﻿APRIL 
  1 
  TO 
  JUNE 
  30, 
  1911. 
  13 
  

  

  30483— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  down 
  and 
  lead 
  the 
  strength 
  of 
  the 
  plant 
  to 
  producing 
  tubers, 
  like 
  the 
  effect 
  on 
  a 
  pot- 
  

   bound 
  plant 
  of 
  making 
  it 
  do 
  something 
  besides 
  make 
  rootlets. 
  The 
  ground 
  should 
  not 
  

   be 
  too 
  dry, 
  and 
  this 
  kind 
  of 
  soil 
  will 
  be 
  all 
  right 
  without 
  watering, 
  except 
  at 
  first. 
  In 
  

   our 
  region 
  (latitude 
  of 
  Kentucky) 
  it 
  is 
  planted 
  in 
  trenches 
  dug 
  as 
  described, 
  in 
  April, 
  

   in 
  black 
  and 
  sandy 
  soil 
  (that 
  is 
  what 
  the 
  man 
  said, 
  though 
  it 
  seems 
  to 
  me 
  like 
  a 
  con- 
  

   tradiction), 
  and 
  the 
  ground 
  is 
  not 
  enriched. 
  It 
  is 
  dug 
  in 
  the 
  autumn. 
  The 
  price 
  

   now 
  (March 
  4) 
  is 
  about 
  5 
  cents 
  a 
  pound, 
  but 
  two 
  months 
  ago 
  it 
  was 
  less 
  than 
  3 
  cents, 
  

   and 
  in 
  a 
  month 
  or 
  two 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  twice 
  as 
  much." 
  (Mateer.) 
  

  

  30486. 
  Annona 
  sp. 
  Annona. 
  

   From 
  Para, 
  Brazil. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Walter 
  Fischer, 
  acting 
  director, 
  Campo 
  

  

  de 
  Cultura 
  Experimental 
  Paraense. 
  Received 
  April 
  7, 
  1911. 
  

  

  "About 
  three 
  years 
  ago 
  Dr. 
  J. 
  Huber 
  brought 
  the 
  original 
  seed 
  of 
  this 
  from 
  the 
  

   River 
  Purus; 
  a 
  year 
  ago 
  I 
  planted 
  several 
  of 
  the 
  young 
  trees 
  on 
  the 
  station 
  grounds 
  

   and 
  the 
  seeds 
  are 
  from 
  fruits 
  from 
  these 
  trees. 
  

  

  "The 
  fruit 
  is 
  almost 
  spherical 
  and 
  only 
  slightly 
  heart 
  shaped; 
  it 
  is 
  smooth 
  and 
  of 
  a 
  

   greenish 
  orange 
  color; 
  weight 
  about 
  6 
  ounces; 
  meat 
  of 
  a 
  beautiful 
  orange 
  and 
  in 
  fair 
  

   quantity; 
  taste, 
  like 
  that 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  annonas, 
  difficult 
  to 
  describe, 
  but 
  with 
  a 
  suggestion 
  

   of 
  rosin, 
  and 
  not 
  unlike 
  some 
  apples 
  I 
  have 
  eaten; 
  probably 
  capable 
  of 
  improvement, 
  

   and 
  fruits 
  may 
  become 
  larger 
  on 
  older 
  trees. 
  The 
  tree 
  in 
  general 
  aspect 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  in 
  

   its 
  bark 
  and 
  foliage 
  strongly 
  resembles 
  the 
  persimmon." 
  (Fischer.) 
  

  

  30487. 
  Passiflora 
  ligularis 
  Juss. 
  Passion 
  fruit. 
  

  

  From 
  Orizaba, 
  Vera 
  Cruz, 
  Mexico. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  William 
  W. 
  Canada, 
  

   American 
  consul, 
  Vera 
  Cruz. 
  Received 
  April 
  10, 
  1911. 
  

  

  30488. 
  Ziziphus 
  jujura 
  Miller. 
  Jujube. 
  

  

  From 
  Chingchowfu, 
  via 
  Kiaochow, 
  China. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  M. 
  Hayes, 
  

   Gotch-Robinson 
  Union 
  Theological 
  College. 
  Received 
  April 
  10, 
  1911. 
  

   " 
  Cuttings 
  of 
  the 
  largest 
  variety 
  of 
  Chinese 
  dates 
  that 
  I 
  could 
  hear 
  of. 
  The 
  Chinese 
  

   claim 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  not 
  easy 
  to 
  graft 
  successfully, 
  so 
  they 
  will 
  have 
  to 
  be 
  given 
  the 
  

   best 
  possible 
  chance." 
  (Hayes.) 
  

  

  30491. 
  Spondias 
  pinnata 
  (L.) 
  Kurz. 
  

  

  From 
  Sibpur, 
  Calcutta, 
  India. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Maj. 
  A. 
  T. 
  Gage, 
  superintendent, 
  

   Royal 
  Botanic 
  Garden. 
  Received 
  April 
  11, 
  1911. 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  A 
  small 
  tree 
  occurring 
  both 
  wild 
  and 
  cultivated 
  throughout 
  India 
  

   from 
  the 
  Indus 
  eastward 
  and 
  southward 
  to 
  Malakka 
  and 
  Ceylon, 
  rising 
  to 
  an 
  eleva- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  5,000 
  feet 
  in 
  the 
  Himalayas; 
  cultivated 
  throughout 
  tropical 
  Asia. 
  

  

  30492 
  to 
  30494. 
  

  

  From 
  Panama. 
  Collected 
  by 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  Pittier, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Plant 
  Industry. 
  Re- 
  

   ceived 
  April 
  13, 
  1911. 
  

  

  30492. 
  Rheedia 
  edulis 
  (Seem.) 
  Planch, 
  and 
  Triana. 
  Sastra. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  27485 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  Seeds. 
  

  

  30493. 
  Arracacia 
  xanthorrhiza 
  Bancr. 
  ♦ 
  Arracacha 
  

   From 
  Chiriqui. 
  

  

  Tubers. 
  

  

  30494. 
  Persea 
  sp. 
  Avocado. 
  

   "A 
  wild 
  species 
  of 
  avocado 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  a 
  good 
  stock 
  for 
  grafting 
  the 
  

  

  finer 
  varieties. 
  ' 
  ' 
  (Pittier.) 
  

  

  Seeds. 
  

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