﻿JULY 
  1 
  TO 
  SEPTEMBER 
  30, 
  1911. 
  23 
  

  

  31548 
  to 
  31552. 
  Glycine 
  hispida 
  (Moench) 
  Maxim. 
  Soy 
  bean. 
  

  

  From 
  India. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  J. 
  Woodhouse, 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  

   Sabour, 
  Bengal, 
  India. 
  Received 
  July 
  26, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  31548. 
  Chocolate 
  variety. 
  31551. 
  Nepali. 
  

  

  31549. 
  Greenish 
  yellow. 
  31552. 
  Yellow. 
  

  

  31550. 
  Black. 
  

  

  31553. 
  Cupressus 
  glabra 
  Sudworth. 
  Cypress. 
  

  

  From 
  Verde 
  River 
  Canyon, 
  Ariz. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  George 
  B. 
  Sudworth, 
  Forest 
  

   Service, 
  United 
  States 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  Received 
  July 
  29, 
  1911. 
  

   "Found 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  slopes 
  in 
  moist, 
  rather 
  rich, 
  rocky 
  soil. 
  Elevation 
  of 
  3,000 
  

   to 
  3,500 
  feet." 
  (Sudworth.) 
  

  

  31554. 
  Eucalyptus 
  patentinervis 
  R. 
  T. 
  Baker. 
  * 
  

   From 
  Sydney, 
  New 
  South 
  Wales, 
  Australia. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  R. 
  T. 
  Baker, 
  

  

  curator, 
  Technological 
  Museum. 
  Received 
  July 
  31, 
  1911. 
  

  

  "As 
  the 
  leaves 
  of 
  this 
  tree 
  exhale 
  a 
  pleasant 
  odor 
  it 
  is 
  recommended 
  for 
  park 
  and 
  

   street 
  cultivation. 
  The 
  timber 
  may 
  be 
  classed 
  as 
  a 
  mahogany, 
  being 
  red, 
  fairly 
  

   hard, 
  easily 
  worked, 
  and 
  suitable 
  for 
  cabinet 
  work." 
  (Baker.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  A 
  medium-sized 
  tree 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Ballina 
  in 
  the 
  north- 
  

   eastern 
  part 
  of 
  New 
  South 
  Wales, 
  Australia. 
  

  

  31555. 
  Asparagus 
  sp. 
  Asparagus, 
  

  

  From 
  Canary 
  Islands. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  George 
  V. 
  Perez, 
  Puerto 
  Orotava, 
  

   Teneriffe, 
  who 
  procured 
  them 
  from 
  the 
  head 
  gardener 
  of 
  the 
  Puerto 
  Orotava 
  

   Botanic 
  Garden. 
  Received 
  July 
  29, 
  1911. 
  

   Introduced 
  for 
  the 
  breeding 
  experiments 
  of 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  B. 
  Norton, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Plant 
  

   Industry. 
  

  

  31556. 
  Nypa 
  fruticans 
  Wurmb. 
  - 
  Nipa 
  palm. 
  

  

  From 
  Manila, 
  Philippine 
  Islands. 
  Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  V. 
  Piper, 
  of 
  the 
  

   Bureau 
  of 
  Plant 
  Industry, 
  July 
  31, 
  1911. 
  

  

  "This 
  palm 
  is 
  abundant 
  throughout 
  the 
  Malay 
  region, 
  growing 
  especially 
  in 
  brack- 
  

   ish 
  marshes 
  near 
  the 
  seashore. 
  It 
  often 
  forms 
  dense 
  jungles, 
  covering 
  large 
  areas, 
  

   the 
  leaves 
  growing 
  to 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  from 
  12 
  to 
  15 
  feet. 
  The 
  leaves 
  are 
  almost 
  univer- 
  

   sally 
  employed 
  for 
  thatching 
  houses, 
  the 
  leaflets 
  being 
  stitched 
  together 
  for 
  this 
  

   purpose. 
  From 
  the 
  flower 
  stalk 
  the 
  sap 
  is 
  collected 
  by 
  the 
  natives 
  and 
  boiled 
  to 
  

   obtain 
  the 
  sugar. 
  More 
  commonly 
  this 
  sap 
  is 
  used 
  to 
  manufacture 
  alcohol. 
  This 
  

   palm 
  will 
  probably 
  be 
  adapted 
  to 
  the 
  coastal 
  conditions 
  in 
  extreme 
  southern 
  Florida." 
  

   (Piper.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  From 
  the 
  Malay 
  Peninsula 
  and 
  Ceylon 
  through 
  the 
  Malay 
  Archi- 
  

   pelago 
  to 
  Australia. 
  

  

  31557. 
  Arracacia 
  xanthorrhiza 
  Bancr. 
  Arracacha. 
  

  

  From 
  David, 
  Republic 
  of 
  Panama. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  R. 
  Lastra. 
  Received 
  

  

  July 
  28, 
  1911. 
  

  

  "A 
  perennial 
  herb 
  of 
  the 
  carrot 
  family. 
  It 
  attains 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  2 
  or 
  3 
  feet. 
  It 
  has 
  

  

  divided 
  leaves 
  like 
  the 
  carrot, 
  small 
  umbels 
  of 
  purple 
  flowers, 
  and 
  has 
  large 
  fleshy 
  

  

  roots 
  which 
  form 
  an 
  important 
  article 
  of 
  food 
  in 
  South 
  America 
  and 
  Central 
  America." 
  

  

  (Smith, 
  Dictionary 
  of 
  Popular 
  Names 
  of 
  Economic 
  Plants, 
  p. 
  95.) 
  

  

  "Probably 
  best 
  adapted 
  to 
  cultivation 
  in 
  the 
  Southern 
  States, 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  slow 
  in 
  matur- 
  

   ing. 
  Wed 
  worth 
  the 
  attention 
  of 
  amateurs." 
  (Fairchild.) 
  

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