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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPOKTED. 
  

  

  30606 
  to 
  30610— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  30609. 
  Stipa 
  pennata 
  L. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Europe 
  and 
  western 
  Asia, 
  extending 
  from 
  the 
  British 
  Isles 
  

   and 
  Spain 
  eastward 
  to 
  western 
  Siberia, 
  Afghanistan, 
  and 
  Armenia. 
  

  

  30610. 
  Stipa 
  splendens 
  Trin. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  region 
  of 
  Siberia 
  east 
  of 
  Lake 
  Baikal, 
  

  

  30611. 
  Pistacia 
  atlantica 
  Desf. 
  Betoom. 
  

  

  From 
  Maison 
  Carree, 
  Algeria. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  L. 
  Trabut, 
  Algiers, 
  Algeria. 
  

   Received 
  April 
  25, 
  1911. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  9325 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  30612 
  and 
  30613. 
  Solanum 
  nigrum 
  L. 
  Nightshade. 
  

  

  From 
  France. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Vilmorin-Andrieux 
  & 
  Co., 
  Paris, 
  France. 
  Received 
  

   April 
  25, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  30612. 
  "Morelle 
  de 
  File 
  de 
  France 
  (Mascareigne 
  Brede, 
  nightshade 
  

   spinach)." 
  

  

  30613. 
  "Morelle 
  noire 
  (nightshade)." 
  

  

  "The 
  former 
  kind, 
  which 
  is 
  cultivated 
  in 
  Mauritius 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Brede, 
  does 
  

   not 
  differ 
  botanically 
  from 
  the 
  common 
  kind 
  (morelle 
  noire), 
  but 
  is 
  more 
  vigorous 
  and 
  

   larger 
  in 
  all 
  its 
  parts." 
  ( 
  Vilmorin-Andrieux 
  & 
  Co.) 
  

  

  30614 
  to 
  30619. 
  Punic 
  a 
  granatum 
  L. 
  Pomegranate. 
  

  

  Material 
  furnished 
  this 
  office 
  by 
  Mr. 
  T. 
  H. 
  Kearney, 
  Physiologist 
  in 
  Charge, 
  

   Alkali 
  and 
  Drought 
  Resistant 
  Plant 
  Breeding 
  Investigations, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Plant 
  

   Industry. 
  Numbered 
  April 
  26, 
  1911. 
  

   Plants 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Kearney: 
  

  

  30614. 
  "Green-skinned, 
  sweet 
  variety, 
  from 
  cuttings 
  furnished 
  by 
  Miss 
  Ida 
  

   Munro, 
  Putnam, 
  Ga." 
  

  

  30615. 
  "Red, 
  sweet, 
  from 
  same 
  source 
  as 
  preceding." 
  

  

  30616. 
  "Subacid, 
  from 
  same 
  source 
  as 
  preceding." 
  

  

  30617. 
  "From 
  Mexico; 
  cuttings 
  furnished 
  by 
  "Mr. 
  Alexander 
  Gaw." 
  

  

  30618. 
  "From 
  Mexico; 
  cuttings 
  furnished 
  by 
  Senor 
  Romulo 
  Escobar." 
  

  

  30619. 
  "Cuttings 
  from 
  the 
  hardy 
  bush 
  at 
  the 
  east 
  entrance 
  of 
  the 
  Smith- 
  

   sonian 
  Institution 
  Building, 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C." 
  

  

  30620 
  and 
  30621. 
  

  

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

   tural 
  Experiment 
  Station, 
  Haifa, 
  Palestine. 
  Received 
  April 
  25, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  30620. 
  Citrus 
  limetta 
  Risso. 
  Sweet 
  lime. 
  

   "The 
  Jaffa 
  orange, 
  which 
  is 
  the 
  great 
  commercial 
  orange 
  of 
  Palestine, 
  800,000 
  

  

  cases 
  being 
  exported 
  annually, 
  is 
  generally 
  grafted 
  on 
  this 
  special 
  sweet 
  lime, 
  

   which 
  Mr. 
  Aaronsohn 
  writes 
  us 
  is 
  not 
  used 
  either 
  in 
  North 
  Africa 
  or 
  in 
  the 
  United- 
  

   States. 
  As 
  a 
  stock 
  this 
  sweet 
  lime 
  requires 
  less 
  water 
  and 
  produces 
  trees 
  yield- 
  

   ing 
  earlier 
  fruit 
  than 
  does 
  the 
  bitter 
  orange." 
  (Fairchild.) 
  

  

  30621. 
  Ziziphus 
  jujuba 
  Miller. 
  Jujube. 
  

   "Anaab, 
  in 
  Arabic. 
  These 
  seeds 
  came 
  from 
  trees 
  growing 
  in 
  the 
  gardens 
  in 
  

  

  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Nablus 
  (Shechem) 
  on 
  dry, 
  rocky, 
  and 
  calcareous 
  hills. 
  ' 
  ' 
  (Aaron- 
  

   sohn.) 
  

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