﻿44 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  30829 
  and 
  30830— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  30829— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  settlers 
  Steiriklee. 
  Apparently 
  of 
  value 
  as 
  a 
  fodder 
  plant 
  in 
  semiarid 
  regions." 
  

  

  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  30830. 
  From 
  near 
  Helenendorf, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  757, 
  April 
  5, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  perennial 
  alfalfa 
  growing 
  on 
  limey, 
  clayey 
  soil 
  

   along 
  banks 
  and 
  on 
  ridges; 
  makes 
  very 
  long 
  roots 
  and 
  is 
  apparently 
  drought 
  

   resistant. 
  Called 
  by 
  local 
  German 
  settlers 
  Steiriklee. 
  Of 
  value 
  like 
  the 
  pre- 
  

   ceding 
  number. 
  ' 
  ' 
  ( 
  Meyer.) 
  

  

  30831 
  and 
  30832. 
  Phormium 
  spp. 
  New 
  Zealand 
  flax. 
  

  

  From 
  Greendale, 
  Canterbury, 
  New 
  Zealand. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  T. 
  W. 
  Adams. 
  

   Received 
  May 
  6, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Adams: 
  

  

  30831. 
  Phormium 
  tenax 
  Forst, 
  

  

  "Seeds 
  of 
  several 
  varieties 
  that 
  I 
  have 
  growing 
  here, 
  some 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  orna- 
  

   mental 
  and 
  all 
  are 
  good 
  fiber 
  sorts." 
  

  

  30832. 
  Phormium 
  cookianum 
  Le 
  Jolis. 
  

  

  "This 
  variety 
  is 
  ornamental 
  in 
  flower 
  and 
  fruit, 
  but 
  poor 
  as 
  a 
  fiber 
  plant." 
  

  

  30833. 
  Entelea 
  arborescens 
  R. 
  Brown. 
  Whau. 
  

  

  From 
  Epsom, 
  Auckland, 
  New 
  Zealand. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  Petrie. 
  Received 
  

   May 
  6 
  and 
  9, 
  1911. 
  

  

  "This 
  plant 
  is 
  not 
  a 
  hardy 
  one 
  and 
  will 
  barely 
  withstand 
  even 
  slight 
  frosts. 
  It 
  is 
  

   most 
  plentiful 
  on 
  small 
  coastal 
  islands 
  in 
  the 
  northern 
  part 
  of 
  New 
  Zealand, 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  

   upper 
  slopes 
  of 
  wooded 
  gullies 
  above 
  the 
  fog 
  line 
  in 
  autumn 
  and 
  winter. 
  The 
  seed 
  

   grows 
  most 
  readily 
  in 
  my 
  garden; 
  indeed, 
  seedlings 
  are 
  quite 
  a 
  weed." 
  {Petrie.) 
  

  

  "This 
  plant 
  is 
  greedily 
  eaten 
  by 
  cattle 
  and 
  horses, 
  and 
  consequently 
  is 
  becoming 
  

   rare 
  fast 
  on 
  the 
  mainland, 
  except 
  in 
  comparatively 
  inaccessible 
  situations. 
  It 
  is 
  still 
  

   plentiful 
  on 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  small 
  outlying 
  islands 
  on 
  the 
  northeast 
  coast 
  of 
  the 
  Auckland 
  

   district, 
  often 
  exhibiting 
  great 
  luxuriance. 
  On 
  Cuvier 
  Island 
  I 
  measured 
  leaves 
  with 
  

   petioles 
  2 
  feet 
  long, 
  with 
  a 
  blade 
  1 
  foot 
  6 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter." 
  {Cheeseman, 
  Manual 
  

   New 
  Zealand 
  Flora, 
  p. 
  83, 
  1906.) 
  

  

  "This 
  introduction 
  is 
  a 
  tree 
  already 
  tried 
  in 
  California 
  and 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  very 
  rapid 
  

   grower. 
  It 
  is 
  made 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  ascertaining 
  the 
  possibility 
  of 
  using 
  the 
  saw- 
  

   dust 
  of 
  the 
  wood, 
  which 
  is 
  very 
  soft 
  and 
  light, 
  as 
  packing 
  for 
  grapes 
  in 
  place 
  of 
  the 
  

   cork 
  and 
  redwood 
  sawdust 
  commonly 
  used." 
  {S. 
  C. 
  Stuntz.) 
  

  

  30834. 
  Extelea 
  arborescens 
  R. 
  Brown. 
  Whau. 
  

  

  From 
  Auckland, 
  New 
  Zealand. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  Clifton, 
  director, 
  Depart- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  Commerce, 
  and 
  Tourists, 
  Wellington, 
  New 
  Zealand. 
  

   Received 
  May 
  9, 
  1911. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  30833 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  30835. 
  Annona 
  senegalensis 
  Pers. 
  Annona. 
  

  

  From 
  Sacikela, 
  Angola, 
  West 
  Africa. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Merlin 
  W. 
  Ennis, 
  Ben- 
  

   guela, 
  West 
  Africa, 
  via 
  Lisbon. 
  Received 
  May 
  9, 
  1911. 
  

   "Seeds 
  of 
  a 
  dwarf 
  annona. 
  The 
  plant 
  is 
  about 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  huckleberry 
  and 
  

   favors 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  sort 
  of 
  soil 
  and 
  location. 
  The 
  fruit 
  is 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  a 
  small 
  apple, 
  

   and 
  some 
  have 
  a 
  decidedly 
  pleasant 
  taste. 
  In 
  its 
  wild 
  state 
  the 
  plant 
  is 
  killed 
  down 
  

   every 
  year 
  by 
  the 
  fires, 
  so 
  I 
  think 
  it 
  could 
  be 
  grown 
  anywhere 
  in 
  the 
  South 
  where 
  

   the 
  ground 
  does 
  not 
  freeze." 
  {Ennis.) 
  

   See 
  No. 
  25169 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

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