﻿OCTOBER 
  1 
  TO 
  DECEMBER 
  31, 
  1911. 
  15 
  

  

  31983. 
  Castilla 
  sp. 
  Central 
  American 
  rubber. 
  

  

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

   20, 
  1911. 
  

  

  Seeds. 
  

  

  31984. 
  Persea 
  Americana 
  Miller. 
  Avocado. 
  

  

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

  

  23, 
  1911. 
  

  

  " 
  Abogado, 
  otherwise 
  called 
  abagate, 
  pagua 
  pauta, 
  abaji, 
  aguacate, 
  ahuaca, 
  or 
  alligator 
  

  

  pear. 
  Seeds 
  from 
  fruit 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  market 
  at 
  Buenos 
  Aires. 
  Fruit 
  small, 
  pear 
  

  

  shaped, 
  and 
  dark 
  red 
  in 
  color. 
  Sold 
  in 
  market 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  ' 
  red 
  Chilian 
  abacate, 
  ' 
  

  

  or 
  • 
  red 
  abacate 
  from 
  Chile. 
  ' 
  " 
  ( 
  Mead. 
  ) 
  

  

  31985 
  to 
  31998. 
  Ipomoea 
  batatas 
  (L.) 
  Poir. 
  Sweet 
  potato. 
  

  

  From 
  Peru. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Antonio 
  Gratia, 
  Huando, 
  Chancay, 
  Peru. 
  Re- 
  

   ceived 
  October 
  10, 
  1911. 
  

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

   "These 
  sweet 
  potatoes 
  bear 
  different 
  names 
  by 
  which 
  they 
  are 
  known 
  by 
  the 
  people 
  

   of 
  the 
  country 
  without 
  indicating 
  thereby 
  any 
  scientific 
  classification. 
  Neither 
  are 
  

   they 
  grown 
  as 
  distinct 
  varieties, 
  as 
  they 
  are 
  produced 
  mixed 
  together. 
  " 
  

  

  31985. 
  " 
  Vapor. 
  Produces 
  in 
  four 
  months. 
  " 
  

  

  31986. 
  " 
  Huamino. 
  Produces 
  in 
  five 
  months. 
  " 
  

  

  31987. 
  "Cochino. 
  Produces 
  in 
  six 
  months. 
  " 
  

  

  3 
  1988. 
  " 
  Azadura 
  de 
  vaca. 
  Produces 
  in 
  five 
  months. 
  " 
  

  

  31989. 
  " 
  Romero. 
  Produces 
  in 
  five 
  months. 
  " 
  

  

  31990. 
  " 
  Supano 
  bianco 
  (white). 
  Produces 
  in 
  five 
  months. 
  " 
  

  

  31991. 
  " 
  Supano 
  prieto 
  (black). 
  Produces 
  in 
  five 
  months." 
  

  

  31992. 
  u 
  Papa. 
  Produces 
  in 
  four 
  months. 
  " 
  

  

  31993. 
  "Limeno. 
  Produces 
  in 
  five 
  months. 
  " 
  

  

  31994. 
  " 
  Plaza. 
  Produces 
  in 
  four 
  months. 
  " 
  

  

  31995. 
  "Nino. 
  Produces 
  in 
  five 
  months. 
  " 
  

  

  31996. 
  " 
  Cambrax. 
  Produces 
  in 
  five 
  months. 
  " 
  

  

  31997. 
  " 
  Tabardio. 
  Produces 
  in 
  five 
  months. 
  " 
  

  

  31998. 
  "Yemade 
  huevo. 
  Produces 
  in 
  five 
  months. 
  " 
  

  

  31999 
  to 
  32001. 
  Crotalaria 
  spp. 
  

  

  From 
  Buitenzorg, 
  Java. 
  Sent 
  in 
  by 
  the 
  Java 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  at 
  the 
  

   request 
  of 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  V. 
  Piper, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Plant 
  Industry. 
  Received 
  October 
  5, 
  

   1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  under 
  trial 
  at 
  the 
  Buitenzorg 
  garden 
  as 
  green-manure 
  crops 
  

   and 
  will 
  be 
  tested 
  here 
  for 
  the 
  same 
  purpose. 
  

  

  31999. 
  Crotalaria 
  alata 
  Hamilton. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  From 
  the 
  mountains 
  in 
  the 
  Province 
  of 
  Assam 
  in 
  northeastern 
  

   India 
  southeastward 
  to 
  Java. 
  

  

  32000. 
  Crotalaria 
  leioloba 
  Bartl. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  On 
  the 
  lower 
  mountain 
  stopes 
  in 
  northern 
  India 
  from 
  Nepal 
  to 
  

   Assam, 
  and 
  eastward 
  through 
  the 
  Malay 
  Archipelago 
  as 
  far 
  north 
  as 
  the 
  Philip- 
  

   pines. 
  

  

  32001. 
  Crotalaria 
  saltiana 
  Andrews. 
  

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