﻿JULY 
  1 
  TO 
  SEPTEMBER 
  30, 
  1911. 
  17 
  

  

  31411 
  to 
  31464. 
  Solanum 
  tuberosum 
  L. 
  Potato. 
  

  

  From 
  Chile. 
  Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Jose 
  D. 
  Husbands, 
  Limavida, 
  via 
  Molina, 
  

   Chile, 
  June 
  22, 
  1911. 
  

   Tubers. 
  

  

  31465. 
  Medicago 
  hispida 
  apiculata 
  (Willd.) 
  Urban. 
  

  

  From 
  Jeolikote, 
  United 
  Provinces, 
  Jndia. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Norman 
  Gill, 
  

   superintendent, 
  Kumaon 
  Government 
  Gardens, 
  Douglas 
  Dale, 
  at 
  the 
  request 
  

   of 
  Rev. 
  N. 
  L. 
  Rockey, 
  Gonda, 
  United 
  Provinces. 
  Received 
  July 
  14, 
  1911. 
  

  

  31466. 
  Chrysanthemum 
  cinerariaefolium 
  (TreY.) 
  Vis. 
  

  

  Chrysanthemum, 
  

  

  From 
  Erfurt, 
  Germany. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  Haage 
  & 
  Schmidt. 
  Received 
  July 
  

   10, 
  1911. 
  

   Introduced 
  for 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  Office 
  of 
  Drug-Plant 
  Investigations 
  in 
  growing 
  in 
  

   the 
  United 
  States 
  the 
  various 
  species 
  of 
  this 
  genus 
  which 
  produce 
  the 
  pyrethrum 
  

   insect 
  powder. 
  

  

  31467. 
  Medicago 
  satiya 
  L. 
  Alfalfa. 
  

  

  From 
  Quetta, 
  India. 
  Secured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  Booth 
  Tucker, 
  Salvation 
  Army, 
  Simla, 
  

   India, 
  from 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  H. 
  Frost, 
  subconductor, 
  Military 
  Farm, 
  Quetta. 
  Received 
  

   July 
  10, 
  1911. 
  

  

  31468. 
  Mauritia 
  setigera 
  Griseb. 
  and 
  Wendl. 
  Morichy. 
  

  

  From 
  La 
  Brea, 
  Trinidad, 
  British 
  West 
  Indies. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  Caracciolo, 
  

   St. 
  Joseph 
  Nurseries. 
  Received 
  July 
  19, 
  1911. 
  

   11 
  A 
  handsome 
  palm 
  growing 
  about 
  the 
  asphalt 
  beds 
  of 
  La 
  Brea. 
  The 
  seeds 
  ripen 
  in 
  

   May 
  and 
  could 
  readily 
  be 
  gathered, 
  as 
  the 
  palm 
  is 
  abundant 
  locally. 
  ' 
  ' 
  (Oglesby 
  Paul.) 
  

   See 
  No. 
  31326 
  for 
  distribution 
  of 
  this 
  species. 
  

  

  31469. 
  Ficus 
  PSEUDO-CARiCA 
  Miquel. 
  Fig. 
  

  

  From 
  Eritrea, 
  East 
  Africa. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Prof. 
  T. 
  Batorate, 
  director, 
  Colonial 
  

   Agricultural 
  Experiment 
  Station, 
  Asmara, 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Walter 
  T. 
  Swingle. 
  

   Received 
  July 
  19, 
  1911. 
  

   " 
  A 
  native 
  fig 
  introduced 
  for 
  use 
  in 
  the 
  fig-breeding 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  Office 
  of 
  Crop 
  Physi- 
  

   ology 
  and 
  Breeding 
  Investigations. 
  This 
  species 
  occurs 
  commonly 
  in 
  a 
  wild 
  state 
  

   in 
  Eritrea 
  and 
  Abyssinia 
  and 
  bears 
  small 
  but 
  edible 
  fruits. 
  We 
  already 
  have 
  it 
  in 
  

   California 
  and 
  it 
  promises 
  to 
  be 
  important 
  in 
  supplying 
  early 
  Blastophaga 
  with 
  pollen 
  

   to 
  caprify 
  the 
  spring 
  crop 
  of 
  figs." 
  (W. 
  T. 
  Swingle.) 
  

  

  31470 
  to 
  31473. 
  

  

  From 
  Honduras. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  R. 
  Fritzgartner, 
  Tegucigalpa. 
  Received 
  

   July 
  19, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  quoted 
  notes 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Fritzgartner: 
  

  

  31470. 
  Casimiroa 
  sapota 
  Oerst. 
  Matasano, 
  or 
  white 
  sapote. 
  

  

  31471 
  to 
  31473. 
  Nicotiana 
  tabactjm 
  L. 
  Tobacco. 
  

  

  31471. 
  " 
  From 
  Chimbo, 
  3,900 
  feet 
  altitude." 
  

  

  31472. 
  " 
  From 
  Santa 
  Lucia, 
  4,800 
  feet 
  altitude." 
  

  

  3 
  1473. 
  " 
  From 
  Aurora, 
  5,000 
  feet 
  altitude. 
  " 
  

   36592°— 
  Bull. 
  248—12 
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