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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED, 
  

  

  31558. 
  Ananas 
  sp. 
  Xvira. 
  

  

  From 
  Paraguay. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Thomas 
  R. 
  Gwynn, 
  Capilla 
  Horqueta, 
  

   Departmento 
  de 
  V. 
  Concepcion, 
  Paraguay. 
  Received 
  August 
  1, 
  1911. 
  

   " 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  know 
  about 
  this 
  being 
  superior 
  to 
  anything 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  but 
  I 
  

   do 
  know 
  if 
  you 
  eat 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  of 
  the 
  crude 
  fruits 
  blood 
  flows 
  from 
  the 
  lips 
  and 
  the 
  

   teeth 
  are 
  set 
  on 
  edge. 
  Only 
  those 
  can 
  understand 
  who 
  have 
  eaten 
  green 
  apples 
  

   or 
  sour 
  cherries. 
  The 
  fruit 
  has 
  just 
  the 
  same 
  taste 
  as 
  the 
  cultivated 
  pineapple, 
  is 
  

   also 
  the 
  same 
  shape, 
  but 
  very 
  small. 
  

  

  ''The 
  blade 
  is 
  narrower 
  and 
  the 
  thorns 
  shorter. 
  The 
  leaf 
  is 
  used 
  for 
  its 
  fiber, 
  pro- 
  

   ducing 
  ropes 
  and 
  clothing. 
  Indeed, 
  it 
  is 
  of 
  great 
  value. 
  

  

  " 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  running 
  plant, 
  growing 
  from 
  the 
  roots, 
  piercing 
  in 
  its 
  course 
  almost 
  any 
  

   obstruction. 
  It 
  is 
  produced 
  from 
  the 
  root 
  or 
  else 
  from 
  the 
  plants 
  formed 
  on 
  top 
  of 
  

   the 
  fruit, 
  just 
  exactly 
  as 
  the 
  pineapple." 
  (Gwynn.) 
  

   Seeds. 
  

   ♦ 
  

  

  31559. 
  Stipa 
  tenacissima 
  Jusl. 
  Esparto. 
  

  

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

   August 
  10, 
  1911. 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  On 
  the 
  plains 
  of 
  the 
  central 
  and 
  southern 
  parts 
  of 
  Spain. 
  

   Procured 
  for 
  Mr. 
  Charles 
  J. 
  Brand's 
  experiments 
  with 
  plants 
  for 
  paper 
  stock. 
  

  

  31560. 
  Zea 
  mays 
  L. 
  Corn. 
  

  

  From 
  Buenos 
  Aires, 
  Argentina. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Joseph 
  E. 
  Wing, 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  

  

  States 
  Tariff 
  Board. 
  Received 
  July 
  26, 
  1911. 
  

  

  " 
  I 
  bought 
  this 
  Argentine 
  maize 
  in 
  Buenos 
  Aires. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  quite 
  useful 
  in 
  our 
  

  

  country 
  in 
  regions 
  like 
  western 
  Nebraska 
  or 
  Colorado, 
  since 
  it 
  matures 
  here 
  in 
  a 
  

  

  climate 
  that 
  will 
  not 
  mature 
  our 
  maize, 
  owing 
  to 
  cold 
  nights 
  and 
  drought." 
  (Wing.) 
  

  

  31561 
  and 
  31562. 
  Lycopersicon 
  spp. 
  Tomato. 
  

  

  From 
  Peru. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  A. 
  Weberbauer, 
  German 
  Legation, 
  Lima, 
  Peru. 
  

   Received 
  August 
  1, 
  1911. 
  

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

  

  31561. 
  "Plant 
  small, 
  half 
  a 
  meter 
  [20 
  in.] 
  high, 
  a 
  half. 
  shrub 
  with 
  yellow 
  

   flowers. 
  Fruit 
  as 
  large 
  as 
  that 
  of 
  Sorbus 
  aucuparia. 
  Found 
  above 
  Lomas 
  

   Harbor, 
  at 
  1,000 
  to 
  1,100 
  meters 
  [3,300 
  to 
  3,600 
  ft.]. 
  Grows 
  in 
  a 
  hot, 
  almost 
  

   rainless, 
  entirely 
  frost-free 
  region 
  in 
  the 
  dry 
  bed 
  of 
  a 
  stream 
  which 
  sometimes 
  

   receives 
  water 
  from 
  the 
  rain 
  falling 
  in 
  the 
  higher 
  mountains." 
  

  

  31562. 
  '" 
  A 
  climbing 
  shrub 
  3 
  meters 
  [9| 
  ft.] 
  high, 
  with 
  yellow 
  flowers. 
  Fruit 
  

   as 
  large 
  as 
  that 
  of 
  Araygdalus 
  persica; 
  green. 
  Grows 
  in 
  a 
  lateral 
  valley 
  of 
  the 
  

   river 
  Apurimac 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Andahuaylas, 
  at 
  about 
  2,600 
  meters 
  [8,500 
  

   ft.]. 
  Climate 
  warm, 
  generally 
  frost 
  free. 
  From 
  November 
  to 
  April 
  it 
  rains 
  

   freely; 
  from 
  May 
  to 
  October 
  there 
  is 
  almost 
  none. 
  The 
  plants, 
  however, 
  

   grow 
  always 
  on 
  the 
  banks; 
  they 
  live 
  likewise 
  on 
  soils 
  constantly 
  moist, 
  but 
  

   not 
  swampy. 
  ' 
  ' 
  

  

  31563 
  to 
  31567. 
  Xicotiana 
  tabacum 
  L. 
  Tobacco. 
  

  

  From 
  Mexico. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  George 
  Young, 
  secretary, 
  Cananea 
  Consoli- 
  

   dated 
  Copper 
  Co., 
  Cananea, 
  Sonora, 
  Mexico, 
  who 
  procured 
  them 
  from 
  Juan 
  

   Esteva 
  & 
  Son, 
  Alvarado, 
  Vera 
  Cruz, 
  Mexico. 
  Received 
  August 
  2, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  quoted 
  notes 
  by 
  Esteva 
  & 
  Son: 
  

  

  31563. 
  " 
  Tabaco 
  de 
  Monte. 
  ' 
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