﻿JANUARY 
  1 
  TO 
  MARCH 
  31, 
  1912. 
  39 
  

  

  32691 
  to 
  32694. 
  Persea 
  spp. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  Pueblo, 
  Mexico. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  William 
  W. 
  Canada, 
  

   American 
  consul, 
  Vera 
  Cruz. 
  Received 
  February 
  3, 
  1912. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following 
  : 
  

  

  32691. 
  Persea 
  Americana 
  Miller. 
  Avocado. 
  

  

  32692. 
  Persea 
  mexicana 
  (Meissn.) 
  Hemsl. 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  province 
  of 
  Vera 
  Cruz 
  in 
  southern 
  Mexico. 
  

  

  32693. 
  Persea 
  sp. 
  

  

  32694. 
  Persea 
  lingue 
  (Ruiz 
  and 
  Pav.) 
  Neea. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  24208 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  32695. 
  Phaseolus 
  vulgaris 
  L. 
  Bean. 
  

  

  From 
  Paraguay. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Moises 
  S. 
  Bertoni, 
  Estacion 
  Agronomica. 
  

   Puerto 
  Bertoni. 
  Received 
  February 
  3, 
  1912. 
  

  

  32696. 
  Anacardium 
  occidentale 
  L. 
  Cashew. 
  

  

  From 
  State 
  of 
  Rio 
  de 
  Janeiro, 
  Brazil. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  R. 
  E. 
  Demaret, 
  Sao 
  

   Paulo. 
  Forwarded 
  by 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  A. 
  Lull, 
  Tiffin, 
  Ohio. 
  Received 
  February 
  1, 
  

   1912. 
  

  

  See 
  No. 
  5202 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  Seeds. 
  

  

  32697 
  to 
  32702. 
  

  

  From 
  Chelsea, 
  London, 
  England. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  James 
  Veitch 
  & 
  Sons 
  (Ltd.). 
  

   Received 
  February 
  5, 
  1912. 
  

   Plants 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  quoted 
  notes 
  by 
  James 
  Veitch 
  & 
  Sons: 
  

  

  32697. 
  Rosa 
  willmottiae 
  Hemsl. 
  Rose. 
  

   "A 
  very 
  pretty 
  species 
  with 
  single, 
  rosy 
  carmine 
  flowers, 
  1 
  inch 
  to 
  1$ 
  inches 
  

  

  in 
  diameter, 
  which 
  are 
  freely 
  produced 
  during 
  June. 
  Very 
  distinct 
  from 
  any 
  

   other 
  rose 
  in 
  cultivation." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  On 
  the 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  Sangpan 
  Mountains 
  near 
  the 
  Tibetan 
  

   frontier 
  of 
  western 
  China, 
  at 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  9,500 
  to 
  11,000 
  feet. 
  

  

  32698. 
  Berberis 
  polyantha 
  Hemsl. 
  Barberry. 
  

   "A 
  deciduous 
  shrub, 
  5 
  to 
  6 
  feet 
  high, 
  with 
  yellow 
  flowers, 
  followed 
  by 
  coral- 
  

   red 
  fruits. 
  Bright-green 
  obovate 
  leaves 
  borne 
  in 
  clusters 
  of 
  about 
  eight 
  each." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Collected 
  in 
  western 
  China. 
  

  

  32699. 
  Berberis 
  verruculosa 
  Hemsl. 
  and 
  Wilson. 
  Barberry. 
  

   "A 
  dense-growing 
  evergreen 
  shrub 
  about 
  2 
  feet 
  high. 
  Leaves 
  leathery, 
  

  

  ovate, 
  spiny, 
  shining 
  above, 
  glaucous 
  beneath. 
  Flowers 
  yellow, 
  borne 
  in 
  pairs, 
  

   succeeded 
  by 
  violet-purple 
  fruits." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  An 
  evergreen 
  shrub 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  mountains 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  

   of 
  Tatienlu, 
  in 
  the 
  Province 
  of 
  Szechwan, 
  in 
  China. 
  

  

  32700. 
  Berberis 
  japonica 
  bealei 
  (Fortune) 
  Skeels. 
  Barberry. 
  

   "Not 
  far 
  from 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Tun 
  Chee 
  in 
  the 
  green- 
  tea 
  country 
  of 
  Hankow, 
  

  

  China. 
  A 
  handsome 
  evergreen 
  species 
  somewhat 
  resembling 
  Berberis 
  fre- 
  

   montii 
  of 
  northern 
  Texas." 
  (Dr. 
  W. 
  Van 
  Fleet.) 
  

   See 
  No. 
  31244 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

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