﻿JULY 
  1 
  TO 
  SEPTEMBER 
  30, 
  1911. 
  

  

  35 
  

  

  31655 
  to 
  31676. 
  Solanum 
  spp. 
  Potato. 
  

  

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

   Chile, 
  August 
  14, 
  1911. 
  

   Tubers 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  quoted 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Husbands: 
  

  

  " 
  These 
  potatoes, 
  sorts 
  that 
  are 
  cultivated 
  by 
  the 
  Indians, 
  all 
  of 
  wild 
  origin, 
  are 
  

   from 
  the 
  wild 
  country 
  of 
  the 
  interior 
  of 
  Llanquihue. 
  The 
  Indian 
  names 
  have 
  little 
  

   significance, 
  as 
  the 
  same 
  names 
  may 
  be 
  used 
  for 
  other 
  kinds 
  of 
  potatoes 
  by 
  distant 
  

   tribes 
  or 
  the 
  same 
  tubers 
  called 
  other 
  names." 
  

  

  31655 
  to 
  31665. 
  "White 
  and 
  semiyellow 
  kinds." 
  

  

  31655. 
  

  

  ' 
  ' 
  Guicanas 
  .' 
  ' 
  

  

  31662. 
  

  

  ' 
  l 
  Haurunas 
  .' 
  '' 
  

  

  31656. 
  

  

  "Ojosos, 
  smooth." 
  

  

  31663. 
  

  

  "Puineriza 
  rosada 
  (pink). 
  

  

  31657. 
  

  

  "Coraila, 
  white." 
  

  

  

  Very 
  early; 
  said 
  to 
  

  

  31658. 
  

  

  "Pedanes:' 
  

  

  

  yield 
  potatoes 
  in 
  seven 
  

  

  31659. 
  

  

  "Bolera 
  blanca." 
  

  

  

  weeks. 
  " 
  

  

  31660. 
  

  

  "Gwafas." 
  

  

  31664. 
  

  

  " 
  Murta" 
  

  

  31661. 
  

  

  "Yacuis 
  azules." 
  

  

  31665. 
  

  

  "Libra:' 
  

  

  3 
  to 
  31676. 
  "Yellow-fleshed 
  

  

  varieties." 
  

  

  

  31666. 
  

  

  "Palmata." 
  

  

  31673. 
  

  

  " 
  Pelchuquina." 
  

  

  31667. 
  

  

  "Punas." 
  

  

  31674. 
  

  

  "Sieta 
  semana 
  rosada. 
  

  

  31668. 
  

  

  "Araucana 
  mm- 
  

  

  

  Pink 
  skin; 
  very 
  early; 
  

  

  

  ca." 
  

  

  

  said 
  to 
  give 
  potatoes 
  

  

  31669. 
  

  

  "Chilota." 
  

  

  

  in 
  seven 
  weeks." 
  

  

  31670. 
  

  

  "Ocas." 
  

  

  31675. 
  

  

  " 
  Vigcochas." 
  

  

  31671. 
  

  

  "Almud." 
  

  

  31676. 
  

  

  "Piconas. 
  Extra 
  early." 
  

  

  31672. 
  

  

  " 
  Cauchan." 
  

  

  

  

  31677 
  to 
  31679. 
  Juniperus 
  utahensis 
  (Engelm.) 
  Lemmon. 
  

  

  Juniper. 
  

  

  Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  George 
  B. 
  Sudworth, 
  dendrologist, 
  Forest 
  Service, 
  U. 
  S. 
  

   Dept. 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  August 
  19, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  a 
  very 
  attractive 
  southwestern 
  juniper: 
  

  

  31677. 
  From 
  Yavapai 
  County, 
  Ariz., 
  October, 
  1910. 
  

  

  31678. 
  From 
  southern 
  Utah, 
  December, 
  1910. 
  

  

  3 
  1679. 
  From 
  the 
  Grand 
  Canyon 
  of 
  the 
  Colorado 
  River, 
  Ariz., 
  November, 
  1910. 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  In 
  the 
  desert 
  region 
  between 
  the 
  Rocky 
  Mountains 
  and 
  the 
  

  

  Sierra 
  Nevada, 
  from 
  southern 
  Wyoming 
  southwestward 
  through 
  eastern 
  Utah 
  

   and 
  western 
  Colorado 
  to 
  northern 
  Arizona 
  and 
  southeastern 
  California. 
  

  

  31680. 
  Gossypium 
  drynarioides 
  Seemaim. 
  

  

  Cotton 
  tree. 
  

  

  From 
  Hawaii. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Ralph 
  S. 
  Hosmer, 
  Superintendent 
  of 
  Forestry, 
  

   Honolulu, 
  at 
  the 
  request 
  of 
  Dr. 
  E. 
  V. 
  Wilcox, 
  Hawaii 
  Agricultural 
  Experi- 
  

   ment 
  Station, 
  Honolulu. 
  Received 
  August 
  14, 
  1911. 
  

   "I 
  have 
  learned 
  that 
  at 
  the 
  'west 
  end 
  of 
  Molokai,' 
  in 
  the 
  driest 
  locality 
  of 
  the 
  island, 
  

   where 
  this 
  plant 
  was 
  originally 
  collected 
  by 
  Nelson, 
  the 
  companion 
  of 
  Capt. 
  Cook, 
  

   there 
  is 
  only 
  one 
  tree 
  in 
  existence 
  and 
  that 
  is 
  half 
  dead. 
  A 
  new 
  locality 
  on 
  the 
  island 
  

   of 
  Hawaii 
  has 
  been 
  discovered 
  and 
  six 
  trees 
  are 
  still 
  growing 
  on 
  the 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  

   volcano 
  Hualalai 
  on 
  rough 
  lava 
  fields 
  at 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  2,000 
  feet. 
  The 
  trees 
  are 
  

   248 
  

  

  