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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  30707. 
  Phoenix 
  dactylifera 
  L. 
  Date. 
  

  

  From 
  Morocco. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  McCaig, 
  Gilchrist 
  & 
  Co., 
  Glasgow, 
  Scotland. 
  

   Received 
  April 
  29, 
  1911. 
  

   TafilelL 
  See 
  No. 
  18630 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  30708 
  and 
  30709. 
  

  

  From 
  Hermosillo, 
  Mexico. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Louis 
  Hostetter, 
  American 
  consul. 
  

   Received 
  April 
  27, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  30708. 
  Cicer 
  arietinum 
  L. 
  Chick-pea. 
  

  

  30709. 
  Triticum 
  aestivum 
  L. 
  Wheat. 
  

  

  30710. 
  Solanum 
  capsicastrum 
  Link. 
  

  

  From 
  Milan, 
  Italy. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Fratelli 
  Ingegnoli. 
  Received 
  April 
  27, 
  1911. 
  

   Fra 
  Diavolo. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  In 
  the 
  grassy 
  plains 
  along 
  the 
  Sapucahi 
  River 
  in 
  the 
  southern 
  part 
  

   of 
  the 
  province 
  of 
  Minas 
  Geraes 
  in 
  Brazil. 
  

  

  30711. 
  Gossypium 
  herbaceum 
  L. 
  Cotton. 
  

  

  From 
  Marash, 
  Turkey. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Paul 
  N. 
  Nersessian. 
  Received 
  April 
  

   26, 
  1911. 
  

   "This 
  is 
  what 
  we 
  call 
  Native 
  of 
  Marash. 
  It 
  grows 
  in 
  a 
  conical 
  shape 
  from 
  1 
  to 
  4 
  feet 
  

   high, 
  depending 
  on 
  the 
  fertility 
  of 
  the 
  land; 
  usually 
  yields 
  well, 
  that 
  is, 
  produces 
  

   more 
  bolls 
  to 
  a 
  given 
  area 
  than 
  other 
  varieties, 
  but 
  ordinarily 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  the 
  lint 
  

   from 
  a 
  given 
  weight 
  of 
  bolls 
  is 
  less 
  than 
  the 
  other 
  varieties 
  (Nos. 
  29028 
  and 
  29029)." 
  

   (Nersessian.) 
  

  

  30712. 
  Medicago 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Alfalfa. 
  

  

  From 
  Pishpek, 
  Semiryetschensk, 
  Turkestan, 
  Russia. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Theo. 
  

   Rryshtofovich, 
  Russian 
  Government 
  Agricultural 
  Commissioner, 
  St. 
  Louis, 
  

   Mo. 
  Received 
  May 
  1, 
  1911. 
  

  

  30713 
  to 
  30736. 
  

  

  From 
  Philippine 
  Islands. 
  Secured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  V. 
  Piper, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Plant 
  Industry. 
  

   Received 
  April 
  17, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  quoted 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Piper: 
  

  

  30713. 
  Cantharospermum 
  scarabaeoideum 
  (L.) 
  Baill. 
  

  

  "A 
  leguminous 
  vine 
  growing 
  in 
  bushes 
  and 
  very 
  fruitful. 
  For 
  testing 
  in 
  

   Florida." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Throughout 
  the 
  plains 
  of 
  India 
  and 
  up 
  to 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  

   6,000 
  feet 
  in 
  the 
  western 
  Himalayas 
  and 
  eastward 
  to 
  China 
  and 
  the 
  Malay 
  

   Archipelago; 
  also 
  in 
  Madagascar. 
  

  

  30714. 
  Bauhinia 
  acuminata 
  L. 
  

  

  "According 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Merrill 
  decidedly 
  ornamental. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  shrub 
  3 
  to 
  6 
  feet 
  

   high. 
  To 
  be 
  tested 
  in 
  Florida." 
  

  

  30715. 
  Coix 
  lachryma-jobi 
  ma-yuen 
  (Rom.) 
  Stapf. 
  Job 
  's-t 
  ears. 
  

   "This 
  is 
  a 
  variety 
  with 
  soft 
  seeds, 
  cultivated 
  in 
  China 
  and 
  to 
  a 
  slight 
  extent 
  

  

  here. 
  It 
  should 
  be 
  tried 
  as 
  a 
  summer 
  grain 
  crop 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  Seed 
  

   can 
  probably 
  be 
  had 
  in 
  quantity 
  from 
  China, 
  but 
  not 
  here." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  In 
  the 
  province 
  of 
  Sikkim 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  Khasi 
  Hills 
  in 
  India 
  

   and 
  eastward 
  through 
  Burma, 
  Cochin 
  China, 
  and 
  Borneo 
  to 
  the 
  Philippines, 
  

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