﻿70 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  3 
  to 
  31192— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  

  

  31167 
  to 
  31186— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  

  

  31179 
  to 
  31186. 
  Ma-can. 
  

  

  

  

  31179. 
  Arabuon. 
  

  

  31183. 
  

  

  Tapul. 
  

  

  31180. 
  Cabonlog. 
  

  

  31184. 
  

  

  Carnate, 
  

  

  31181. 
  Quilala. 
  

  

  31185. 
  

  

  Pinili. 
  

  

  31182. 
  Morado. 
  

  

  31186. 
  

  

  Calana. 
  

  

  31187 
  to 
  31190. 
  Raised 
  in 
  Munoz, 
  Nueva 
  Ecija, 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Percy 
  Hill. 
  

  

  31187. 
  Malakit, 
  or 
  sticky 
  palay. 
  Planted 
  July 
  5, 
  transplanted 
  Sep- 
  

   tember 
  2, 
  harvested 
  December 
  22, 
  1910. 
  

  

  31188. 
  Palay 
  lloco. 
  Planted 
  June 
  12, 
  transplanted 
  July 
  28, 
  harvested 
  

   December 
  18, 
  1910. 
  

  

  31189. 
  Paaga-Binuncloc, 
  or 
  early 
  palay. 
  Planted 
  broadcast 
  June 
  20, 
  

   harvested 
  October 
  25, 
  1910. 
  Yielded 
  48.3 
  bushels 
  per 
  acre. 
  

  

  31190. 
  Minalit. 
  Planted 
  June 
  30, 
  transplanted 
  August 
  19, 
  harvested 
  

   January 
  2. 
  Average 
  yield 
  73.2 
  bushels 
  per 
  acre. 
  A 
  good 
  eating 
  rice. 
  

  

  31191. 
  Dampites. 
  From 
  province 
  of 
  La 
  Union. 
  

  

  31192. 
  Ilocano. 
  From 
  province 
  of 
  Nueva 
  Ecija. 
  

  

  31193. 
  Castilla 
  sp. 
  Central 
  American 
  rubber. 
  

  

  From 
  Mexico. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  C. 
  Harvey, 
  Plantacion 
  La 
  Buena 
  Ventura, 
  

   Sanborn, 
  Vera 
  Cruz, 
  Mexico. 
  Received 
  June 
  5, 
  1911. 
  

   Introduced 
  for 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  in 
  encouraging 
  rubber 
  culture 
  in 
  Porto 
  Rico, 
  

   the 
  Canal 
  Zone, 
  and 
  Hawaii. 
  

  

  31194. 
  Sphenostylis 
  stenocarpa 
  (Hochst.) 
  Harms. 
  

  

  From 
  Amani, 
  German 
  East 
  Africa. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  A. 
  Zimmerman, 
  director, 
  

  

  Biological 
  Agricultural 
  Institute. 
  Received 
  June 
  5, 
  1911. 
  

  

  "This 
  is 
  a 
  legume 
  which 
  forms 
  edible 
  tubers, 
  and 
  which 
  is 
  cultivated 
  by 
  the 
  natives 
  

  

  in 
  the 
  region 
  of 
  Tabora. 
  The 
  taste 
  of 
  the 
  tubers 
  is 
  similar 
  to 
  potatoes." 
  (Zimmerman.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  From 
  the 
  valley 
  of 
  the 
  Kongo 
  southward 
  to 
  Angola 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  coast 
  

  

  of 
  Africa 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  coast 
  from 
  Abyssinia 
  southward 
  to 
  Mozambique. 
  

  

  31195. 
  Linum 
  sp. 
  Wild 
  linseed. 
  

  

  From 
  Szechwan, 
  China. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  Sugden, 
  Custom 
  House, 
  Hankow. 
  

   Received 
  June 
  5, 
  1911. 
  

   "This 
  seed 
  is 
  sown 
  in 
  June 
  in 
  sandy 
  soil 
  and 
  untended, 
  the 
  Chinese 
  saying 
  it 
  refuses 
  

   to 
  be 
  cultivated." 
  (Sugden.) 
  

  

  31197. 
  Entelea 
  arborescens 
  R. 
  Br. 
  Whau. 
  

  

  From 
  Wellington, 
  New 
  Zealand. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  T. 
  W. 
  Kirk, 
  Director 
  of 
  

   Orchards, 
  Gardens, 
  and 
  Apiaries, 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  Commerce, 
  and 
  

   Tourists. 
  Received 
  June 
  5, 
  1911. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  11746 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  31198 
  to 
  31202. 
  Ullucus 
  tuberosus 
  Caldas. 
  MeUoca. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  province 
  of 
  Jauja, 
  department 
  of 
  Junin, 
  Peru. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  

   James 
  Arthur 
  Furlong, 
  Perene 
  Colony, 
  Peru. 
  Received 
  June 
  5, 
  1911. 
  

   Tubers 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  31198. 
  Orange. 
  31199. 
  Orange 
  red. 
  

  

  242 
  

  

  