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  ' 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  31269 
  to 
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  Continued. 
  

  

  31270— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  altitude 
  (13,000 
  to 
  14,000 
  feet), 
  growing 
  amongst 
  heavy, 
  alpine 
  pasture 
  in 
  con- 
  

   junction 
  with 
  Meconopsis 
  integrifolia 
  and 
  M. 
  forrestii. 
  One 
  peculiar 
  feature 
  of 
  

   Meconopsis 
  delavayi 
  is 
  the 
  remarkable 
  elongation 
  of 
  the 
  scape 
  during 
  the 
  matura- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  capsule; 
  some 
  seen 
  were 
  as 
  high 
  as 
  2 
  feet, 
  or 
  nearly 
  four 
  times 
  the 
  

   normal 
  height 
  of 
  the 
  scape 
  during 
  the 
  flowering 
  period." 
  {George 
  Forrest, 
  Gar- 
  

   deners' 
  Chronicle, 
  July, 
  1911.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  On 
  the 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  mountains 
  at 
  an 
  altitude 
  of 
  12,000 
  feet 
  in 
  

   the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Likiang 
  in 
  the 
  province 
  of 
  Yunnan, 
  China. 
  

   31271. 
  Meconopsis 
  horridula 
  rums 
  Prain. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Same 
  as 
  No. 
  31270. 
  

  

  31272. 
  Eriobotrya 
  japonica 
  (Thunb.) 
  Lindl. 
  Loquat. 
  

   From 
  Tunis, 
  North 
  Africa. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  L. 
  Guillochon, 
  Jardin 
  d'Essais 
  de 
  

  

  Tunis. 
  Received 
  June 
  12, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds. 
  

  

  31273. 
  Arracacia 
  xanthorrhiza 
  Bancr. 
  Arracacia. 
  

  

  From 
  Caracas, 
  Venezuela. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Antonio 
  Valero 
  Lara. 
  Received 
  

   June 
  12, 
  1911. 
  

   "This 
  is 
  known 
  by 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Yuco 
  because 
  the 
  color 
  of 
  the 
  stem 
  and 
  leaves 
  is 
  

   dark 
  and 
  so 
  deep 
  as 
  to 
  be 
  almost 
  black, 
  and 
  there 
  are 
  places 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  known 
  as 
  Apio 
  

   negro. 
  This 
  is 
  made 
  into 
  preparations 
  for 
  the 
  table 
  as 
  legumes 
  are, 
  in 
  a 
  kettle 
  or 
  a 
  

   glazed 
  pot, 
  for 
  soups, 
  cakes, 
  conserves, 
  and 
  finally 
  a 
  flour 
  is 
  obtained 
  from 
  it 
  called 
  

   sulu, 
  which 
  is 
  highly 
  nutritious 
  for 
  convalescing 
  invalids, 
  babies, 
  and 
  old 
  people." 
  

   (Lara.) 
  

   Tubers. 
  

  

  31274. 
  Asparagus 
  hatcheri 
  Hort. 
  Asparagus. 
  

  

  From 
  Hoffmans, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  Mr. 
  John 
  C. 
  Hatcher, 
  Amsterdam, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

   Received 
  June 
  12, 
  1911. 
  

  

  "This 
  variety 
  originated 
  with 
  John 
  C. 
  Hatcher 
  at 
  his 
  greenhouses 
  in 
  Hoffmans, 
  

   N 
  . 
  Y 
  . 
  , 
  some 
  12 
  to 
  14 
  years 
  ago 
  . 
  The 
  original 
  plant 
  was 
  discovered 
  in 
  a 
  bed 
  of 
  Asparagus 
  

   plumosus, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  reason 
  to 
  believe 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  chance 
  hybrid. 
  Mr. 
  Hatcher 
  had 
  

   been 
  experimenting 
  with 
  asparagus 
  for 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  years 
  before 
  the 
  discovery 
  of 
  this 
  

   variety, 
  feeling 
  assured 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  possible 
  to 
  produce 
  something 
  superior 
  to 
  A. 
  

   plumosus. 
  About 
  that 
  time 
  he 
  had 
  been 
  crossing 
  several 
  varieties, 
  and 
  his 
  belief 
  

   is 
  that 
  Asparagus 
  hatcheri 
  is 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  a 
  cross 
  between 
  A. 
  plumosus 
  and 
  a 
  variety 
  

   which 
  he 
  ran 
  across 
  in 
  England 
  some 
  15 
  years 
  ago. 
  

  

  "Attention 
  was 
  immediately 
  directed 
  to 
  the 
  new 
  plant 
  by 
  reason 
  of 
  its 
  dense 
  and 
  

   symmetrical 
  growth 
  of 
  dainty, 
  fern-like 
  fronds, 
  the 
  latter 
  being 
  set 
  close 
  together 
  

   along 
  the 
  stalk 
  and 
  producing 
  splendid 
  fronds 
  averaging 
  12 
  to 
  15 
  inches 
  or 
  more, 
  as 
  

   against 
  those 
  of 
  A. 
  plumosus, 
  which 
  average 
  from 
  8 
  to 
  10 
  inches. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  free 
  

   grower, 
  its 
  productive 
  value 
  being 
  as 
  3 
  to 
  1 
  compared 
  to 
  the 
  old 
  variety, 
  as 
  it 
  will 
  

   make 
  a 
  string 
  24 
  feet 
  long 
  while 
  A. 
  plumosus 
  is 
  making 
  one 
  of 
  8 
  feet. 
  Its 
  large 
  fronds 
  

   and 
  lasting 
  qualities 
  make 
  it 
  far 
  superior 
  to 
  the 
  old 
  variety 
  for 
  decorative 
  use. 
  On 
  

   account 
  of 
  the 
  density 
  of 
  its 
  growth 
  it 
  is 
  much 
  preferred 
  by 
  retailers 
  for 
  bunch 
  work. 
  

  

  11 
  A. 
  hatcheri 
  has 
  been 
  given 
  the 
  severest 
  possible 
  test 
  in 
  every 
  direction 
  and 
  stands 
  

   approved 
  by 
  those 
  who 
  have 
  been 
  fortunate 
  enough 
  to 
  obtain 
  the 
  stock 
  or 
  to 
  use 
  it 
  

   for 
  decorative 
  purposes." 
  (Extract 
  from 
  the 
  Florists' 
  Exchange, 
  May 
  8, 
  1911, 
  p. 
  935.) 
  

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