﻿50 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  30892— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  almost 
  extinct. 
  Should 
  be 
  tried 
  as 
  a 
  stock 
  for 
  cultivated 
  varieties 
  of 
  pears 
  in 
  dry 
  

   localities." 
  (Kryshtofovich.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Throughout 
  northern 
  and 
  central 
  Europe 
  eastward 
  to 
  the 
  Caucasus 
  

   region. 
  

  

  30893 
  to 
  30895. 
  Solanum 
  spp. 
  

  

  From 
  Jamaica. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  William 
  Harris, 
  director, 
  Public 
  Gardens. 
  

   Received 
  May 
  12, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  30893. 
  Solanum 
  mammosum 
  L. 
  

  

  30894. 
  Solanum 
  seaforthianum 
  Andrews. 
  

  

  30895. 
  Solanum 
  torvum 
  Swartz. 
  

  

  30896 
  to 
  30906. 
  

  

  From 
  Sukhum-Kale, 
  Russia. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  R. 
  B. 
  Marcowitz, 
  director, 
  

   Jardin 
  Botanique. 
  Received 
  May 
  15, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  30896. 
  Pinus 
  pinea 
  L. 
  Stone 
  pine. 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  Throughout 
  the 
  Mediterranean 
  region 
  of 
  southern 
  Europe, 
  

  

  western 
  Asia, 
  and 
  northern 
  Africa. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  3270 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  30897. 
  Cupressus 
  funebris 
  Endl. 
  Funeral 
  cypress. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  23024 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  30898. 
  Cupressus 
  sempervirens 
  horizontalis 
  (Mill.) 
  Gord. 
  Cypress. 
  

  

  30899. 
  Laurocerasus 
  officinalis 
  Roem. 
  Cherry 
  laurel. 
  

   See 
  Nos. 
  27360 
  and 
  27684 
  for 
  previous 
  introductions. 
  

  

  30900. 
  Sparteum 
  junceum 
  L. 
  Spanish 
  broom. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  27451 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  30901. 
  (Undetermined.) 
  

  

  30902. 
  Passiflora 
  caerulea 
  L. 
  Passion 
  fruit. 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  In 
  the 
  provinces 
  of 
  Minas 
  Geraes 
  and 
  Rio 
  Grande 
  do 
  Sul 
  in 
  

  

  southern 
  Brazil, 
  and 
  in 
  Uruguay. 
  

  

  30903. 
  Passiflora 
  acerifolia 
  Hort. 
  Passion 
  fruit. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  11124 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  30904. 
  Cornus 
  australis 
  C. 
  A. 
  Meyer. 
  

  

  30905. 
  Cyclamen 
  ibericum 
  Steven. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  Trans-Caucasian 
  region 
  of 
  southeastern 
  Russia 
  and 
  in 
  

   northwestern 
  Persia. 
  

  

  30906. 
  Diospyros 
  lotus 
  L. 
  

  

  30907. 
  Rubus 
  macraei 
  A. 
  Gray. 
  Akala 
  berry. 
  

  

  From 
  Hawaii. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  E. 
  V. 
  Wilcox, 
  Hawaii 
  Agricultural 
  Experiment 
  

   Station, 
  Honolulu. 
  Received 
  April 
  17, 
  1911. 
  

   "The 
  fruit 
  attains 
  a 
  diameter 
  of 
  nearly 
  2 
  inches, 
  is 
  dark 
  red, 
  very 
  juicy, 
  and 
  

   although 
  slightly 
  bitter, 
  quite 
  pleasant 
  to 
  the 
  taste." 
  (Hillebrand.) 
  

   "Would 
  likely 
  improve 
  under 
  cultivation." 
  (Mueller.) 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  On 
  the 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  volcanoes 
  in 
  the 
  Hawaiian 
  Islands. 
  

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