﻿INVENTORY. 1 



46303. Papaver somniferum L. Papaveracea?. Poppy. 



From Calcutta, India. Purchased from Mr. James A. Smith, American 

 consul general. Received July 1, 1918. 

 " Seed of last season's crop from the economic botanist to the Government of 

 India at Cawnpore. It is the best seed he could procure at this season of the 

 year and is viable, but it is not pure and contains a mixture of United Prov- 

 inces poppies." (Smith.) 



Introduced for the experiments of the Office of Drug-Plant and Poisonous- 

 Plant Investigations and not for general distribution. 



46304 and 46305. 



From Concepcion, Paraguay. Presented by Mr. Thomas R. Gwynn. Re- 

 ceived July 1, 1918. Quoted notes by Mr. Gwynn. 



46304. Phaseolus lunatus L. Fabacese. Lima bean. 

 " The Linconia butter bean is the very finest that I have ever come 



across. It yields in full blast for at least eight months and with a good 

 season will give, in a climate like this, a year or more in superabundance 

 continually, day after day. The plant is extraordinarily hardy and 

 thrifty, as neither the extreme drought nor the hard frosts of last year 

 put it out of business. When I pulled the plants on September 1 they 

 were still bearing (not a great deal). I planted this year on September 

 15, and as we had a splendid year the plants are extra fine and are 

 loaded with fruit of all sizes and flowers to the very tip ends. I have 

 them planted along a wire fence with poles 12 feet high stuck in about 

 1 yard apart." 



46305. Pisum sativum L. Fabacese. Garden pea. 



" Peas that are ready for the table inside of two months and are still 

 bearing and in flower — now something over six weeks." 



1 All introductions consist of seeds unless otherwise noted. 



It should be understood that the varietal names of fruits, vegetables, cereals, and other 

 plants used in these inventories are those which the material bore when received by this 

 office, and, further, that the printing of such names here does not constitute their official 

 publication and adoption in this country. As the different varieties are studied, their 

 identity fully established, their entrance into the American trade forecast, and the use of 

 varietal names for them in American literature becomes necessary, the foreign varietal 

 designations appearing in these inventories will in many cases undoubtedly be changed 

 by the specialists interested in the various groups of plants, and the forms of the names 

 will be brought into harmony with recognized American codes of nomenclature. 



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