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  SEEDS 
  AXD 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  '"Botanists 
  say 
  that 
  these 
  seeds 
  were 
  introduced 
  from 
  Europe. 
  This 
  is 
  hard 
  to 
  

   believe. 
  It 
  seems 
  to 
  me 
  that 
  no 
  plant 
  has 
  the 
  chilensis 
  brand 
  more 
  clearly 
  marked; 
  

   I 
  have 
  found 
  stray 
  plants 
  in 
  the 
  most 
  remote 
  parts 
  of 
  Chile, 
  in 
  the 
  Cordilleras 
  far 
  

   away 
  from 
  civilization, 
  and 
  the 
  possibility 
  of 
  being 
  the 
  product 
  of 
  seeds 
  from 
  other 
  

   localities. 
  Its 
  distinctly 
  different 
  type 
  in 
  every 
  respect 
  and 
  varied 
  in 
  each 
  locality 
  

   all 
  go 
  to 
  show 
  its 
  indigenous 
  character. 
  " 
  

  

  31613. 
  Thespesia 
  populxea 
  (L.) 
  Solander. 
  Suriya. 
  

  

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

   of 
  Plant 
  Industry, 
  August 
  8, 
  1911. 
  

  

  "A 
  shrub 
  or 
  small 
  tree 
  with 
  large, 
  yellow, 
  trumpet-shaped 
  blossoms. 
  Cultivated 
  

   more 
  or 
  less 
  as 
  an 
  ornamental 
  . 
  ' 
  ' 
  (Piper. 
  ) 
  

  

  31614. 
  Persea 
  americaxa 
  Miller. 
  Avocado. 
  

  

  From 
  Livingston, 
  Guatemala. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mrs. 
  Lucie 
  Potts. 
  Received 
  

   August 
  24, 
  1911. 
  

   Supposed 
  to 
  contain 
  different 
  varieties. 
  

  

  31615. 
  Maxgifera 
  ixdica 
  L. 
  Mango. 
  

  

  From 
  Costa 
  Rica. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Carlos 
  Werckle, 
  San 
  Jose, 
  Costa 
  Rica. 
  

   Received 
  August 
  9, 
  1911. 
  

   'Rio 
  Grande. 
  Best 
  variety. 
  Very 
  big. 
  Best 
  quality." 
  (Werckle.) 
  

   Seeds. 
  

  

  31616. 
  Persea 
  americaxa 
  Miller. 
  Avocado. 
  

  

  From 
  Guatemala, 
  Central 
  America. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  S. 
  Billow, 
  Guatemala. 
  

   Received 
  August 
  9, 
  1911. 
  

  

  ''These 
  seeds 
  are 
  from 
  Amatitlan, 
  about 
  24 
  miles 
  from 
  the 
  capital 
  city 
  and 
  grown 
  

   at 
  an 
  altitude 
  of 
  3,800 
  feet; 
  the 
  meat 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  delicious 
  flavor 
  and 
  the 
  avocados 
  weigh 
  

   nearly 
  three-fourths 
  of 
  a 
  pound. 
  These 
  seeds 
  are 
  selected 
  from 
  the 
  best 
  grown 
  in 
  that 
  

  

  district."' 
  (Billon:.) 
  

  

  31617. 
  Medic 
  ago 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  near 
  Baba, 
  northwestern 
  Mongolia. 
  Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Frank 
  N. 
  Meyer, 
  

   agricultural 
  explorer, 
  August 
  10, 
  1911. 
  

   "(No. 
  1618a, 
  May 
  1,-1911.) 
  i 
  Medicago 
  falcala 
  ?.) 
  An 
  alfalfa 
  that 
  reaches 
  a 
  height 
  

   of 
  apparently 
  not 
  over 
  2 
  feet. 
  Found 
  growing 
  here 
  and 
  there 
  in 
  large 
  quantities 
  on 
  

   hills, 
  between 
  dense 
  grass 
  at 
  altitudes 
  of 
  about 
  4,000 
  feet. 
  As 
  the 
  cold 
  gets 
  very 
  

   intense 
  in 
  these 
  regions, 
  these 
  plants 
  may 
  be 
  tested 
  in 
  the 
  most 
  northern 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  

   United 
  States. 
  ' 
  ' 
  ( 
  Meyer.) 
  

  

  31618 
  to 
  31630. 
  

  

  From 
  Canal 
  Zone. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Ramon 
  Arias-Feraud, 
  Panama. 
  Received 
  

  

  August 
  10, 
  1911. 
  

   31618. 
  Ananas 
  sativus 
  Schult. 
  Pineapple. 
  

  

  "Suckers 
  of 
  the 
  genuine 
  Taboga 
  pineapples, 
  which 
  are 
  considered 
  the 
  best 
  

   flavored 
  in 
  this 
  region. 
  They 
  are 
  getting 
  scarce 
  because 
  they 
  do 
  not 
  grow 
  as 
  

   large 
  as 
  other 
  varieties, 
  and 
  as 
  the 
  leaves 
  are 
  covered 
  with 
  plenty 
  of 
  spines 
  the 
  

   planters 
  prefer 
  to 
  handle 
  the 
  larger 
  fruits 
  that 
  are 
  free 
  from 
  the 
  spines." 
  

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