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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPOETED. 
  

  

  31688); 
  in 
  the 
  oleasters 
  from 
  this 
  same 
  region, 
  which 
  are 
  among 
  the 
  

   hardiest 
  and 
  generally 
  most 
  useful 
  trees 
  known 
  for 
  dry, 
  cold 
  coun- 
  

   tries 
  (No. 
  31822); 
  in 
  some 
  winter 
  radishes 
  for 
  midsummer 
  planting 
  

   (No. 
  31697) 
  ; 
  and 
  in 
  four 
  Mongolian 
  wild 
  roses 
  with 
  characters 
  which 
  

   may 
  make 
  them 
  valuable 
  for 
  breeding 
  purposes 
  (Nos. 
  31692 
  to 
  31695). 
  

  

  Experimenters 
  in 
  the 
  Gulf 
  States 
  jwill 
  be 
  interested 
  to 
  learn 
  of 
  the 
  

   introduction 
  from 
  the 
  Hawaiian 
  Islands 
  of 
  a 
  species 
  of 
  cotton 
  entirely 
  

   new 
  to 
  this 
  country 
  (No. 
  31680). 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  good-sized 
  tree 
  with 
  large 
  

   scarlet 
  flowers, 
  and 
  seeds 
  with 
  a 
  remarkable 
  short 
  brown 
  lint 
  on 
  them. 
  

   Only 
  a 
  few 
  trees 
  are 
  in 
  existence 
  and 
  these 
  will 
  be 
  carefully 
  guarded 
  

   to 
  prevent 
  this 
  very 
  striking 
  relative 
  of 
  our 
  cotton 
  plant 
  from 
  becom- 
  

   ing 
  extinct 
  and 
  forever 
  precluding 
  the 
  possibility 
  of 
  hybrids 
  being 
  

   made 
  between 
  it 
  and 
  the 
  cultivated 
  species. 
  

  

  The 
  attention 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  experimenters 
  in 
  the 
  South 
  is 
  called 
  to 
  a 
  

   collection 
  of 
  grasses 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  New 
  Zealand 
  Government 
  for 
  the 
  

   purpose 
  of 
  regrassing 
  the 
  denuded 
  areas 
  of 
  South 
  Island 
  (Nos. 
  31489 
  

   to 
  31509); 
  to 
  a 
  collection 
  of 
  apple 
  varieties 
  resistant 
  in 
  the 
  mild 
  

   climate 
  of 
  New 
  Zealand 
  to 
  the 
  woolly 
  aphis 
  (Nos. 
  31511 
  to 
  31536); 
  

   to 
  a 
  new 
  chance 
  seedling 
  plum 
  of 
  the 
  Satsuma 
  type 
  (No. 
  31652) 
  and 
  a 
  

   new 
  variety 
  of 
  subtropical 
  apple 
  from 
  Natal 
  (No. 
  31653); 
  to 
  seven 
  

   distinct 
  varieties 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  Zealand 
  flax 
  which 
  are 
  reported 
  to 
  be 
  

   superior 
  fiber 
  producers 
  (Nos. 
  31884 
  to 
  31890); 
  to 
  six 
  varieties 
  of 
  

   the 
  sweet 
  potato 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  either 
  developed 
  by 
  the 
  Maoris 
  

   of 
  New 
  Zealand 
  or 
  brought, 
  according 
  to 
  their 
  tradition, 
  from 
  the 
  

   Hawaiian 
  Islands 
  by 
  their 
  ancestors 
  (Nos. 
  31908 
  to 
  31913); 
  and 
  to 
  

   nine 
  varieties 
  of 
  rice 
  from 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan 
  (Nos. 
  31823 
  to 
  31832), 
  

   one 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  ripen 
  its 
  grain 
  10 
  weeks 
  after 
  sowing. 
  

  

  To 
  those 
  whose 
  experimental 
  gardens 
  lie 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  zone 
  of 
  severe 
  

   freezes 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  following 
  introductions 
  may 
  appeal, 
  for, 
  although 
  

   many 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  reported 
  to 
  be 
  strictly 
  tropical, 
  their 
  ability 
  to 
  grow 
  

   farther 
  north 
  than 
  the 
  latitude 
  in 
  which 
  they 
  were 
  discovered 
  remains 
  

   to 
  be 
  determined. 
  

  

  The 
  success 
  of 
  the 
  Carissa 
  as 
  a 
  hedge 
  and 
  fruit 
  plant 
  has 
  made 
  it 
  

   seem 
  advisable 
  to 
  get 
  other 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  genus 
  from 
  Natal 
  

   (Nos. 
  31840 
  and 
  31841) 
  . 
  The 
  awakening 
  of 
  subtropical 
  horticulturists 
  

   to 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  avocado 
  has 
  led 
  to 
  the 
  introduction 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  

   varieties 
  of 
  "paltas" 
  from 
  Quillota, 
  Chile 
  (No. 
  31631), 
  and 
  five 
  differ- 
  

   ent 
  forms 
  from 
  various 
  localities 
  in 
  Costa 
  Kica 
  and 
  Guatemala 
  (Nos. 
  

   31375, 
  31376, 
  31478, 
  31614, 
  and 
  31616), 
  while 
  the 
  introduction 
  of 
  the 
  

   new 
  species 
  Persea 
  pittieri 
  (No. 
  31928) 
  should 
  interest 
  particularly 
  

   those 
  who 
  have 
  begun 
  to 
  improve 
  this 
  new 
  fruit 
  plant 
  by 
  breeding 
  

   and 
  selection. 
  

  

  Since 
  the 
  days 
  of 
  Capt. 
  Cook 
  the 
  seedless 
  breadfruits 
  of 
  Tahiti 
  

   have 
  been 
  famous, 
  but 
  the 
  culture 
  of 
  these 
  seedless 
  forms, 
  which 
  are 
  

  

  248 
  

  

  