﻿48 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPOKTED. 
  

  

  32256. 
  Mangifera 
  indica 
  L. 
  Mango. 
  

  

  From 
  Chiloane 
  Island, 
  Africa. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  R. 
  H. 
  B. 
  Dickinson, 
  Assistant 
  

   Director 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  Beira, 
  Portuguese 
  East 
  Africa. 
  Received 
  December 
  

   8, 
  1911. 
  

   "Cuttings 
  taken 
  from 
  a 
  tree 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  50 
  or 
  60 
  years 
  old, 
  growing 
  near 
  a 
  small 
  

   Mohammedan 
  temple. 
  It 
  bears 
  large 
  fruits, 
  which 
  maybe 
  expected 
  to 
  ripen 
  in 
  Jan- 
  

   uary 
  . 
  ' 
  ' 
  (Dickinson. 
  ) 
  

  

  This 
  may 
  possibly 
  be 
  the 
  Lathrop 
  mango 
  described 
  under 
  Nos. 
  9486 
  and 
  9669. 
  

  

  32257. 
  (Undetermined.) 
  Indian 
  cane. 
  

  

  From 
  Burringbar, 
  New 
  South 
  Wales, 
  Australia. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  B. 
  Harrison. 
  

   Received 
  July 
  3, 
  1911. 
  Numbered 
  December 
  15, 
  1911. 
  

   " 
  I 
  wish 
  to 
  draw 
  your 
  attention 
  to 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  Indian 
  cane 
  as 
  a 
  heavy 
  yielding 
  fodder 
  

   plant 
  for 
  dairy 
  or 
  other 
  stock. 
  It 
  is 
  rapidly 
  coming 
  into 
  great 
  favor 
  here 
  and 
  yields 
  

   from 
  40 
  to 
  100 
  tons 
  of 
  fodder 
  per 
  acre, 
  while 
  it 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  superior 
  to 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  sor- 
  

   ghum 
  species 
  for 
  resisting 
  drought 
  and 
  frost 
  and 
  is 
  not 
  injurious 
  to 
  stock 
  during 
  any 
  

   period 
  of 
  its 
  growth. 
  One 
  writer 
  says: 
  'After 
  some 
  forty 
  years' 
  practical 
  experience 
  

   in 
  fodder 
  growing 
  I 
  consider 
  this 
  cane 
  miles 
  ahead 
  of 
  anything 
  else 
  I 
  have 
  tried 
  before, 
  

   the 
  great 
  advantage 
  being 
  that 
  you 
  can 
  cut 
  it 
  as 
  you 
  require 
  it; 
  secondly, 
  the 
  enormous 
  

   yield. 
  I 
  estimate 
  the 
  yield 
  of 
  my 
  crop 
  at 
  56^ 
  tons 
  per 
  acre, 
  but 
  the 
  land 
  was 
  manured 
  

   heavily. 
  ' 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  large 
  area 
  of 
  land 
  in 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  States 
  where 
  this 
  cane 
  would 
  

   thrive 
  well 
  and 
  would 
  without 
  doubt 
  prove 
  of 
  incalculable 
  benefit 
  to 
  many 
  stock 
  

   owners. 
  ' 
  ' 
  (Harrison. 
  ) 
  

  

  32258. 
  Scopolina 
  japonica 
  (Maxim.) 
  Kuntze. 
  

  

  From 
  Yokohama, 
  Japan. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  the 
  Yokohama 
  Nursery 
  Co. 
  Received 
  

   December 
  6, 
  1911. 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  A 
  herbaceous 
  perennial 
  found 
  along 
  the 
  banks 
  of 
  streams 
  in 
  the 
  

   vicinity 
  of 
  Nikko 
  in 
  the 
  province 
  of 
  Tozando, 
  Japan. 
  

  

  32259. 
  Garcixia 
  tixctoria 
  (DC.) 
  W. 
  F. 
  Wight. 
  

  

  From 
  Port 
  Louis, 
  Mauritius. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  Regnard. 
  Received 
  Decem- 
  

   ber 
  8, 
  1911. 
  

  

  Introduced 
  as 
  a 
  possible 
  stock 
  for 
  the 
  mangosteen. 
  

  

  32260 
  and 
  32261. 
  Xeoglaziovia 
  spp. 
  

  

  From 
  Bahia, 
  Brazil. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Omar 
  E. 
  Mueller, 
  American 
  vice 
  consul. 
  

   Received 
  November 
  29, 
  1911. 
  

   Plants 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  quoted 
  notes 
  from 
  Bulletin 
  of 
  the 
  Pan 
  American 
  Union, 
  

   1910: 
  

  

  "These 
  fiber 
  plants 
  are 
  of 
  great 
  commercial 
  worth. 
  They 
  grow 
  abundantly 
  in 
  this 
  

   section, 
  but 
  other 
  than 
  making 
  a 
  few 
  cords 
  for 
  local 
  use 
  nothing 
  is 
  being 
  done 
  with 
  

   them." 
  

  

  32260. 
  Neoglaziovia 
  variegata 
  (Arrudo) 
  Mez. 
  Caroa. 
  

  

  "This 
  is 
  half 
  round, 
  light 
  green, 
  white 
  banded, 
  snakelike, 
  produces 
  an 
  excel- 
  

   lent 
  fiber, 
  and 
  flourishes 
  regardless 
  of 
  droughts. 
  

  

  "Mr. 
  Louis 
  Raposo, 
  a 
  Brazilian 
  gentleman 
  resident 
  in 
  Philadelphia, 
  gives 
  

   the 
  following 
  information 
  concerning 
  this 
  plant: 
  

  

  " 
  'Among 
  the 
  new 
  things 
  found 
  growing 
  in 
  the 
  vast 
  wilds 
  of 
  Brazil 
  is 
  a 
  fibrous 
  

   plant 
  called 
  carod, 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  supply 
  is 
  apparently 
  inexhaustible. 
  The 
  plant 
  

   is 
  produced 
  from 
  a 
  bulb 
  and 
  is 
  of 
  rapid 
  growth. 
  When 
  stripped 
  at 
  maturity 
  of 
  

   its 
  fiber 
  it 
  takes 
  but 
  six 
  months 
  under 
  the 
  coaxing 
  influence 
  of 
  the 
  Brazilian 
  

   sun 
  and 
  soil 
  to 
  reproduce 
  a 
  full-length 
  crop 
  from 
  6 
  to 
  8 
  feet 
  in 
  length. 
  

  

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