 
  clover 
  meadows 
  a 
  kilometer 
  away 
  by 
  the 
  sweet 
  odor. 
  The 
  soil 
  on 
  which 
  

   it 
  grows 
  is 
  a 
  light, 
  warm, 
  penetrable, 
  yellow 
  loam, 
  a 
  sort 
  of 
  loess. 
  It 
  contains 
  lime, 
  

   clay, 
  and 
  silicic 
  acid." 
  (Schmidt.) 
  

  

  30482. 
  Amygdalus 
  sp. 
  Chinese 
  flat 
  peach. 
  

  

  From 
  about 
  50 
  miles 
  southwest 
  of 
  Tsinan, 
  Shantung, 
  China. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  

   T. 
  B. 
  Neal, 
  Union 
  Medical 
  College, 
  Tsinan. 
  Received 
  April 
  8, 
  1911. 
  

   Feicheng. 
  "This 
  is 
  a 
  large, 
  luscious 
  cling, 
  very 
  much 
  esteemed 
  by 
  the 
  Chinese. 
  

   I 
  had 
  to 
  depend 
  upon 
  the 
  word 
  of 
  the 
  man 
  I 
  sent 
  down 
  into 
  the 
  country 
  to 
  buy 
  these 
  

   cuttings 
  to 
  guarantee 
  their 
  genuineness, 
  so 
  I 
  send 
  them 
  with 
  all 
  reserve." 
  (Neal.) 
  

   See 
  Nos. 
  21989 
  and 
  29991 
  for 
  previous 
  introductions. 
  

  

  30483. 
  Zinziber 
  officinale 
  Eosc. 
  White 
  ginger. 
  

  

  From 
  Weihsien, 
  China. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  H. 
  Mateer. 
  Received 
  April 
  8, 
  

   1911. 
  

   " 
  This 
  is 
  planted 
  in 
  ground 
  that 
  has 
  been 
  spaded 
  to 
  the 
  depth 
  of 
  nearly 
  a 
  foot, 
  but 
  

   which 
  is 
  firm 
  and 
  solid 
  underneath. 
  This 
  is 
  to 
  keep 
  it 
  from 
  sending 
  out 
  rootlets 
  deep 
  

  

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