﻿APRIL 
  1 
  TO 
  JUNE 
  30, 
  1911. 
  45 
  

  

  30836 
  to 
  30838. 
  

  

  From 
  Nice, 
  France. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  A. 
  Robertson 
  Proschowsky. 
  Received 
  

   May 
  1, 
  1911. 
  

   Quoted 
  notes 
  on 
  the 
  following 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Proschowsky: 
  

  

  30836. 
  Solanum 
  nigrum 
  L. 
  Nightshade. 
  

   "This 
  plant 
  at 
  Nice 
  is 
  in 
  flower 
  and 
  fruit 
  any 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  year." 
  

  

  Seeds. 
  

  

  30837. 
  Citrus 
  sp. 
  

  

  "Poire 
  du 
  Commandeur 
  . 
  An 
  agrume 
  (a 
  citrus 
  fruit) 
  forming 
  a 
  very 
  beautiful 
  

   tree, 
  with 
  its 
  large 
  pear-shaped 
  fruits, 
  which 
  are 
  of 
  a 
  pleasantly 
  acid 
  flavor 
  and 
  

   furnish 
  a 
  good 
  lemonade." 
  

  

  Seeds. 
  

  

  30838. 
  Opuntia 
  sp. 
  

  

  "This 
  is 
  a 
  fruit 
  of 
  great 
  merit, 
  most 
  agreeable 
  and 
  refreshing, 
  and 
  if 
  not 
  bruised 
  

   keeps 
  in 
  good 
  state 
  all 
  through 
  the 
  winter." 
  

   Cuttings. 
  

  

  30839 
  to 
  30841. 
  Glycine 
  hispida 
  (Moench.) 
  Maxim. 
  Soy 
  bean. 
  

  

  From 
  Bengal, 
  India. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  J. 
  Woodhouse, 
  Department 
  of 
  Agri- 
  

   culture. 
  Received 
  May 
  9, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  30839. 
  Black. 
  30841. 
  Chocolate. 
  

  

  30840. 
  Yellow. 
  

  

  "These 
  varieties 
  of 
  soy 
  beans 
  are 
  cultivated 
  to 
  a 
  very 
  small 
  extent 
  on 
  the 
  plains 
  of 
  

   Bengal, 
  mostly 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  Ganges. 
  They 
  have 
  probably 
  spread 
  outward 
  from 
  the 
  

   Himalayas, 
  as 
  their 
  vernacular 
  name, 
  Bhetmas, 
  is 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  that 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  Bhutias. 
  

   They 
  have 
  been 
  grown 
  here 
  for 
  two 
  years 
  and 
  breed 
  true; 
  they 
  have 
  been 
  analyzed 
  

   by 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  S. 
  Taylor, 
  agricultural 
  chemist 
  to 
  the 
  government, 
  who 
  finds 
  that 
  the 
  

   black-seeded 
  variety 
  yields 
  an 
  average 
  of 
  38.4 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  proteid 
  (NX6.3), 
  the 
  yellow 
  

   variety 
  36.5, 
  and 
  the 
  chocolate 
  32.6. 
  They 
  are 
  all 
  decumbent 
  plants 
  with 
  small 
  

   violet 
  flowers 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  upright 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  branches 
  more 
  twining. 
  The 
  black- 
  

   seeded 
  variety 
  is 
  not 
  so 
  tall 
  growing 
  and 
  has 
  rather 
  smaller 
  bullate 
  leaves, 
  so 
  that 
  it 
  

   can 
  be 
  easily 
  distinguished 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  from 
  the 
  other 
  two 
  varieties. 
  Plate 
  II, 
  fig. 
  2, 
  

   of 
  Bulletin 
  197, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Plant 
  Industry, 
  U. 
  S. 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  gives 
  a 
  

   fair 
  idea 
  of 
  the 
  vegetative 
  stage 
  of 
  the 
  chocolate 
  and 
  yellow 
  seeded 
  varieties. 
  

  

  "The 
  seeds 
  are 
  sown 
  here 
  in 
  June 
  at 
  the 
  break 
  of 
  the 
  monsoon 
  and 
  are 
  harvested 
  

   in 
  December. 
  The 
  plants 
  die 
  out 
  very 
  easily 
  if 
  water-logged 
  early 
  in 
  growth 
  and 
  

   yield 
  badly 
  if 
  the 
  moisture 
  fails 
  at 
  the 
  flowering 
  season." 
  (Woodhouse.) 
  

  

  30842. 
  Hordeum 
  vulgare 
  L. 
  Hull-less 
  barley. 
  

  

  From 
  Cawnpore, 
  United 
  Provinces, 
  India. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  Martin 
  Leake, 
  

   Land 
  Records 
  and 
  Agriculture. 
  Received 
  May 
  1, 
  1911. 
  

  

  30843. 
  Sapota 
  zapotilla 
  (Jacq.) 
  Coville. 
  Sapodilla. 
  

  

  From 
  Christiansted, 
  St. 
  Croix, 
  Danish 
  West 
  Indies. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  J. 
  

   Blackwood, 
  American 
  consular 
  agent. 
  Received 
  May 
  10, 
  1911. 
  

   "This 
  pear-shaped 
  variety 
  is 
  considered 
  the 
  finest 
  flavored 
  and 
  best 
  grown 
  in 
  the 
  

   island." 
  (Blackwood.) 
  

   Plants. 
  

   242 
  

  

  