﻿OCTOBEK 
  1 
  TO 
  DECEMBEE 
  31, 
  1911. 
  27 
  

  

  the 
  bean, 
  the 
  'black 
  fellows' 
  have 
  learned 
  to 
  use 
  it 
  as 
  a 
  food. 
  They 
  first 
  roast 
  the 
  beans 
  

   in 
  hot 
  ashes, 
  then 
  skin 
  them 
  and 
  pound 
  the 
  white 
  flesh 
  into 
  coarse 
  flour. 
  They 
  fill 
  a 
  

   basket 
  with 
  this 
  flour 
  and 
  place 
  it 
  in 
  running 
  water 
  all 
  night. 
  In 
  this 
  way 
  the 
  poison- 
  

   ous 
  principle 
  is 
  washed 
  out. 
  " 
  (Dr. 
  Alexander 
  Graham 
  Bell.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  A 
  tall 
  tree 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  valleys 
  of 
  the 
  Endeavour 
  and 
  Brisbane 
  rivers 
  

   in 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  Queensland, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  valley 
  of 
  the 
  Clarence 
  River 
  in 
  the 
  province 
  of 
  

   New 
  South 
  Wales 
  in 
  Australia. 
  

  

  32088. 
  Cicer 
  arietinum 
  L. 
  Chick-pea. 
  

  

  From 
  Nogales, 
  Sonora, 
  Mexico. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Alexander 
  V. 
  Dye, 
  American 
  

   consul. 
  Received 
  November 
  11, 
  1911. 
  

   "From 
  the 
  Mayo 
  River 
  Valley. 
  Known 
  locally 
  as 
  Garbanzo 
  gordo. 
  While 
  there 
  

   is 
  only 
  one 
  variety 
  grown 
  for 
  commercial 
  purposes, 
  those 
  raised 
  in 
  the 
  Mayo 
  River 
  

   Valley 
  are 
  usually 
  considered 
  larger 
  and 
  better. 
  " 
  (Dye.) 
  

  

  32089. 
  Medicago 
  sativa 
  varia 
  (Mart.) 
  Urb. 
  Sand 
  lucern. 
  

  

  From 
  Isere, 
  France. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  L. 
  Trabut, 
  Algiers, 
  Algeria. 
  Received 
  

   November 
  18, 
  1911. 
  

  

  32090. 
  Leucadendron 
  melliferum 
  (Thunb.) 
  W. 
  F. 
  Wight. 
  See 
  

   Botanical 
  Notes, 
  etc., 
  p. 
  60. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  slopes 
  of 
  Table 
  Mountain, 
  Cape 
  Colony, 
  South 
  Africa. 
  Presented 
  by 
  

   the 
  Assistant 
  Conservator 
  of 
  Forests, 
  Western 
  Conservancy, 
  Cape 
  Town, 
  at 
  the 
  

   request 
  of 
  Prof. 
  J. 
  Burtt 
  Davy, 
  Pretoria, 
  Transvaal. 
  Received 
  November 
  20, 
  

   1911. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  28016 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  32091. 
  Asparagus 
  sp. 
  Asparagus. 
  

  

  From 
  Geok 
  Tepa, 
  Aresch 
  District, 
  Elisabethpol 
  Government, 
  Trans-Caucasia, 
  

   Russia. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  Schelkownikow, 
  Chaldan 
  station, 
  Trans-Cau- 
  

   casia, 
  Russia, 
  at 
  the 
  request 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Frank 
  N. 
  Meyer, 
  agricultural 
  explorer, 
  

   Bureau 
  of 
  Plant 
  Industry. 
  Received 
  November 
  21, 
  1911. 
  

  

  "Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  large 
  wild 
  asparagus, 
  which 
  grows 
  so 
  well 
  in 
  this 
  vicinity. 
  " 
  (Schel- 
  

   kownikow.) 
  

  

  A 
  large 
  asparagus 
  which 
  so 
  impressed 
  Mr. 
  Meyer 
  that 
  he 
  made 
  a 
  special 
  effort 
  to 
  have 
  

   seeds 
  secured 
  for 
  the 
  work 
  now 
  being 
  undertaken 
  in 
  breeding 
  rust-resistant 
  forms 
  and 
  

   also 
  improved 
  forms 
  for 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  florists. 
  

  

  32093 
  to 
  32110. 
  

  

  From 
  India. 
  Collected 
  by 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  V. 
  Piper, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Plant 
  Industry. 
  Re- 
  

   ceived 
  November 
  17, 
  1911. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  material; 
  quoted 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Piper: 
  

  

  32093. 
  Alocasia 
  macrorrhiza 
  (L.) 
  Schott. 
  

   "(No. 
  104.)" 
  

  

  32094. 
  Phaseolus 
  vulgaris 
  L. 
  Bean. 
  

   "(No. 
  97.) 
  White 
  beans 
  purchased 
  in 
  the 
  market 
  of 
  Calcutta, 
  September 
  

  

  12, 
  1911. 
  " 
  

  

  32095. 
  Phaseolus 
  vulgaris 
  L. 
  Bean. 
  

   "(No. 
  98.) 
  White 
  beans 
  purchased 
  in 
  the 
  market 
  of 
  Calcutta, 
  September 
  

  

  12, 
  1911." 
  

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