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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  31932. 
  Ipomoea 
  mammosa 
  (Lour.) 
  Choisy. 
  

  

  From 
  Java. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  M. 
  Buysman, 
  Lawang, 
  Java. 
  Received 
  Septem- 
  

   ber 
  18, 
  1911. 
  

   11 
  This 
  tuber 
  is 
  reported 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  very 
  good 
  medicine 
  in 
  case 
  of 
  diabetes. 
  It 
  is 
  cut 
  in 
  

   slices 
  or 
  scraped 
  and 
  the 
  mass 
  pressed 
  in 
  a 
  linen 
  sack 
  with 
  water. 
  This 
  'water 
  is 
  

   drunk 
  the 
  entire 
  day. 
  I 
  doubt 
  if 
  it 
  is 
  successful 
  in 
  all 
  cases. 
  The 
  plant 
  can 
  be 
  grown 
  

   in 
  the 
  Southern 
  States, 
  Florida, 
  and 
  California." 
  (Buysman.) 
  

  

  31933. 
  Maxihot 
  esculexta 
  Crantz. 
  Cassava. 
  

  

  From 
  Paraguay. 
  Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  F. 
  Mead, 
  Villa 
  Encarnacion, 
  Sep- 
  

   tember 
  14, 
  1911. 
  

   " 
  Called 
  in 
  Guarany 
  mandio 
  yeruti, 
  in 
  Spanish 
  mantioca. 
  A 
  sweet 
  variety 
  of 
  cassava, 
  

   •which 
  is 
  dwarf 
  in 
  habit, 
  attaining 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  only 
  2 
  meters 
  [6 
  \ 
  ft.] 
  This 
  is 
  of 
  splen- 
  

   did 
  quality 
  for 
  table 
  use, 
  but 
  in 
  no 
  way 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  ordinary, 
  except 
  that 
  the 
  root 
  crop 
  

   is 
  mature 
  in 
  five 
  months. 
  In 
  Paraguay 
  they 
  plant 
  canes 
  of 
  this 
  variety 
  in 
  August 
  

   and 
  the 
  root 
  is 
  ready 
  by 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  December. 
  Requires 
  a 
  light 
  sandy 
  loam, 
  not 
  too 
  

   rich 
  or 
  the 
  plant 
  will 
  run 
  to 
  canes. 
  This 
  variety 
  is 
  for 
  table 
  use, 
  other 
  varieties 
  giving 
  

   better 
  results 
  for 
  stock 
  crops, 
  where 
  a 
  larger 
  yield 
  is 
  important. 
  From 
  my 
  experience 
  

   I 
  recommend 
  mantioca 
  highly 
  as 
  an 
  excellent 
  vegetable." 
  (Mead.) 
  

  

  31934. 
  Achras 
  sp. 
  

  

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

   August 
  14, 
  1911. 
  Numbered 
  September 
  28, 
  1911. 
  

   '" 
  A 
  sapotilla. 
  Large, 
  very 
  high 
  quality; 
  rose-colored 
  flesh; 
  four 
  small 
  seeds 
  in 
  each 
  

   fruit." 
  (Werclle.) 
  

  

  31935. 
  Ziziphus 
  sp. 
  

  

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

   Received 
  August 
  14, 
  1911. 
  Numbered 
  September 
  28, 
  1911. 
  

  

  31936 
  to 
  31938. 
  Maxgifera 
  ixdica 
  L. 
  Mango. 
  

  

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

   Plant 
  Industry, 
  August 
  9, 
  1911. 
  Numbered 
  September 
  28, 
  1911. 
  

   Seilora. 
  

  

  "These 
  mango 
  seeds 
  were 
  obtained 
  by 
  Mr. 
  P. 
  J. 
  "Wester, 
  in 
  Muntinlupa, 
  Rizal 
  

   Province. 
  This 
  mango 
  is 
  of 
  very 
  limited 
  distribution, 
  only 
  a 
  very 
  few 
  trees 
  having 
  

   come 
  to 
  our 
  attention. 
  The 
  fruit 
  is 
  very 
  much 
  smaller 
  than 
  either 
  the 
  Carabao 
  or 
  

   Pico, 
  and 
  has 
  more 
  fiber 
  and 
  a 
  larger 
  seed 
  in 
  proportion 
  to 
  the 
  flesh 
  than 
  either 
  of 
  

   these 
  varieties. 
  The 
  quality 
  is 
  very 
  good, 
  but 
  we 
  do 
  not 
  believe 
  that 
  it 
  has 
  any 
  

   possibilities 
  as 
  a 
  commercial 
  fruit." 
  (0. 
  W. 
  Barrett, 
  chief, 
  Division 
  of 
  Experiment 
  

   Stations, 
  Manila, 
  P. 
  I.) 
  

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