﻿APRIL 
  1 
  TO 
  JUNE 
  30, 
  1911. 
  43 
  

  

  30764 
  to 
  30822— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  30819. 
  Asparagus 
  scandens 
  deflexus 
  Baker. 
  Asparagus. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  29120 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  30820. 
  Livistona 
  hoogendorpii 
  Andre. 
  Palm. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  9724 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  A 
  palm 
  from 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  Java. 
  

  

  30821. 
  Agrostis 
  canina 
  L. 
  Rhode 
  Island 
  bent-grass. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  18413 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  30822. 
  Dactylis 
  glomerata 
  L. 
  Orchard 
  grass. 
  

  

  30823. 
  Gossypium 
  barbadense 
  L. 
  Cotton. 
  

  

  From 
  Alexandria, 
  Egypt. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  D. 
  S. 
  Fish, 
  secretary, 
  Horticultural 
  

   Society. 
  Received 
  May 
  16, 
  1911. 
  

   SakeUaridis. 
  "This 
  variety 
  is 
  of 
  quite 
  recent 
  introduction 
  and 
  produces 
  the 
  best 
  

   Egyptian 
  cotton. 
  The 
  seed 
  sent 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  saved 
  from 
  selected 
  plants." 
  

   (Fish.) 
  

  

  30824. 
  Mucuna 
  imbricata 
  DC. 
  

  

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

   Botanic 
  Garden. 
  Received 
  May 
  23, 
  1911. 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  In 
  the 
  tropical 
  region 
  of 
  India, 
  rising 
  to 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  4,000 
  feet 
  in 
  

   the 
  eastern 
  Himalayas. 
  

  

  30825 
  to 
  30827. 
  Vitis 
  vinifera 
  L. 
  Grape. 
  

  

  From 
  Tinis, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  Rolloff, 
  Botanic 
  Garden. 
  

   Received 
  May 
  6, 
  1911. 
  

   Cuttings 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  30825. 
  MsTchali. 
  A 
  dessert 
  variety. 
  Does 
  well 
  in 
  alkaline 
  soils. 
  Ripens 
  

   from 
  September 
  1 
  to 
  15. 
  

  

  30826. 
  Bandi. 
  Fruitful 
  dessert 
  variety. 
  May 
  be 
  kept 
  until 
  Easter. 
  

  

  30827. 
  Schafei. 
  This 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  the 
  Shafai, 
  No. 
  27621; 
  see 
  

   this 
  number 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  30828. 
  Musa 
  sp. 
  Banana. 
  

  

  From 
  Pirapo, 
  Paraguay. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  F. 
  Mead. 
  Received 
  May 
  6, 
  1911. 
  

   "Paraguayan 
  banana, 
  botanical 
  name 
  unknown 
  unless 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  sport 
  from 
  Musa 
  

   sapwntium. 
  Grows 
  to 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  20 
  to 
  25 
  feet, 
  very 
  large 
  and 
  heavy 
  leaves 
  which 
  are 
  

   raveled 
  easily 
  by 
  the 
  wind, 
  making 
  a 
  dirty 
  and 
  unpopular 
  plant. 
  Fruit 
  in 
  very 
  large 
  

   bunches 
  up 
  to 
  100 
  pounds 
  in 
  weight 
  and 
  classed 
  by 
  many 
  travelers 
  as 
  the 
  finest 
  flavored 
  

   of 
  all 
  bananas, 
  which 
  is 
  my 
  opinion 
  also 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  Hawaiian, 
  Mexican, 
  Central 
  

   American, 
  and 
  Brazilian 
  varieties." 
  (Mead.) 
  

  

  30829 
  and 
  30830. 
  Medicago 
  spp. 
  Alfalfa. 
  

  

  From 
  Russia. 
  Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Frank 
  N. 
  Meyer, 
  agricultural 
  explorer, 
  

   May 
  3, 
  1910. 
  Numbered 
  May 
  8, 
  1911. 
  

   Plants 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  30829. 
  From 
  near 
  Yelisavetpol, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  756, 
  April 
  7, 
  1910.) 
  An 
  alfalfa 
  growing 
  wild 
  along 
  banks 
  of 
  ravines, 
  

   in 
  open 
  plains, 
  and 
  along 
  roads, 
  in 
  rather 
  heavy, 
  clayey 
  soil. 
  Much 
  sought 
  for 
  

   by 
  grazing 
  cattle 
  and 
  horses, 
  who 
  grow 
  fat 
  on 
  it. 
  Called 
  by 
  local 
  German 
  

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