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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  very 
  light. 
  The 
  fruit 
  is 
  something 
  the 
  size 
  and 
  shape 
  of 
  an 
  olive, 
  very 
  astringent 
  and 
  

   not 
  relished 
  when 
  fresh, 
  but 
  is 
  very 
  widely 
  used 
  hereabouts 
  in 
  preserves, 
  for 
  which 
  

   purpose 
  it 
  is 
  excellent. 
  ' 
  ' 
  ( 
  Mead. 
  ) 
  

  

  32080 
  and 
  32081. 
  Asparagus 
  sublatus 
  Steud. 
  Asparagus. 
  

  

  From 
  Jeolikote, 
  United 
  Provinces, 
  India. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Norman 
  Gill, 
  super- 
  

   intendent, 
  Kumaon 
  Government 
  Gardens. 
  Received 
  November 
  13, 
  1911. 
  

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

  

  32080. 
  " 
  Barb 
  asparagus." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  On 
  the 
  subtropical 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  Himalayas 
  at 
  an 
  altitude 
  of 
  

   2,000 
  to 
  4,000 
  feet, 
  from 
  Kumaon 
  to 
  Nepal 
  in 
  northern 
  India. 
  

  

  32081. 
  "Without 
  barbs." 
  

  

  32082. 
  Garcinia 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  China. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  George 
  Campbell, 
  Kiayingchow, 
  on 
  native 
  boat 
  

   en 
  route 
  to 
  Swatow, 
  China. 
  Received 
  November 
  14, 
  1911. 
  

  

  "This 
  morning 
  (October 
  6, 
  1911) 
  my 
  boat 
  stopped 
  at 
  a 
  market 
  town 
  and 
  I 
  strolled 
  

   through 
  it. 
  I 
  found 
  a 
  few 
  specimens 
  of 
  a 
  fruit 
  called 
  Sann 
  pee 
  pah, 
  or 
  wild 
  loquat. 
  

   I 
  brought 
  one 
  back 
  to 
  the 
  boat 
  with 
  me. 
  It 
  was 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  an 
  unhulled 
  walnut 
  and 
  

   looked 
  like 
  a 
  yellow 
  apple, 
  save 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  spherical 
  and 
  marked 
  into 
  seven 
  segments. 
  

   It 
  peeled 
  like 
  an 
  apple. 
  

  

  "The 
  flesh 
  was 
  about 
  as 
  thick 
  as 
  the 
  hull 
  of 
  a 
  walnut 
  and 
  very 
  sour, 
  but 
  inclosed 
  a 
  

   core 
  of 
  seven 
  lobes, 
  each, 
  with 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  one, 
  containing 
  a 
  seed. 
  Each 
  seed 
  

   was 
  inclosed 
  in 
  a 
  sweet 
  pulp 
  very 
  pleasant 
  to 
  the 
  taste 
  and 
  suggesting 
  the 
  mangosteen 
  

   tome." 
  (Campbell.) 
  

  

  32083. 
  Annona 
  reticulata 
  L. 
  Bullock's-heart. 
  

  

  From 
  Cairns, 
  North 
  Queensland, 
  Australia. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Prof. 
  Charles 
  E. 
  Wood, 
  

   manager, 
  Kamerunga 
  State 
  Nursery. 
  Received 
  November 
  15, 
  1911. 
  

   Cuttings 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  introduced 
  for 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  Office 
  of 
  Foreign 
  Seed 
  and 
  

   Plant 
  Introduction 
  in 
  bringing 
  together 
  all 
  the 
  improved 
  varieties 
  of 
  this 
  genus 
  for 
  trial. 
  

  

  32084 
  to 
  32086. 
  Ipomoea 
  batatas 
  (L.) 
  Poir. 
  Sweet 
  potato. 
  

  

  From 
  Port 
  Moresby, 
  Papua. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  C. 
  English, 
  Barodobo 
  Planta- 
  

   tion, 
  Kapa 
  Kapa, 
  Port 
  Moresby. 
  Received 
  November 
  15, 
  1911. 
  

   "Seeds 
  of 
  three 
  varieties 
  that 
  we 
  have 
  here 
  in 
  this 
  locality, 
  which 
  are 
  great 
  tuber 
  

   producers. 
  One 
  has 
  a 
  white 
  skin 
  and 
  white 
  flesh, 
  one 
  white 
  skin 
  and 
  deep 
  yellow 
  

   flesh, 
  and 
  one 
  a 
  pink 
  skin 
  and 
  white 
  flesh. 
  Seed 
  from 
  sweet 
  potatoes 
  are 
  rarely 
  known 
  

   here, 
  even 
  amongst 
  the 
  natives 
  who 
  plant 
  them 
  extensively. 
  " 
  (English.) 
  

  

  32087. 
  Castanospermum 
  australe 
  Cunn. 
  and 
  Fraser. 
  

  

  Moreton 
  Bay 
  chestnut. 
  

  

  From 
  Brisbane, 
  Queensland, 
  Australia. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Frederick 
  Manson 
  

  

  Bailey, 
  Colonial 
  Botanist, 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  and 
  Stoc'i, 
  Brisbane. 
  

  

  Received 
  November 
  16, 
  1911. 
  

  

  "In 
  the 
  scrub 
  near 
  Kuranda 
  we 
  noticed 
  trees 
  bearing 
  pods 
  about 
  the 
  size 
  and 
  shape 
  

  

  of 
  a 
  banana, 
  but 
  at 
  least 
  twice 
  the 
  diameter. 
  Upon 
  opening 
  the 
  pods 
  they 
  were 
  found 
  

  

  to 
  eontain 
  huge 
  beans 
  that 
  look 
  very 
  much 
  like 
  chestnuts. 
  They 
  have 
  a 
  leathery 
  

  

  skin, 
  and 
  the 
  interior 
  is 
  white 
  and 
  not 
  very 
  hard, 
  about 
  the 
  consistency 
  of 
  a 
  nut. 
  I 
  

  

  tasted 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  beans, 
  although 
  I 
  was 
  told 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  poisonous. 
  It 
  tasted 
  very 
  

  

  much 
  like 
  a 
  nut, 
  but 
  had 
  no 
  distinctive 
  flavor. 
  In 
  spite 
  of 
  the 
  poisonous 
  nature 
  of 
  

  

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