﻿50 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPOETED. 
  

  

  32265 
  and 
  32266. 
  Cicer 
  arietinum 
  L. 
  Chick-pea. 
  

  

  From 
  Chihuahua, 
  Mexico. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Marion 
  Letcher, 
  American 
  consul. 
  

   Received 
  October 
  9, 
  1911. 
  

  

  Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  32265. 
  "Garbanzo 
  grande." 
  v 
  32266. 
  "Garbanzo 
  chico." 
  

  

  32267. 
  Diospyros 
  kaki 
  L. 
  f. 
  Persimmon. 
  

  

  From 
  Fayetteville, 
  N. 
  C. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  S. 
  Breece. 
  Received 
  October, 
  

  

  1911. 
  

  

  "Seeds 
  taken 
  from 
  a 
  Tamopan 
  persimmon, 
  grown 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Breece 
  under 
  No. 
  17172. 
  

  

  The 
  other 
  fruits 
  received 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  were 
  seedless 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  thought 
  that 
  the 
  seeds 
  

  

  in 
  the 
  single 
  specimen 
  were 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  accidental 
  cross-pollination." 
  (Fairchild.) 
  

  

  The 
  fruit 
  from 
  which 
  these 
  seeds 
  were 
  taken 
  is 
  identical 
  with 
  Mr. 
  Frank 
  N. 
  Meyer's 
  

  

  description 
  of 
  No. 
  16921, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  thought 
  that 
  there 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  some 
  mistake 
  

  

  made 
  in 
  sending 
  it 
  out 
  under 
  No. 
  17172. 
  

  

  32268 
  to 
  32271. 
  Asparagus 
  spp. 
  Asparagus. 
  

  

  From 
  South 
  Africa. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Sir 
  Percy 
  Fitzpatrick, 
  Johannesburg, 
  Trans- 
  

   vaal, 
  South 
  Africa. 
  Received 
  December 
  6, 
  1911. 
  

  

  Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  quoted 
  notes 
  by 
  Sir 
  Percy 
  Fitzpatrick: 
  

  

  32268 
  to 
  32270. 
  Asparagus 
  officinalis 
  L. 
  

  

  32268. 
  "From 
  Harrismith, 
  Orange 
  Free 
  State." 
  

  

  32269. 
  "From 
  cultivated 
  plants, 
  Johannesburg." 
  

  

  32270. 
  "From 
  cultivated 
  plants 
  near 
  Johannesburg." 
  

  

  32271. 
  Asparagus 
  sp. 
  

  

  "Seed 
  gathered 
  on 
  slopes 
  of 
  Table 
  Mountain 
  from 
  wild 
  plants 
  in 
  native 
  bush 
  

   forest. 
  This 
  asparagus 
  is 
  a 
  great 
  delicacy 
  and 
  to 
  my 
  taste 
  is 
  better 
  than 
  any 
  of 
  

   the 
  cultivated 
  kinds. 
  Table 
  Mountain, 
  near 
  Cape 
  Town, 
  is 
  1,000 
  miles 
  away. 
  

   The 
  asparagus 
  is 
  gathered 
  by 
  colored 
  people, 
  who 
  are 
  jealous 
  of 
  the 
  monopoly 
  

   and 
  most 
  ignorant 
  of 
  methods 
  of 
  seed 
  collecting. 
  I 
  got 
  some 
  seed 
  in 
  March 
  

   last, 
  but 
  the 
  berries 
  were 
  quite 
  green 
  in 
  color. 
  I 
  know 
  that 
  our 
  wild 
  asparagus 
  

   (which 
  is 
  here 
  known 
  as 
  Wach-een-beetze 
  , 
  or 
  Wait-a-bit, 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  its 
  hooked 
  

   thorns) 
  ripens 
  red, 
  as 
  do 
  the 
  others. 
  I 
  tried 
  again 
  during 
  all 
  April, 
  but 
  the 
  ' 
  chil- 
  

   dren 
  of 
  the 
  sun 
  ' 
  smilingly 
  replied 
  that 
  I 
  was 
  mistaken 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  green 
  berries 
  

   were 
  quite 
  ripe." 
  

  

  32272 
  to 
  32277. 
  

  

  From 
  Darmstadt, 
  Germany. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Prof. 
  William 
  R. 
  Lazenby, 
  of 
  the 
  

   Ohio 
  State 
  University, 
  Columbus, 
  Ohio. 
  Received 
  November 
  23, 
  1911. 
  

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

  

  32272. 
  Lycium 
  barbarum 
  L. 
  

  

  "This 
  is 
  used 
  very 
  largely 
  here 
  as 
  a 
  hedge 
  plant 
  around 
  yards 
  and 
  small 
  

   orchards. 
  It 
  grows 
  so 
  dense 
  that 
  rabbits 
  can 
  not 
  get 
  through 
  it. 
  I 
  am 
  told 
  it 
  

   is 
  easily 
  pruned 
  and 
  kept 
  within 
  bounds. 
  It 
  is 
  also 
  planted 
  on 
  sandy 
  railroad 
  

   embankments 
  to 
  bind 
  the 
  soil 
  and 
  prevent 
  washing 
  or 
  sliding. 
  " 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  A 
  shrub 
  found 
  in 
  southwestern 
  Asia 
  from 
  Mesopotamia 
  east- 
  

   ward 
  through 
  Persia 
  to 
  the 
  Punjab 
  region 
  of 
  northern 
  India. 
  

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