﻿88 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  31361. 
  Persea 
  Americana 
  Miller. 
  Avocado. 
  

   From 
  Chile. 
  Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Jose 
  D. 
  Husbands, 
  Limavida, 
  Chile, 
  June 
  26, 
  

  

  1911. 
  

  

  "There 
  are 
  two 
  and 
  perhaps 
  three 
  classes 
  in 
  this 
  lot, 
  having 
  green 
  and 
  black-purple 
  

   skins 
  like 
  some 
  eggplants. 
  They 
  are 
  very 
  highly 
  esteemed 
  and 
  very 
  expensive. 
  

   These 
  cost 
  me 
  $6 
  per 
  dozen, 
  Chile 
  money, 
  or 
  $3 
  gold. 
  They 
  find 
  a 
  ready 
  sale 
  at 
  these 
  

   high 
  prices. 
  May 
  be 
  shipped 
  when 
  nearly 
  ripe 
  and 
  ripen 
  upon 
  the 
  journey 
  or 
  after- 
  

   wards. 
  I 
  purchased 
  these, 
  and 
  the 
  friend 
  who 
  sent 
  them 
  ate 
  the 
  fruit 
  for 
  his 
  trouble. 
  

   They 
  are 
  delicious 
  eaten 
  with 
  salt 
  and 
  pepper 
  and 
  as 
  a 
  salad 
  for 
  breakfast, 
  lunch, 
  

   dinner, 
  or 
  at 
  any 
  time. 
  Liked 
  better 
  than 
  olives. 
  

  

  "Up 
  to 
  the 
  year 
  1854 
  paltas 
  were 
  not 
  considered 
  a 
  comestible 
  fruit 
  and 
  in 
  no 
  way 
  

   appreciated 
  except 
  as 
  an 
  ornamental 
  tree. 
  The 
  black 
  paltas 
  of 
  Quillota 
  were 
  con- 
  

   sidered 
  unfit 
  for 
  food 
  for 
  many 
  years 
  afterwards, 
  but 
  now 
  the 
  variety 
  is 
  held 
  in 
  the 
  

   highest 
  esteem. 
  It 
  is 
  believed 
  to 
  have 
  originated 
  from 
  accidental 
  crossing 
  in 
  the 
  

   gardens 
  of 
  Quillota 
  with 
  wild 
  Peruvian 
  varieties. 
  In 
  the 
  station 
  of 
  this 
  city 
  one 
  sees 
  

   paltas 
  offered 
  for 
  sale 
  of 
  many 
  colors, 
  sizes, 
  and 
  shapes: 
  Green, 
  brown, 
  red, 
  russet, 
  

   etc." 
  (Husbands.) 
  

  

  31362. 
  Dyera 
  costulata 
  (Miq.) 
  Hook. 
  f. 
  

  

  From 
  Lawang, 
  Java. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  M. 
  Buysman, 
  Botanic 
  Garden. 
  Received 
  

  

  June 
  19, 
  1911. 
  

  

  "A 
  Sumatra 
  tree, 
  which 
  produces 
  a 
  surrogate 
  for 
  caoutchouc. 
  A 
  company 
  for 
  the 
  

  

  manufacture 
  of 
  articles 
  of 
  this 
  gum 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  formed 
  at 
  Surabaya 
  with 
  a 
  capital 
  of 
  several 
  

  

  million 
  florins." 
  (Buysman.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  An 
  apocynaceous 
  tree 
  found 
  in 
  Sumatra 
  and 
  other 
  Malayan 
  islands. 
  

  

  31363. 
  Dolichos 
  lablab 
  L. 
  Bonavist 
  bean. 
  

  

  From 
  Paris, 
  France. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  Vilmorin-Andrieux 
  & 
  Co. 
  Received 
  June 
  

   27, 
  1911. 
  

   Stringless. 
  

  

  31365. 
  (Undetermined.) 
  Kiffy. 
  

  

  From 
  Liberia, 
  Africa. 
  Procured 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Henry 
  Stewart 
  through 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  N. 
  

   Collins. 
  Received 
  June 
  23, 
  1911. 
  

  

  "A 
  cucurbitaceous 
  plant. 
  The 
  seeds 
  of 
  this 
  plant 
  when 
  parched 
  and 
  ground 
  

   produce 
  a 
  delicious 
  condiment. 
  Kiffy 
  seed 
  is 
  an 
  important 
  ingredient 
  in 
  the 
  popular 
  

   Liberian 
  dish 
  dumboy. 
  The 
  flavor 
  of 
  the 
  parched 
  seed 
  is 
  similar 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  parched 
  

   seeds 
  of 
  Sesamum 
  indicum 
  which 
  are 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  way 
  by 
  the 
  natives 
  of 
  Liberia. 
  

  

  "The 
  gourdlike 
  fruits, 
  about 
  the 
  size 
  and 
  shape 
  of 
  a 
  goose 
  egg, 
  are 
  produced 
  on 
  

   vines 
  like 
  the 
  ordinary 
  gourd. 
  The 
  method 
  of 
  securing 
  the 
  seeds 
  practiced 
  by 
  the 
  

   Liberians 
  is 
  to 
  macerate 
  the 
  fruits 
  in 
  water 
  and 
  wash 
  them 
  free 
  from 
  the 
  pulp. 
  The 
  

   season 
  required 
  for 
  maturing 
  the 
  fruit 
  is 
  probably 
  too 
  long 
  to 
  permit 
  the 
  plant 
  being 
  

   grown 
  anywhere 
  in 
  this 
  country 
  except 
  in 
  the 
  extreme 
  South." 
  (Collins.) 
  

  

  31366. 
  Eugenia 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  Paraguay. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  F. 
  Mead, 
  Villa 
  Encarnacion. 
  Received 
  

   June 
  28, 
  1911. 
  

   "This 
  is 
  called 
  in 
  Guarany 
  nangapiri. 
  Fruit 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  mountains 
  of 
  Paraguay. 
  

   In 
  size 
  and 
  color 
  same 
  as 
  May 
  Duke 
  cherry; 
  tree 
  also 
  grows 
  to 
  the 
  same 
  height 
  and 
  

   shape 
  as 
  the 
  one 
  producing 
  this 
  fruit; 
  contains 
  from 
  1 
  to 
  3 
  seeds 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  button 
  

   on 
  the 
  bottom 
  similar 
  to 
  the 
  quince. 
  It 
  is 
  beautiful 
  to 
  look 
  at, 
  but 
  the 
  taste 
  is 
  nothing 
  

   wonderful 
  according 
  to 
  my 
  palate. 
  Tree 
  is 
  found 
  only 
  inside 
  of 
  the 
  forest 
  in 
  shade, 
  

   bo 
  it 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  very 
  resistant 
  to 
  frost." 
  (Mead.) 
  

  

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