﻿JULY 
  1 
  TO 
  SEPTEMBER 
  30, 
  1911. 
  13 
  

  

  31384 
  to 
  31388— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  31386. 
  Hordeum 
  vulgare 
  var. 
  Barley. 
  

   Beardless. 
  

  

  "All 
  three 
  of 
  these 
  varieties 
  are 
  planted 
  in 
  the 
  beginning 
  of 
  November, 
  

   the 
  crop 
  ripening 
  in 
  early 
  May 
  following. 
  They 
  are 
  chiefly 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  manu- 
  

   facture 
  of 
  wine 
  spirits, 
  very 
  little 
  being 
  used 
  as 
  human 
  or 
  animal 
  food. 
  " 
  

  

  31387. 
  Brassica 
  napus 
  L. 
  Rape. 
  

   "Black. 
  This 
  variety 
  grows 
  to 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  about 
  3 
  feet 
  and 
  ripens 
  in 
  April 
  

  

  or 
  May. 
  The 
  oil 
  obtained 
  from 
  the 
  seed 
  is 
  dark 
  in 
  color. 
  " 
  

  

  31388. 
  Brassica 
  juncea 
  (L.) 
  Cass. 
  

  

  "Yellow. 
  This 
  variety 
  grows 
  to 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  about 
  5 
  feet 
  and 
  ripens 
  in 
  April 
  

   or 
  May. 
  The 
  oil 
  extracted 
  from 
  the 
  seed 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  light 
  color." 
  

  

  31389 
  and 
  31390. 
  Feijoa 
  sellowiana 
  Berg. 
  

  

  From 
  California. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  Hehre, 
  Los 
  Angeles, 
  Cal., 
  who 
  procured 
  

   them 
  from 
  the 
  garden 
  of 
  Mrs. 
  Ingraham. 
  Received 
  November, 
  1910. 
  Num- 
  

   bered 
  for 
  convenience 
  in 
  recording 
  distribution 
  July 
  10, 
  1911. 
  

   Plants 
  grown 
  from 
  seed 
  received 
  on 
  the 
  foregoing 
  date 
  : 
  

  

  31389. 
  "Variety 
  Hehrei. 
  This 
  large, 
  long 
  fruit 
  was 
  originated 
  by 
  me 
  years 
  

   ago 
  by 
  selection 
  and 
  crossbreeding. 
  It 
  gets 
  to 
  be 
  3 
  inches 
  in 
  length 
  by 
  2t. 
  

   inches 
  in 
  diameter, 
  has 
  smooth 
  skin, 
  and 
  is 
  of 
  good 
  flavor. 
  " 
  (Hehre.) 
  

  

  31390. 
  A 
  short, 
  round 
  variety. 
  

  

  See 
  Nos. 
  26120 
  and 
  26121 
  for 
  general 
  notes 
  on 
  this 
  fruit. 
  

  

  31391. 
  Pinus 
  eldarica 
  Medw. 
  Pine. 
  

  

  From 
  Tiflis, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  Rolloff, 
  director, 
  Botanic 
  

   Garden. 
  Received 
  July 
  10, 
  1911. 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  On 
  the 
  rocky 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  valleys 
  of 
  the 
  streams 
  in 
  the 
  dry, 
  central 
  

   region 
  of 
  the 
  Trans-Caucasian 
  provinces 
  of 
  southeastern 
  Russia. 
  

  

  31392. 
  Anacardium 
  occidentale 
  L. 
  Cashew. 
  

  

  From 
  Maulmain, 
  Lower 
  Burma, 
  India. 
  Procured 
  from 
  the 
  Deputy 
  Commis- 
  

   sioner 
  at 
  Maulmain, 
  by 
  Mr. 
  M. 
  K. 
  Moorhead, 
  American 
  consul, 
  Rangoon, 
  

   Burma, 
  at 
  the 
  request 
  of 
  the 
  consul 
  general 
  at 
  Calcutta. 
  Received 
  July 
  

   10, 
  1911. 
  

   "Cashew 
  nuts 
  are 
  the 
  kidney-shaped 
  nuts 
  of 
  the 
  Anacardium 
  occidentale, 
  known 
  

   in 
  Burmese 
  as 
  Thiho-thayet-si 
  (seeds 
  of 
  the 
  Thio-thayet, 
  'Ceylon 
  mango'). 
  The 
  tree, 
  

   of 
  which 
  there 
  is 
  only 
  one 
  variety 
  in 
  Burma, 
  was 
  originally 
  introduced 
  from 
  Brazil, 
  

   where 
  it 
  is 
  known 
  as 
  Acaju 
  (hence 
  the 
  Portuguese 
  Cajew 
  and 
  the 
  English 
  Cashew). 
  

   It 
  is 
  planted 
  commonly 
  on 
  roadsides 
  and 
  in 
  fruit 
  gardens 
  in 
  Maulmain, 
  Amherst 
  

   district, 
  and 
  in 
  Tavoy 
  and 
  Mergui 
  districts. 
  It 
  has 
  run 
  wild 
  in 
  the 
  sandy 
  coast 
  

   forests 
  of 
  western 
  India, 
  chiefly 
  on 
  the 
  borders 
  of 
  the 
  backwaters 
  of 
  Travancore. 
  

   It 
  is 
  propagated 
  in 
  India 
  and 
  Burma 
  by 
  sowing 
  the 
  nuts 
  and 
  not 
  yet 
  by 
  grafting 
  or 
  

   other 
  methods, 
  though 
  these 
  admit 
  of 
  being 
  applied 
  to 
  it." 
  (Mr. 
  J. 
  Mackenna, 
  

   Director 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  Burma.) 
  

  

  31393. 
  Ceiba 
  pentandra 
  (L.) 
  Gaertner. 
  Kapok. 
  

  

  From 
  Buitenzorg, 
  Java. 
  Presented 
  by 
  the 
  Director 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  Received 
  

  

  July 
  11, 
  1911. 
  

  

  "A 
  high 
  tree, 
  20 
  to 
  30 
  meters 
  [65 
  to 
  100 
  ft.], 
  with 
  spreading 
  horizontal 
  branches. 
  

  

  The 
  cotton 
  covering 
  the 
  seeds 
  is 
  used 
  in 
  making 
  beds 
  and 
  pillows. 
  The 
  wood 
  is 
  white 
  

  

  and 
  soft, 
  but 
  in 
  Porto 
  Rico 
  is 
  considered 
  desirable 
  for 
  minor 
  building 
  purposes, 
  such 
  

  

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