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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  32478 
  and 
  32479. 
  Annona 
  cherimola 
  Miller. 
  Cherimoya. 
  

  

  From 
  Costa 
  Rica. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Carlos 
  Werckle, 
  San 
  Jose. 
  Received 
  

   January 
  25, 
  1912. 
  

   "Seed 
  from 
  two 
  anonas 
  from 
  Judge 
  Castro 
  Carillo. 
  He 
  says 
  they 
  are 
  very 
  good 
  and 
  

   of 
  extraordinary 
  size." 
  (Werckle.) 
  

  

  32480. 
  Agave 
  cantala 
  (Haw.) 
  Roxb. 
  Manila 
  maguey. 
  

  

  From 
  Manila, 
  Philippine 
  Islands. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  O. 
  W. 
  Barrett, 
  Chief, 
  

   Division 
  of 
  Experiment 
  Stations, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Lyster 
  H. 
  

   Dewey, 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Plant 
  Industry. 
  Received 
  January 
  29, 
  1912. 
  

   "Manila 
  maguey 
  is 
  cultivated 
  in 
  the 
  Philippines 
  and 
  to 
  a 
  limited 
  extent 
  in 
  India, 
  

   where 
  it 
  produces 
  the 
  fiber 
  known 
  as 
  Bombay 
  aloe. 
  It 
  is 
  cultivated 
  on 
  a 
  large 
  scale 
  in 
  

   Java, 
  producing 
  a 
  very 
  excellent 
  quality 
  of 
  fiber 
  which 
  has 
  heretofore 
  been 
  placed 
  on 
  

   the 
  market 
  under 
  the 
  misleading 
  name 
  "Java 
  sisal." 
  The 
  Javanese 
  growers 
  now 
  pro- 
  

   pose 
  that 
  this 
  fiber 
  shall 
  be 
  called 
  "cantala." 
  It 
  grows 
  well 
  in 
  Java 
  on 
  rich, 
  loamy 
  

   soils, 
  where 
  the 
  heavy 
  rainfall 
  and 
  lack 
  of 
  lime 
  make 
  it 
  impossible 
  to 
  cultivate 
  sisal 
  

   or 
  henequen 
  to 
  good 
  advantage. 
  This 
  plant 
  would 
  probably 
  grow 
  well 
  in 
  the 
  eastern 
  

   part 
  of 
  Porto 
  Rico." 
  (Dewey.) 
  

  

  32481 
  and 
  32482. 
  

  

  From 
  Honolulu, 
  Hawaii. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  E. 
  Higgins, 
  horticulturist, 
  

   Hawaii 
  Agricultural 
  Experiment 
  Station. 
  Received 
  January 
  29, 
  1912. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  32481. 
  Citrus 
  limetta 
  Risso. 
  Lime. 
  

   Kusaie. 
  Cuttings 
  of 
  this 
  variety 
  received 
  under 
  S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  32460. 
  

  

  32482. 
  Carissa 
  grandiflora 
  (E. 
  Mey.) 
  DC. 
  Amatungulu. 
  

  

  32484 
  and 
  32485. 
  Hordeum 
  spp. 
  Barley. 
  

  

  From 
  Hwaiyuan, 
  Anhwei, 
  China. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Samuel 
  Cochran, 
  Hope 
  

   Hospital. 
  Received 
  January 
  29, 
  1912. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  quoted 
  notes 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Cochran: 
  

  

  32484. 
  "This 
  is 
  called 
  Nu 
  er 
  ta 
  meh, 
  which 
  means 
  'daughter 
  barley. 
  '" 
  

  

  32485. 
  "Barley 
  with 
  long 
  awns 
  called 
  Mi 
  ta 
  meh 
  or 
  'rice 
  barley. 
  '" 
  

  

  32486. 
  Rubus 
  sp. 
  Raspberry. 
  

  

  From 
  Newara 
  Eliya, 
  Ceylon. 
  Collected 
  by 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  V. 
  Piper, 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  

   Plant 
  Industry. 
  Received 
  January 
  29, 
  1912. 
  

   "(No. 
  85, 
  August 
  27, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  spiny-stemmed 
  red 
  raspberry. 
  Fruit 
  small, 
  smooth, 
  

   in 
  clusters. 
  Flowers 
  white. 
  Stems 
  ascending 
  4 
  to 
  10 
  feet. 
  " 
  (Piper.) 
  

  

  32487. 
  Phaseolus 
  trilobatus 
  (L.) 
  Schreber. 
  

  

  From 
  Coimbatore, 
  India. 
  Collected 
  by 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  V. 
  Piper, 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Plant 
  

   Industry. 
  Received 
  January 
  29, 
  1912. 
  

   "(October 
  26, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  trailing 
  legume, 
  abundant 
  on 
  low 
  ground." 
  (Piper.) 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  From 
  the 
  Himalayas, 
  where 
  it 
  ascends 
  to 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  7,000 
  feet, 
  

   to 
  Ceylon 
  and 
  Burma; 
  also 
  in 
  the 
  Malay 
  Archipelago 
  and 
  in 
  Nubia 
  and 
  Abyssinia. 
  

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