﻿JULY 
  1 
  TO 
  SEPTEMBER 
  30, 
  1911. 
  59 
  

  

  31872 
  to 
  31876— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  31875 
  and 
  31876. 
  Arachis 
  hypogaea 
  L. 
  Peanut. 
  

  

  31875. 
  Red. 
  

  

  "This 
  is 
  called 
  in 
  Guarany 
  mandui 
  Colorado, 
  in 
  Spanish 
  mani 
  Colorado. 
  

   A 
  main-crop 
  variety, 
  but 
  inferior 
  in 
  yield 
  and 
  quality 
  to 
  the 
  white 
  variety. 
  

   Habit 
  of 
  growth 
  same 
  as 
  the 
  Virginia 
  Runner; 
  nuts 
  though 
  similar 
  to 
  the 
  

   Tennessee 
  Red 
  in 
  quality 
  are 
  nearly 
  as 
  large 
  as 
  the 
  white 
  peanut. 
  " 
  

  

  31876. 
  White. 
  

  

  ' 
  ' 
  This 
  is 
  called 
  in 
  Guarany 
  mandui 
  blanca, 
  in 
  Spanish 
  mani 
  blanca. 
  Re- 
  

   ported 
  as 
  a 
  variety 
  developed 
  by 
  Indians 
  in 
  Chaco, 
  Paraguay, 
  but 
  I 
  have 
  

   doubts 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  truth 
  of 
  this. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  best 
  of 
  the 
  peanuts 
  found 
  here 
  

   for 
  main 
  crop. 
  A 
  strong 
  plant. 
  Habits 
  of 
  growth 
  similar 
  to 
  the 
  Virginia 
  

   Bunch 
  and 
  a 
  heavy 
  cropper. 
  Pods 
  large 
  and 
  well 
  filled; 
  as 
  many 
  as 
  five 
  

   nuts 
  in 
  one 
  pod 
  are 
  commonly 
  found. 
  " 
  

  

  31877 
  to 
  31878. 
  

  

  From 
  Australia. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  James 
  Pink, 
  Wellington 
  Point, 
  near 
  Brisbane, 
  

   Queensland. 
  Received 
  September 
  26, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  quoted 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Pink: 
  

  

  31877. 
  Citrus 
  australis 
  (Gunn.) 
  Planch. 
  Australian 
  sour 
  orange. 
  

   "These 
  were 
  collected 
  on 
  the 
  range 
  of 
  hills 
  whence 
  is 
  the 
  source 
  of 
  the 
  Bris- 
  

   bane 
  River, 
  where 
  in 
  winter 
  they 
  occasionally 
  get 
  10 
  to 
  15 
  degrees 
  of 
  frost 
  in 
  

   the 
  early 
  morning, 
  but 
  appear 
  to 
  suffer 
  no 
  harm 
  therefrom. 
  " 
  

  

  31878. 
  Grevillea 
  banksii 
  R. 
  Br. 
  

  

  "One 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  beautiful 
  flowering 
  shrubs 
  of 
  Australia." 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  In 
  rocky 
  places 
  along 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  the 
  province 
  of 
  Queensland, 
  

   Australia, 
  from 
  Broad 
  Sound 
  southward 
  to 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Brisbane. 
  

  

  31879. 
  Andropogon 
  schoenanthtts 
  L. 
  Lemon 
  grass. 
  

  

  From 
  Suva, 
  Fiji 
  Islands. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Charles 
  H. 
  Knowles, 
  Superintendent 
  

   of 
  Agriculture, 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  Received 
  September 
  25, 
  1911. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  29456 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  31880. 
  Annona 
  muricata 
  L. 
  Soursop. 
  

  

  From 
  Redland 
  Bay, 
  Queensland, 
  Australia. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  James 
  Collins. 
  

   Received 
  September 
  25, 
  1911. 
  

   Grafted 
  plants. 
  

  

  31881. 
  Citrus 
  sp. 
  Orange. 
  

  

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

   September 
  27, 
  1911. 
  

   "This 
  is 
  called 
  Naranja 
  apepu. 
  Claimed 
  by 
  Paraguayans 
  as 
  the 
  native 
  wild 
  

   orange, 
  but 
  is 
  more 
  likely 
  a 
  sport 
  from 
  Citrus 
  bigorada 
  de 
  grandes 
  frutas 
  . 
  The 
  strongest 
  

   growing 
  and 
  hardiest 
  of 
  all 
  oranges 
  here; 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  affected 
  by 
  neither 
  drought 
  nor 
  

   floods, 
  heat 
  or 
  cold, 
  and 
  is 
  free 
  from 
  all 
  diseases 
  common 
  here. 
  The 
  fruit 
  is 
  large, 
  

   neither 
  sweet 
  nor 
  sour; 
  skin 
  very 
  thick 
  and 
  free, 
  used 
  to 
  some 
  extent 
  for 
  oil 
  and 
  pre- 
  

   serves. 
  Tree 
  grows 
  to 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  4 
  or 
  5 
  meters 
  [13 
  or 
  16 
  ft.]. 
  This 
  seed 
  came 
  from 
  a 
  

   tree 
  having 
  a 
  trunk 
  8 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter, 
  which 
  eight 
  months 
  ago 
  was 
  girdled 
  2 
  inches 
  

   deep 
  all 
  around 
  to 
  kill 
  it; 
  fruit 
  of 
  this 
  crop 
  better 
  than 
  ever. 
  This 
  orange 
  may 
  be 
  of 
  

   use 
  as 
  a 
  rootstock 
  . 
  ' 
  ' 
  ( 
  Mead. 
  ) 
  

  

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