﻿58 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPOETED. 
  

  

  32894 
  to 
  32900— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  32896. 
  Gorm-Gazaly 
  (antelope's 
  abode). 
  

  

  32897. 
  Kaiby. 
  

  

  32898. 
  Saidy 
  (from 
  Said, 
  rural). 
  

  

  32899. 
  Wedi 
  (valley 
  or 
  creek). 
  

  

  32900. 
  Wishk-Gobeil 
  (mountain 
  slope). 
  

  

  32901. 
  Diospyros 
  kaki 
  L. 
  f. 
  Persimmon. 
  

  

  From 
  Algiers, 
  Algeria. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  L. 
  Trabut. 
  Received 
  March 
  2, 
  1912. 
  

   "Boufarik. 
  A 
  new 
  variety. 
  Fruit 
  green, 
  large, 
  round, 
  flattened, 
  very 
  good." 
  

   (Trabut.) 
  

  

  32902. 
  Nephelium 
  lappacetjm 
  L. 
  Rambutan. 
  

  

  From 
  Buitenzorg, 
  Java. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  G. 
  Gobius, 
  Secretary 
  to 
  the 
  

   Department 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  Received 
  March 
  1, 
  1912. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  25165 
  for 
  general 
  description 
  of 
  this 
  fruit. 
  

  

  32906 
  to 
  32909. 
  Glycine 
  hispida 
  (Moench) 
  Maxim. 
  Soy 
  bean. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  list 
  represents 
  some 
  promising 
  varieties 
  of 
  soy 
  beans 
  grown 
  in 
  

   quantity 
  at 
  the 
  Arlington 
  Experimental 
  Farm, 
  Virginia, 
  in 
  1911. 
  Numbered 
  

   March 
  4, 
  1912, 
  for 
  convenience 
  in 
  recording 
  distribution. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  quoted 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  J. 
  Morse: 
  

  

  32906. 
  " 
  Virginia. 
  Grown 
  under 
  No. 
  19186D. 
  A 
  pure 
  field 
  selection 
  at 
  

   Arlington 
  farm 
  in 
  1907 
  out 
  of 
  S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  19186, 
  from 
  Newchwang, 
  Manchuria, 
  

   1906. 
  A 
  medium-late 
  brown-seeded 
  variety 
  of 
  considerable 
  promise." 
  

  

  32907. 
  " 
  Peking. 
  Grown 
  under 
  No. 
  17852B. 
  A 
  pure 
  field 
  selection 
  at 
  

   Arlington 
  Experimental 
  Farm 
  in 
  1907 
  out 
  of 
  S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  17852, 
  Meyer, 
  from 
  

   Peking, 
  China. 
  A 
  medium-late 
  variety 
  with 
  small 
  black 
  seeds. 
  Very 
  

   prolific 
  and 
  especially 
  promising 
  as 
  a 
  hay 
  variety." 
  

  

  32908. 
  " 
  Chestnut. 
  Grown 
  under 
  No. 
  20405B. 
  A 
  field 
  mass 
  selection 
  at 
  

   Arlington 
  Experimental 
  Farm 
  in 
  1907 
  out 
  of 
  S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  20405, 
  Habaro, 
  

   from 
  Khabarovsk, 
  Siberia, 
  1906. 
  A 
  medium-early 
  brown-seeded 
  variety 
  of 
  

   promise 
  in 
  the 
  more 
  northern 
  States." 
  

  

  32909. 
  " 
  Auburn. 
  Grown 
  under 
  No. 
  21079A. 
  A 
  field 
  mass 
  selection 
  at 
  

   Arlington 
  Experimental 
  Farm 
  in 
  1907 
  out 
  of 
  S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  21079, 
  Shingto, 
  

   from 
  Tieling, 
  Manchuria, 
  1907. 
  A 
  black-seeded 
  variety 
  in 
  Pennsylvania 
  

   and 
  New 
  York." 
  

  

  32910. 
  Phytelephas 
  aequitorialis 
  Spruce. 
  Ivory-nut 
  palm. 
  

  

  From 
  Guayaquil, 
  Ecuador. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Herman 
  R. 
  Dietrich, 
  American 
  

   consul 
  general. 
  Received 
  March 
  1, 
  1912. 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  An 
  erect 
  palm, 
  sometimes 
  20 
  feet 
  high, 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  plains 
  in 
  the 
  

   vicinity 
  of 
  Guayaquil 
  and 
  extending 
  up 
  the 
  valleys 
  in 
  the 
  Andes 
  to 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  

   5,000 
  feet, 
  especially 
  toward 
  Mount 
  Chimborazo, 
  in 
  Ecuador. 
  

  

  32911 
  to 
  32913. 
  

  

  From 
  Lawang, 
  Java. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  M. 
  Buysman. 
  Received 
  February 
  

  

  26, 
  1912. 
  

   282 
  

  

  