﻿JANUARY 
  1 
  TO 
  MARCH 
  31, 
  1912. 
  25 
  

  

  32461 
  to 
  32462— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  32462. 
  Eucalyptus 
  umbra 
  R. 
  T. 
  Baker. 
  Bastard 
  white-mahogany. 
  

  

  "A 
  tall, 
  foliaceous 
  tree, 
  attaining 
  sometimes 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  100 
  feet, 
  with 
  a 
  dark- 
  

   colored, 
  stringy 
  bark. 
  Timber 
  pale-colored, 
  darker 
  than 
  'White-mahogany,' 
  

   E. 
  acmenoides 
  Schau. 
  It 
  is 
  subject 
  to 
  the 
  attacks 
  of 
  a 
  borer, 
  which, 
  of 
  course, 
  

   deteriorates 
  its 
  quality 
  as 
  a 
  marketable 
  timber. 
  It 
  is 
  hard, 
  close-grained, 
  but 
  

   is 
  rather 
  an 
  inferior 
  timber 
  to 
  ■ 
  White-mahogany, 
  ' 
  a 
  fact 
  well 
  known 
  to 
  timber- 
  

   getters." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  -A 
  tree 
  sometimes 
  100 
  feet 
  tall, 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  northern 
  part 
  of 
  

   New 
  South 
  Wales, 
  Australia. 
  

  

  32463. 
  Annona 
  squamosa 
  L. 
  Sweetsop. 
  

  

  From 
  Papua. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  A. 
  Hamilton, 
  Port 
  Moresby. 
  Received 
  

   January 
  20, 
  1912. 
  

   "The 
  fruits 
  of 
  this 
  variety 
  are 
  small, 
  but 
  flavor 
  delicious; 
  by 
  cultivation 
  it 
  might 
  

   be 
  improved." 
  (Hamilton.) 
  

   Seeds. 
  

  

  32464. 
  Diospyros 
  senegalensis 
  Perrott. 
  

  

  From 
  Pretoria, 
  Union 
  of 
  South 
  Africa. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  L. 
  Legat, 
  Chief 
  

   Conservator 
  of 
  Forests, 
  Forest 
  Department. 
  Received 
  January 
  22, 
  1912. 
  

   "A 
  shrub 
  or 
  tree 
  from 
  6 
  to 
  40 
  feet 
  high 
  or 
  more. 
  Wood 
  much 
  thought 
  of 
  by 
  the 
  

   natives, 
  white, 
  compact, 
  or 
  black 
  in 
  the 
  center 
  like 
  ebony, 
  and 
  useful 
  for 
  many 
  pur- 
  

   poses. 
  Fruit 
  § 
  to 
  1 
  inch 
  in 
  diameter, 
  edible. 
  Range 
  from 
  Abyssinia 
  and 
  Mozambique 
  

   on 
  the 
  east 
  to 
  Angola, 
  the 
  Kongo, 
  and 
  the 
  Gold 
  Coast 
  on 
  the 
  west. 
  Apparently 
  very 
  

   widely 
  scattered, 
  known 
  as 
  monkey 
  guava 
  in 
  the 
  west, 
  and 
  as 
  aje 
  in 
  Abyssinia." 
  

   (Hiern, 
  Ebenaceae, 
  pp. 
  165-166.) 
  

  

  32470 
  to 
  32477. 
  

  

  From 
  Chios, 
  Greece. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  N. 
  J. 
  Pantelides. 
  Received 
  January 
  

   26 
  and 
  27, 
  1912. 
  

   Cuttings 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  quoted 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Pantelides: 
  

  

  32470 
  to 
  32474. 
  Ficus 
  carica 
  L. 
  Fig. 
  

  

  32470. 
  " 
  Lombard. 
  Black 
  with 
  reddish 
  interior." 
  

  

  32471. 
  " 
  Vassilica 
  (Royal). 
  Black." 
  

  

  32472. 
  " 
  Ysterounelea. 
  This 
  species 
  bears 
  fruit 
  twice 
  a 
  year. 
  They 
  

   are 
  very 
  small 
  but 
  very 
  sweet." 
  

  

  32473. 
  " 
  Ambourcouna. 
  Black. 
  Fruits 
  twice 
  a 
  year." 
  

  

  32474. 
  " 
  Metilinia. 
  White. 
  These 
  succeed 
  also 
  among 
  oranges." 
  

   32475 
  to 
  32477. 
  Vitis 
  vinifera 
  L. 
  Grape. 
  

  

  32475. 
  "Apatsiana. 
  Black. 
  Table 
  variety." 
  

  

  32476. 
  u 
  Crasser 
  a. 
  Black 
  wine 
  grapes 
  noted 
  for 
  their 
  great 
  production." 
  

  

  32477. 
  " 
  Areoussia. 
  Rose-colored 
  wine 
  and 
  table 
  grapes. 
  From 
  these 
  

   grapes 
  was 
  made 
  the 
  ancient 
  wine 
  of 
  Chios. 
  This 
  vine 
  is 
  long 
  lived, 
  

   and 
  succeeds 
  as 
  a 
  climber; 
  it 
  may 
  cover 
  thus 
  a 
  pavilion 
  of 
  100 
  square 
  

   meters 
  [120 
  square 
  yards], 
  and 
  may 
  yield 
  up 
  to 
  a 
  ton 
  of 
  fruits." 
  

  

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