﻿JULY 
  1 
  TO 
  SEPTEMBEK 
  30, 
  1911. 
  33 
  

  

  31640. 
  Juglans 
  regia 
  L. 
  Walnut. 
  

  

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

   Chile, 
  June 
  12, 
  1911. 
  

   " 
  A 
  large 
  Chile 
  variety 
  of 
  accidental 
  origin 
  from 
  Chile-grown 
  seed. 
  The 
  year 
  was 
  

   one 
  of 
  extreme 
  drought 
  and 
  therefore 
  the 
  nuts 
  are 
  smaller 
  and 
  with 
  less 
  meat 
  than 
  

   usual." 
  (Husbands.) 
  

  

  31641. 
  Cucurbita 
  sp. 
  Squash. 
  

  

  From 
  Paraguay. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  F. 
  Mead, 
  Villa 
  Encarnacion, 
  Paraguay. 
  

   Received 
  August 
  14, 
  1911. 
  

   " 
  Zapallo. 
  I 
  consider 
  this 
  a 
  very 
  ordinary 
  variety. 
  These 
  zapallos 
  have 
  no 
  

   distinguishing 
  names; 
  all 
  are 
  just 
  zapallos, 
  or 
  squash 
  in 
  English." 
  (Mead.) 
  

  

  31642. 
  Lucuma 
  obovata 
  H. 
  B. 
  K. 
  

  

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

   Chile, 
  August 
  14, 
  1911. 
  

   "Lucuma 
  de 
  Quillota. 
  The 
  skin 
  of 
  this 
  fruit 
  is 
  a 
  bright, 
  dark 
  green, 
  flesh 
  yellow, 
  

   very 
  much 
  like 
  a 
  pumpkin 
  but 
  lighter 
  colored 
  and 
  more 
  mealy. 
  " 
  (Husbands.) 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  provinces 
  along 
  the 
  coasts 
  of 
  Peru 
  and 
  Chile. 
  

  

  31643 
  to 
  31645. 
  

  

  From 
  Seharunpur, 
  India. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  C. 
  Hartless, 
  superintendent, 
  

   Government 
  Botanical 
  Gardens, 
  United 
  Provinces. 
  Received 
  August 
  15, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  31643. 
  Bambos 
  arundinacea 
  Retz. 
  Bamboo. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  21317 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  31644. 
  Diospyros 
  Montana 
  Roxb. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  From 
  the 
  Himalayas 
  to 
  Ceylon 
  in 
  India, 
  and 
  through 
  the 
  

   Malay 
  Archipelago 
  to 
  tropical 
  Australia. 
  

  

  31645. 
  Chalcas 
  paniculata 
  L. 
  

  

  31646 
  to 
  31649. 
  

  

  From 
  India. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  C. 
  Hartless, 
  superintendent, 
  Government 
  

  

  Botanical 
  Gardens, 
  United 
  Provinces, 
  Seharunpur. 
  Received 
  August 
  15, 
  1911. 
  

  

  Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  notes 
  furnished 
  by 
  collector 
  and 
  transmitted 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Hartless: 
  

  

  31646 
  and 
  31647. 
  Melilotus 
  alba 
  Desr. 
  Sweet 
  clover. 
  

  

  31646. 
  From 
  Ladakh. 
  31647. 
  Locality 
  not 
  given. 
  

  

  31648. 
  Medicago 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Alfalfa. 
  

   "Bu-Kush, 
  from 
  Iskardo. 
  This 
  variety 
  once 
  cultivated 
  remains 
  for 
  at 
  least 
  

  

  8 
  or 
  9 
  years, 
  provided 
  that 
  bhail 
  (manure) 
  is 
  thrown 
  on 
  it 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  trodden 
  

   upon. 
  Its 
  flower 
  is 
  of 
  blue 
  color. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  short 
  stature 
  with 
  thin 
  branches. 
  

   Animals 
  eat 
  it 
  with 
  great 
  pleasure. 
  If, 
  when 
  green, 
  animals 
  eat 
  it, 
  it 
  does 
  no 
  

   harm. 
  " 
  

  

  31649. 
  Medicago 
  falcata 
  L. 
  

  

  "Boole 
  Bu-Kush, 
  from 
  Iskardo. 
  This 
  variety 
  once 
  cultivated 
  remains 
  for 
  at 
  

   least 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  years. 
  If 
  it 
  is 
  given 
  to 
  animals 
  when 
  green, 
  it 
  swells 
  their 
  

   stomachs. 
  Its 
  flower 
  is 
  yellow 
  in 
  color, 
  and 
  its 
  plant 
  is 
  larger 
  than 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  

   preceding 
  number, 
  but 
  animals 
  do 
  not 
  like 
  it 
  as 
  well. 
  " 
  

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