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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  "Mr. 
  Miller's 
  brother-in-law 
  informed 
  him 
  that 
  he 
  found 
  the 
  young 
  tree 
  growing 
  

   along 
  the 
  bank 
  of 
  a 
  stream 
  in 
  the 
  interior 
  of 
  Peru 
  at 
  a 
  considerable 
  elevation. 
  He 
  

   stated 
  that 
  the 
  trees 
  grown 
  there 
  grew 
  to 
  large 
  size 
  and 
  produced 
  fruit 
  that 
  sometimes 
  

   weighed 
  as 
  much 
  as 
  14 
  pounds. 
  He 
  also 
  stated 
  that 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  the 
  fruit 
  ripened 
  in 
  

   that 
  part 
  of 
  Peru 
  it 
  formed 
  the 
  principal 
  article 
  of 
  diet 
  of 
  the 
  native 
  Indians. 
  

  

  "I 
  have 
  seen 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  cherimoya 
  of 
  Mexico 
  growing 
  here, 
  but 
  the 
  fruit 
  is 
  

   not 
  so 
  large 
  as 
  this 
  Peruvian 
  fruit, 
  nor 
  does 
  the 
  tree 
  attain 
  such 
  great 
  size. 
  The 
  foliage 
  

   is 
  also 
  smaller. 
  

  

  "In 
  handling 
  my 
  tree 
  I 
  have 
  found 
  that 
  it 
  should 
  be 
  vigorously 
  pruned 
  early 
  in 
  the 
  

   spring. 
  It 
  gives 
  best 
  fruiting 
  results 
  with 
  that 
  treatment. 
  

  

  "These 
  seeds 
  are 
  from 
  the 
  finest 
  fruit 
  borne 
  by 
  the 
  tree 
  last 
  year; 
  it 
  weighed 
  2 
  

   pounds 
  6 
  ounces, 
  was 
  perfect 
  in 
  shape, 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  thin 
  skin; 
  meat 
  white 
  and 
  of 
  very 
  

   fine 
  texture. 
  It 
  was, 
  in 
  fact, 
  the 
  finest 
  specimen 
  I 
  have 
  ever 
  obtained 
  from 
  this 
  tree. 
  

  

  "This 
  particular 
  tree 
  is 
  the 
  finest 
  cherimoya 
  in 
  all 
  southern 
  California, 
  and 
  the 
  

   finest 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  anywhere. 
  The 
  fruit 
  is 
  also 
  much, 
  superior 
  to 
  that 
  which 
  is 
  now 
  

   being 
  offered 
  in 
  the 
  market 
  here. 
  " 
  (O'Brien.) 
  

  

  33185. 
  Acacia 
  scorpioides 
  (L.) 
  W. 
  F. 
  Wight. 
  

  

  From 
  Algeria. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  L. 
  Trabut, 
  Algiers. 
  Received 
  March 
  21, 
  1912. 
  

   "A 
  variety 
  cultivated 
  at 
  Biskra. 
  " 
  (Trabut.) 
  

  

  33186 
  to 
  33188. 
  

  

  From 
  Italy. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Willy 
  Mtiller, 
  Nocera 
  Inferiore, 
  Italy. 
  Received 
  

   March 
  21, 
  1912. 
  

  

  Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  33186. 
  Akebia 
  lobata 
  Decaisne. 
  

  

  See 
  Nos. 
  24744, 
  26424 
  and 
  30855 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  33187. 
  Cucumis 
  melo 
  L. 
  Muskmelon. 
  

   From 
  Castellammare. 
  

  

  33188. 
  Cucumis 
  melo 
  L. 
  Muskmelon. 
  

   From 
  Nocera. 
  

  

  33189. 
  Juglans 
  regia 
  L. 
  Walnut. 
  

  

  From 
  Sorrento, 
  Italy. 
  , 
  Procured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  B. 
  Fiske, 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Ento- 
  

   mology, 
  United 
  States 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  stationed 
  at 
  the 
  Gypsy- 
  

   Moth 
  and 
  Alfalfa- 
  Weevil 
  Laboratory 
  at 
  the 
  R. 
  Scuola 
  Superiore 
  D'Agricoltura, 
  

   Portici, 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Pasquale 
  D. 
  Luca, 
  head 
  gardener, 
  at 
  the 
  request 
  of 
  Mr. 
  

   William 
  W. 
  Handley, 
  American 
  consul, 
  Naples, 
  Italy. 
  Received 
  March 
  22, 
  

   1912. 
  

   "Sorrentina. 
  The 
  trees 
  from 
  which 
  these 
  cuttings 
  were 
  taken 
  were 
  grown 
  by 
  me 
  

   in 
  ground 
  at 
  Meta 
  di 
  Sorrento 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  estate 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Corrado 
  Buggiero. 
  The 
  

   shoots 
  were 
  all 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  variety 
  and 
  were 
  taken 
  from 
  two 
  trees. 
  The 
  Sorrentina 
  

   is 
  a 
  large 
  and 
  majestic 
  tree 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  crown 
  and 
  great 
  branches 
  while 
  still 
  young, 
  

   and 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  clear 
  gray 
  bark 
  which 
  with 
  age 
  becomes 
  split. 
  The 
  leaves 
  are 
  

   quite 
  large, 
  alternately 
  pennate 
  with 
  5 
  to 
  9 
  leaflets, 
  and 
  when 
  fresh 
  they 
  have 
  a 
  peculiar 
  

   odor. 
  The 
  fruit 
  is 
  an 
  oblong 
  drupe 
  and 
  terminates 
  in 
  a 
  rather 
  long 
  point. 
  The 
  

   pericarp 
  is 
  rather 
  thin 
  and 
  the 
  endocarp 
  is 
  very 
  fleshy. 
  " 
  (Pasquale 
  D. 
  Luca.) 
  

  

  33190. 
  Phoenix 
  dactylifera 
  L. 
  Date. 
  

  

  From 
  Panjgur, 
  India. 
  Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Stuart 
  K. 
  Lupton, 
  American 
  consul, 
  

  

  Karachi, 
  India. 
  Received 
  March 
  23, 
  1912. 
  

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