﻿APRIL 
  1 
  TO 
  JUNE 
  30, 
  1911. 
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  31276 
  to 
  31307— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  31307. 
  Phaseolus 
  vulgaris 
  L. 
  Bean. 
  

  

  From 
  Suiting, 
  Hi 
  Valley, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  Altitude 
  2,400 
  feet. 
  "(No. 
  

   1616a, 
  April 
  9, 
  1911.) 
  An 
  uncommon 
  variety 
  of 
  garden 
  bean, 
  probably 
  has 
  

   been 
  brought 
  in 
  from 
  Kansu. 
  To 
  be 
  tested 
  in 
  cool, 
  elevated 
  regions 
  as 
  a 
  garden 
  

   vegetable." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  31308. 
  Cicer 
  arietinum 
  L. 
  Chick-pea. 
  

  

  From 
  Guadalajara, 
  Mexico. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Samuel 
  E. 
  Magill, 
  American 
  con- 
  

   sul. 
  Received 
  June 
  13, 
  1911. 
  

   "Garbanza 
  Espanola. 
  This 
  crop 
  is 
  grown 
  without 
  irrigation; 
  about 
  100 
  kilos 
  (220.46 
  

   lbs.) 
  of 
  seed 
  is 
  used 
  for 
  every 
  6 
  \ 
  acres 
  and 
  is 
  planted 
  in 
  rows; 
  crop 
  is 
  not 
  cultivated, 
  

   nor 
  is 
  machinery 
  of 
  any 
  kind 
  used 
  at 
  any 
  time. 
  There 
  is 
  no 
  preparation 
  of 
  the 
  pea 
  

   for 
  human 
  consumption 
  other 
  than 
  to 
  screen 
  out 
  the 
  largest. 
  As 
  the 
  pea 
  is 
  very 
  hard 
  

   it 
  must 
  be 
  ground 
  or 
  boiled 
  for 
  a 
  long 
  time 
  for 
  soup 
  before 
  it 
  can 
  be 
  eaten. 
  The 
  small 
  

   peas 
  not 
  marketable 
  for 
  export 
  are 
  fed 
  to 
  hogs, 
  and 
  the 
  pods 
  and 
  leaves 
  are 
  fed 
  to 
  milch 
  

   cows. 
  Practically 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  large 
  peas 
  are 
  exported 
  to 
  Spain 
  and 
  Cuba. 
  Recently, 
  

   however, 
  there 
  has 
  been 
  a 
  demand 
  for 
  them 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  The 
  wet 
  season 
  

   is 
  between 
  June 
  and 
  October, 
  and 
  the 
  dry 
  season 
  from 
  October 
  to 
  June. 
  There 
  is 
  

   no 
  known 
  insect 
  that 
  interferes 
  with 
  the 
  growth 
  of 
  the 
  plant 
  or 
  the 
  maturing 
  of 
  the 
  

   pea." 
  (Magill.) 
  

  

  31309. 
  Elephantorrhiza 
  elephantina 
  (Burch.) 
  Skeels. 
  

  

  From 
  Springbok 
  Flats, 
  Waterberg 
  District, 
  Transvaal, 
  South 
  Africa. 
  Presented 
  

   by 
  Prof. 
  J. 
  Burtt 
  Davy, 
  Government 
  agrostologist 
  and 
  botanist, 
  Department 
  of 
  

   Agriculture, 
  Pretoria, 
  South 
  Africa. 
  Received 
  June 
  14, 
  1911. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  25941 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  31310. 
  Annona 
  cherimola 
  Miller. 
  Cherimoya. 
  

   From 
  Peru. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Geo. 
  W. 
  Baird, 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C. 
  Received 
  

  

  June 
  16, 
  1911. 
  

   Mr. 
  Baird 
  says 
  these 
  seeds 
  are 
  from 
  the 
  best 
  variety 
  he 
  ever 
  ate. 
  

  

  31311. 
  Mauritia 
  flexuosa 
  L. 
  f. 
  Mirity. 
  

  

  From 
  Brazil. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Walter 
  Fischer, 
  acting 
  director, 
  Campo 
  de 
  Cul- 
  

   tura 
  Experimental 
  Paraense, 
  Para, 
  Brazil. 
  Received 
  June 
  17, 
  1911. 
  

  

  "What 
  Wallace 
  says 
  of 
  the 
  fruits 
  (see 
  Bailey's 
  Cyclopedia 
  of 
  American 
  Horticulture, 
  

   p. 
  994) 
  is 
  certainly 
  true; 
  I 
  estimated 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  fruits 
  on 
  the 
  compound 
  spadicea 
  

   as 
  high 
  as 
  500, 
  and 
  I 
  was 
  told 
  that 
  I 
  never 
  saw 
  the 
  largest. 
  These 
  palms 
  are 
  a 
  very 
  

   conspicuous 
  feature 
  along 
  theMaju 
  River, 
  whence 
  I 
  brought 
  the 
  seeds. 
  I 
  understand 
  

   that 
  the 
  seeds 
  were 
  once, 
  i.e., 
  before 
  the 
  days 
  of 
  rubber, 
  quite 
  largely 
  exported 
  for 
  

   making 
  buttons. 
  This 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  so-called 
  ivory 
  nuts." 
  (Fischer.) 
  

  

  "This 
  is 
  a 
  magnificent 
  palm, 
  its 
  cylindrical 
  stems 
  rising 
  like 
  Grecian 
  columns 
  to 
  a 
  

   height 
  of 
  100 
  to 
  150 
  feet, 
  terminated 
  by 
  a 
  crown 
  of 
  large 
  fan-shaped 
  leaves, 
  from 
  the 
  

   base 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  produced 
  a 
  big 
  bunch 
  of 
  pendulous 
  fruits, 
  some 
  measuring 
  8 
  to 
  10 
  feet 
  

   in 
  length, 
  weighing 
  200 
  to 
  300 
  pounds 
  and 
  containing 
  several 
  bushels 
  of 
  fruit. 
  Each 
  

   fruit 
  is 
  about 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  a 
  small 
  apple, 
  having 
  a 
  reticulated, 
  polished, 
  smooth 
  shell." 
  

   (Smith, 
  Dictionary 
  of 
  Popular 
  Names 
  of 
  Plants.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  In 
  low 
  woods 
  in 
  the 
  northeastern 
  part 
  of 
  South 
  America, 
  extending 
  

   from 
  Dutch 
  Guiana 
  southeastward 
  to 
  the 
  lower 
  valley 
  of 
  the 
  Amazon. 
  

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