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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPOKTED. 
  

  

  cherry, 
  about 
  seven-eighths 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  long 
  by 
  three-eighths 
  to 
  seven-sixteenths 
  of 
  an 
  

   inch 
  thick 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  black 
  or 
  purple 
  black, 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  bright 
  glossy 
  skin. 
  They 
  

   usually 
  occur 
  singly, 
  strung 
  along 
  the 
  branches, 
  but 
  sometimes 
  there 
  are 
  two 
  together. 
  

   From 
  one 
  small 
  shrub 
  we 
  have 
  eaten, 
  I 
  think, 
  about 
  300 
  fruits. 
  The 
  flesh 
  is 
  about 
  

   one-eighth 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  thick 
  over 
  the 
  seed 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  soft 
  and 
  juicy, 
  tasting 
  more 
  like 
  a 
  

   black 
  cherry 
  than 
  any 
  other 
  northern 
  fruit 
  I 
  can 
  think 
  of. 
  When 
  I 
  recall 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  

   the 
  wild 
  fruit 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  common 
  cherry 
  is 
  supposed 
  to 
  have 
  originated, 
  I 
  think 
  

   this 
  little 
  fruit 
  promises 
  well 
  to 
  repay 
  cultivation. 
  I 
  would 
  suggest 
  trying 
  it 
  in 
  

   Florida 
  or 
  California 
  or 
  Texas; 
  the 
  last-named 
  State 
  may 
  be 
  the 
  best 
  for 
  it. 
  From 
  

   mid-August 
  until 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  September 
  is 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  fruiting 
  — 
  i. 
  e., 
  in 
  early 
  spring 
  

   here. 
  " 
  (Birch.) 
  

  

  32064 
  to 
  32069. 
  

  

  From 
  Mexico. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  C. 
  A. 
  Purpus, 
  Zacuapam, 
  Huatusco, 
  Vera 
  Cruz, 
  

   Mexico. 
  Received 
  November 
  6, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  quoted 
  notes 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Purpus: 
  

  

  32064 
  to 
  32067. 
  Solanum 
  nigrum 
  L. 
  Nightshade. 
  

  

  32064. 
  "From 
  Minas 
  San 
  Rafael, 
  San 
  Luis 
  Potosi, 
  1,600 
  meters 
  [5,250 
  

   feet]." 
  

  

  32065. 
  "From 
  Esperanza, 
  Puebla, 
  2,700 
  meters 
  [9,850 
  feet]. 
  " 
  

  

  32066. 
  "From 
  Tehuacan, 
  Puebla, 
  1,700 
  meters 
  [5,575 
  feet]. 
  " 
  

  

  32067. 
  "From 
  Rascon, 
  San 
  Luis 
  Potosi, 
  400 
  to 
  500 
  meters 
  [1,300 
  to 
  

   1,650 
  feet]." 
  

  

  32068 
  and 
  32069. 
  Nicotiana 
  spp. 
  Wild 
  tobacco. 
  

  

  32068. 
  " 
  From 
  Guascama, 
  San 
  Luis 
  Potosi." 
  

  

  32069. 
  "From 
  Minas 
  San 
  Rafael, 
  San 
  Luis 
  Potosi." 
  

  

  32070. 
  Cacara 
  erosa 
  (L.) 
  Kuntze. 
  

  

  From 
  Tampico, 
  Mexico. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Clarence 
  A. 
  Miller, 
  American 
  consul, 
  

   through 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  C. 
  Green, 
  in 
  charge, 
  South 
  Texas 
  Garden, 
  Brownsville, 
  Tex. 
  

   Received 
  December 
  18, 
  1911. 
  

   " 
  Eicama 
  de 
  Agua." 
  See 
  No. 
  27959 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  32071. 
  Callitris 
  cupressiformis 
  Ventenat. 
  

  

  Tasmanian 
  cypress 
  pine 
  or 
  Oyster 
  Bay 
  pine. 
  

  

  From 
  Tasmania. 
  Presented 
  to 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Forest 
  Service 
  by 
  Mr. 
  L. 
  A. 
  

   Evans, 
  editor 
  of 
  the 
  Agricultural 
  Gazette, 
  Hobart, 
  Tasmania, 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  Office 
  

   of 
  Foreign 
  Seed 
  and 
  Plant 
  Introduction 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Raphael 
  Zon, 
  Chief 
  of 
  Silvics, 
  

   United 
  States 
  Forest 
  Service. 
  Received 
  November 
  8, 
  1911. 
  

   "This 
  pine 
  is 
  described 
  by 
  Col. 
  W. 
  V. 
  Legge 
  in 
  a 
  report 
  on 
  the 
  'Tasmanian 
  cypress 
  

   pine, 
  ' 
  published 
  this 
  year 
  [1911]. 
  According 
  to 
  this 
  paper, 
  the 
  tree 
  is 
  confined 
  mainly 
  

   to 
  the 
  coast, 
  where 
  it 
  does 
  well 
  on 
  poor 
  soils. 
  It 
  seems 
  to 
  have 
  a 
  slow 
  growth, 
  but 
  in 
  

   time 
  reaches 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  100 
  feet 
  and 
  a 
  diameter 
  of 
  about 
  2\ 
  feet. 
  In 
  spite 
  of 
  the 
  

   fact 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  chiefly 
  a 
  warm 
  climate 
  tree, 
  it 
  also 
  thrives 
  in 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  colder 
  parts 
  

   of 
  Tasmania, 
  where 
  there 
  is 
  considerable 
  frost. 
  It 
  has 
  a 
  plain 
  whitish 
  wood, 
  

   without 
  figure, 
  and 
  with 
  little 
  difference 
  in 
  color 
  between 
  the 
  sap 
  wood 
  and 
  the 
  heart- 
  

   wood. 
  Its 
  grain 
  is 
  hard 
  and 
  close, 
  and 
  the 
  wood 
  is 
  exceedingly 
  durable. 
  It 
  is 
  largely 
  

   used 
  for 
  piles, 
  telegraph 
  poles, 
  and 
  in 
  general 
  construction 
  work. 
  It 
  not 
  infrequently 
  

   grows 
  in 
  mixture 
  with 
  eucalypts 
  and 
  when 
  grown 
  in 
  the 
  forest 
  under 
  moderate 
  light 
  

   conditions 
  its 
  form 
  is 
  that 
  of 
  a 
  sharp 
  cone, 
  which 
  is 
  tall 
  both 
  in 
  proportion 
  to 
  the 
  

   diameter 
  and 
  the 
  spread 
  of 
  the 
  lateral 
  branches. 
  There 
  are 
  all 
  gradations 
  from 
  this 
  

   form 
  to 
  the 
  spreading 
  bushy 
  tree 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  open. 
  

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