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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  From 
  our 
  correspondents 
  in 
  various 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  world, 
  particularly 
  

   from 
  American 
  diplomatic 
  officials 
  and 
  consuls 
  abroad, 
  who 
  have 
  

   shown 
  an 
  unusual 
  interest 
  in 
  this 
  work, 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  promising 
  

   plants 
  have 
  been 
  secured: 
  No. 
  33184, 
  seeds 
  of 
  a 
  remarkable 
  cherimoya 
  

   weighing 
  2 
  pounds 
  6 
  ounces, 
  from 
  a 
  tree 
  owned 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Charles 
  F. 
  

   O'Brien, 
  of 
  Los 
  Angeles, 
  Cal., 
  and 
  probably 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  varieties 
  

   now 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States; 
  Nos. 
  32470 
  to 
  32477, 
  a 
  collection 
  of 
  fig 
  and 
  

   grape 
  varieties 
  from 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  Chios, 
  off 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  Greece, 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  Pantelides; 
  No. 
  32480, 
  the 
  Manila 
  maguey, 
  or 
  cantala, 
  from 
  the 
  

   Philippine 
  Islands, 
  an 
  agave 
  suited 
  for 
  rich, 
  loamy 
  soils 
  containing 
  

   little 
  lime 
  and 
  for 
  a 
  climate 
  with 
  heavy 
  rainfall, 
  such 
  as 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  

   in 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  Porto 
  Rico; 
  No. 
  32692, 
  a 
  Mexican 
  species 
  of 
  avocado 
  

   (Persea 
  mexicana) 
  from 
  the 
  province 
  of 
  Vera 
  Cruz, 
  through 
  Consul 
  

   William 
  W. 
  Canada; 
  No. 
  32705, 
  another 
  of 
  the 
  hard-shelled 
  edible- 
  

   fruited 
  species 
  of 
  Strychnos 
  from 
  Inhamban, 
  Portuguese 
  East 
  Africa; 
  

   No. 
  32706, 
  Abies 
  numidica, 
  from 
  the 
  Department 
  of 
  Constantine, 
  

   Algeria, 
  a 
  spruce 
  which 
  grows 
  to 
  75 
  feet 
  in 
  height, 
  occurring 
  at 
  

   5,000 
  to 
  7,000 
  feet 
  altitude, 
  sent 
  us 
  by 
  the 
  veteran 
  French 
  botanist, 
  

   Dr. 
  L. 
  Trabut; 
  Nos. 
  32713 
  to 
  32725, 
  13 
  varieties 
  of 
  dates 
  from 
  

   Egypt; 
  Nos. 
  32845 
  to 
  32859, 
  15 
  varieties 
  of 
  dates 
  from 
  the 
  

   various 
  oases 
  of 
  the 
  Sahara, 
  selected 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Trabut; 
  No. 
  32730, 
  

   Nitraria 
  sclioberi, 
  a 
  remarkably 
  alkali-resistant 
  plant 
  from 
  Australia 
  

   which, 
  according 
  to 
  Dr. 
  J. 
  H. 
  Maiden, 
  bears 
  edible 
  cherrylike 
  fruits; 
  

   No. 
  32751, 
  a 
  new 
  variety 
  of 
  prune 
  from 
  Thun, 
  Bern, 
  Switzerland, 
  

   for 
  trial 
  in 
  the 
  Oregon 
  prune 
  area; 
  No. 
  32892, 
  a 
  fodder 
  sedge 
  (Carex 
  

   fhysodes), 
  collected 
  by 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  W. 
  Mackie 
  in 
  the 
  loose 
  sands 
  of 
  the 
  

   Peshy 
  Kara 
  Kum 
  Desert, 
  where 
  only 
  4 
  inches 
  of 
  rain 
  fall; 
  Nos. 
  32924 
  

   to 
  32929, 
  six 
  species 
  closely 
  related 
  to 
  the 
  cajuput 
  tree 
  of 
  Australia, 
  

   remarkable 
  because 
  of 
  its 
  ability 
  to 
  grow 
  rapidly 
  on 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  

   Florida 
  along 
  the 
  very 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  salt 
  water; 
  Nos. 
  33031 
  to 
  33047 
  

   and 
  33155 
  to 
  33160, 
  a 
  collection 
  of 
  Cotoneaster, 
  remarkable 
  door- 
  

   yard 
  shrubs, 
  with 
  attractive 
  red 
  berries 
  in 
  winter 
  and 
  dark-green 
  

   foliage 
  in 
  summer, 
  which 
  are 
  especially 
  suited 
  as 
  front 
  and 
  back 
  yard 
  

   shrubs 
  wherever 
  hardy; 
  No. 
  33093, 
  a 
  broad-leaved 
  evergreen 
  tree 
  

   from 
  Java, 
  Dammara 
  alba, 
  a 
  close 
  relative 
  of 
  the 
  kauri 
  pine 
  of 
  New 
  

   Zealand, 
  which 
  ought 
  to 
  be 
  peculiarly 
  suited 
  as 
  an 
  avenue 
  tree 
  in 
  

   Porto 
  Rico, 
  Hawaii, 
  and 
  possibly 
  in 
  Florida; 
  Nos. 
  33111 
  to 
  33118, 
  

   eight 
  varieties 
  of 
  edible 
  grapes 
  from 
  the 
  western 
  slopes 
  of 
  Mount 
  

   Lebanon; 
  No. 
  33166, 
  Juglans 
  pyriformis, 
  a 
  walnut 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  native 
  

   on 
  the 
  slopes 
  of 
  Mount 
  Orizaba, 
  in 
  southern 
  Mexico; 
  Nos. 
  33205 
  to 
  

   33234, 
  a 
  remarkable 
  collection 
  of 
  Spanish 
  fruit 
  and 
  ornamental 
  trees 
  

   from 
  the 
  nurseries 
  of 
  Pedro 
  Giraud, 
  of 
  Granada, 
  which 
  were 
  selected 
  

   by 
  Mr. 
  Swingle 
  during 
  his 
  recent 
  explorations 
  in 
  Spain 
  and 
  which 
  

   include 
  the 
  azarol 
  (No. 
  33205), 
  a 
  large-fruited 
  Crataegus 
  with 
  a 
  deli- 
  

  

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