﻿JANUARY 
  1 
  TO 
  MARCH 
  31, 
  1912* 
  58 
  

  

  32829 
  to 
  32836— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  32832. 
  Prunus 
  armeniaca 
  L. 
  Apricot. 
  

   "(No. 
  1000.) 
  A 
  native 
  central 
  Asian 
  variety, 
  called 
  Bjelaia 
  Zwezda, 
  meaning 
  

  

  white 
  star. 
  Originated 
  in 
  the 
  oasis 
  of 
  Samarkand. 
  Fruits 
  large, 
  of 
  pale-yellow 
  

   color, 
  very 
  aromatic." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  32833. 
  Prunus 
  armeniaca 
  L. 
  Apricot. 
  

   "(No. 
  1002.) 
  A 
  native 
  central 
  Asian 
  variety 
  of 
  apricot, 
  called 
  Bairam-Ali. 
  

  

  Said 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  excellent 
  qualities." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  32834. 
  Prunus 
  armeniaca 
  L. 
  Apricot. 
  

   "(No. 
  1001.)" 
  Cuttings 
  of 
  this 
  received 
  under 
  S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  32348. 
  See 
  

  

  this 
  number 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  32835. 
  Prunus 
  armeniaca 
  L. 
  Apricot. 
  

   "(No. 
  1003.)" 
  Cuttings 
  of 
  this 
  received 
  under 
  S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  32349. 
  See 
  this 
  

  

  number 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  32836. 
  Prunus 
  armeniaca 
  L. 
  Apricot. 
  

   " 
  (No. 
  1004.) 
  " 
  Cuttings 
  received 
  under 
  S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  32350. 
  See 
  this 
  number 
  

  

  for 
  description. 
  

  

  32837. 
  Languas 
  galanga 
  (L.) 
  Stuntz. 
  Galangale. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  Cebu. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  O. 
  W. 
  Barrett, 
  Chief, 
  Division 
  of 
  

   Experiment 
  Stations, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  Manila, 
  P. 
  I. 
  Received 
  Feb- 
  

   ruary 
  19, 
  1912. 
  

   "This 
  root 
  is 
  used 
  in 
  place 
  of 
  ginger, 
  or 
  perhaps 
  in 
  preference 
  thereto. 
  The 
  plant 
  is 
  

   known 
  in 
  the 
  Visayas 
  as 
  Langcauas 
  and 
  as 
  Lancoas 
  in 
  Pampanga, 
  Luzon; 
  it 
  is 
  only 
  

   semicultivated 
  anywhere. 
  It 
  is 
  used 
  both 
  raw 
  and 
  cooked 
  with 
  fish 
  and 
  meats." 
  

   (Barrett. 
  ) 
  

  

  32840 
  and 
  32841. 
  

  

  From 
  Mexico. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  C. 
  A. 
  Purpus, 
  Zacuapam, 
  Huatusco, 
  Vera 
  

   Cruz, 
  Mexico. 
  Received 
  February 
  19, 
  1912. 
  

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

  

  32840. 
  Pedilanthus 
  aphyllus 
  Boiss. 
  

   "Wax 
  plant 
  from 
  Tehuacan, 
  Puebla." 
  

  

  32841. 
  Pinus 
  greggii 
  Engelm. 
  Pine. 
  

   "From 
  Esperanza, 
  Puebla." 
  

  

  32842. 
  Perse 
  a 
  Americana 
  Miller. 
  Avocado. 
  

  

  From 
  Guatemala 
  City, 
  Guatemala. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Geo. 
  A. 
  Bucklin, 
  jr., 
  

   American 
  consul 
  general. 
  Received 
  February 
  20, 
  1912. 
  

   "Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  round 
  variety 
  from 
  Amatitlan." 
  

  

  32843 
  and 
  32844. 
  

  

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

   Division 
  of 
  Experiment 
  Stations, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  Received 
  February 
  

   20, 
  1912. 
  

   "Roots 
  of 
  the 
  following 
  plants 
  which 
  are 
  found 
  in 
  comparatively 
  moist 
  situations 
  

   and 
  in 
  half 
  shade; 
  should 
  prove 
  desirable 
  ornamentals." 
  (Barrett.) 
  

  

  32843. 
  (Undetermined.) 
  Aroid. 
  

  

  32844. 
  (Undetermined.) 
  

  

  "A 
  zinziberaceous 
  plant 
  that 
  reaches 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  10 
  to 
  15 
  feet." 
  (Barrett.) 
  

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