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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  33100. 
  Adansonia 
  digitata 
  L. 
  Baobab. 
  

  

  From 
  Cuba. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Robert 
  L. 
  Luaces, 
  Camaguey, 
  who 
  secured 
  them 
  

   from 
  Mr. 
  Luis 
  de 
  Megret, 
  editor, 
  El 
  Agricultor 
  Practico, 
  Guantanamo, 
  Oriente, 
  

   Cuba. 
  Received 
  March 
  13, 
  1912. 
  

  

  "The 
  tree 
  that 
  produces 
  this 
  fruit 
  is 
  native 
  to 
  Africa 
  and 
  was 
  introduced 
  into 
  Oriente 
  

   Province 
  by 
  the 
  French 
  immigrants 
  from 
  Haiti. 
  The 
  tree, 
  from 
  its 
  gigantic 
  corpu- 
  

   lence, 
  leaf, 
  and 
  branch 
  formation, 
  looks 
  very 
  much 
  like 
  the 
  Ceiba. 
  The 
  fruit 
  is 
  long, 
  

   gourd 
  shaped, 
  of 
  very 
  hard 
  skin, 
  containing, 
  enveloped 
  in 
  a 
  white 
  pasty 
  or 
  starchy 
  

   stuff, 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  small 
  seeds. 
  This 
  starchy 
  substance 
  when 
  water 
  is 
  applied 
  

   to 
  it 
  is 
  somewhat 
  like 
  arrowroot, 
  its 
  taste 
  is 
  subacid, 
  and 
  makes 
  a 
  good 
  refreshing 
  soft 
  

   drink 
  with 
  sugar 
  and 
  water. 
  

  

  "It 
  receives 
  its 
  name, 
  'monkey-bread', 
  from 
  the 
  similarity 
  of 
  its 
  seeds 
  to 
  the 
  face 
  of 
  

   a 
  monkey. 
  

  

  ' 
  ' 
  It 
  can 
  be 
  propagated 
  from 
  seed 
  or 
  from 
  cuttings. 
  This 
  last 
  method 
  is 
  the 
  best, 
  giv- 
  

   ing 
  quickest 
  results, 
  for 
  it 
  takes 
  some 
  10 
  years 
  to 
  grow 
  it 
  from 
  seed. 
  The 
  fruit 
  is 
  hard 
  

   and 
  will 
  keep 
  for 
  a 
  long 
  time. 
  " 
  (Megret.) 
  

  

  Seeds. 
  

  

  33101. 
  (Undetermined.) 
  

  

  From 
  Kiayingchow, 
  China. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  George 
  Campbell. 
  Received 
  

   February 
  21, 
  1912. 
  

  

  "This 
  is 
  a 
  rather 
  handsome 
  tree, 
  25 
  or 
  30 
  feet 
  high: 
  the 
  curious 
  fruits 
  have 
  a 
  pleasant 
  

   nutty 
  flavor 
  and 
  are 
  ripe 
  about 
  the 
  last 
  of 
  November. 
  

  

  "I 
  saw 
  in 
  a 
  wayside 
  inn 
  up 
  near 
  the 
  Fukien 
  border 
  three 
  great 
  planks 
  of 
  the 
  wood 
  

   of 
  this 
  Pit-kiu 
  or 
  Kit-hiu 
  tree. 
  They 
  were 
  16 
  to 
  18 
  feet 
  long 
  and 
  18 
  inches 
  wide 
  and 
  

   about 
  3 
  inches 
  thick. 
  The 
  owner 
  told 
  me 
  he 
  got 
  five 
  such 
  planks 
  out 
  of 
  one 
  tree 
  and 
  

   sold 
  two 
  of 
  them 
  for 
  $10 
  apiece. 
  They 
  are 
  in 
  demand 
  for 
  store 
  counters, 
  as 
  they 
  take 
  

   a 
  good 
  polish 
  and 
  are 
  very 
  hard 
  and 
  dense 
  in 
  texture. 
  But 
  the 
  fruit 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  inter- 
  

   esting 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  tree. 
  The 
  fruit 
  looks 
  like 
  the 
  meat 
  of 
  hickory 
  nuts, 
  all 
  crinkly, 
  and 
  

   is 
  similar 
  in 
  taste. 
  It 
  is 
  thin 
  skinned 
  and 
  the 
  texture 
  is 
  also 
  somewhat 
  like 
  the 
  hick- 
  

   ory 
  nut. 
  The 
  whole 
  fruit 
  is 
  eaten, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  sort 
  of 
  string 
  that 
  comes 
  from 
  the 
  

   fruit 
  which 
  you 
  strip 
  off 
  as 
  you 
  eat. 
  The 
  seeds 
  are 
  little 
  and 
  black 
  in 
  color 
  and 
  are 
  

   by 
  themselves 
  on 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  fruit. 
  They 
  resemble 
  a 
  bedbug 
  in 
  appearance. 
  This 
  

   fruit 
  is 
  not 
  of 
  commercial 
  value. 
  The 
  fruit 
  is 
  sold 
  in 
  China, 
  however." 
  (Campbell.) 
  

  

  33102 
  and 
  33103. 
  

  

  From 
  Nice, 
  Alpes-Maritimes, 
  France. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  A. 
  Robertson 
  Pros- 
  

   chowsky, 
  Jardin 
  d'Acclimatation 
  Les 
  Tropiques, 
  Chemin 
  des 
  Grottes 
  Sainte- 
  

   Helene. 
  Received 
  March 
  11, 
  1912. 
  

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

  

  33102. 
  BOCCONIA 
  FRUTESCENS 
  L. 
  

  

  "These 
  seeds 
  are 
  so 
  oily 
  that 
  if 
  they 
  were 
  produced 
  in 
  large 
  enough 
  quantity 
  

   perhaps 
  some 
  use 
  could 
  be 
  made 
  of 
  them. 
  The 
  plant 
  is 
  very 
  beautiful 
  and 
  forms 
  

   a 
  large 
  evergreen 
  shrub 
  of 
  striking 
  foliage. 
  " 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Tropical 
  America, 
  extending 
  northward 
  to 
  the 
  valley 
  of 
  the 
  

   Cordova 
  in 
  Mexico; 
  also 
  in 
  the 
  West 
  Indies. 
  

  

  33103. 
  Grewia 
  sp. 
  

  

  "There 
  is 
  only 
  a 
  very 
  little 
  flesh 
  on 
  these 
  fruits, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  sweet 
  and 
  agreeable. 
  

   As 
  a 
  beautiful 
  flowering 
  and 
  very 
  drought-resistant 
  shrub 
  it 
  already 
  has 
  some 
  

   value. 
  

  

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