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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



INVENTORY No. Ill 



Washington, D.C. T Issued May 1934 



PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED BY THE DIVISION OF FOREIGN 

 PLANT INTRODUCTION, BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY, APRIL 1 

 TO JUNE 30, 1932 (Nos. 98257-100467) 



CONTENTS 



Page 



Introductory statement - 1 



Inventory - 3 



Index of common and scientific names— - 85 



INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT 



Inventory 111, including material received by the Division of Foreign Plant 

 Introduction from April 1 to June 30, 1932 (nos. 98257 to 100467, inclusive), 

 records conspicuously the collections of the Allison V. Armour expedition to the 

 West Indies from December 1931 to April 1932, in which a widely varied, range 

 of tropical plants was gathered. Particular attention was paid to mangoes, of 

 which 27 numbers were collected to be added to the permanent collection at 

 Coconut Grove, Fla., where the test collection is established at the United States 

 Plant Introduction Garden. A considerable number of palms were secured for 

 the collection at the same garden, and a large number of ornamentals, including 

 orchids, aroids, and bromeliads, as well as herbaceous perennials and flowering 

 trees and shrubs, a total of 431 numbers. 



The Erlanson-MacMillan expedition to Peru records in this inventory 328 

 introductions, of which 264 numbers were wild potatoes, the main object of the 

 expedition. A considerable collection of native corn (99244-99288) was included. 



In addition to the mangoes brought back by the Allison V. Armour expedition, 

 the collection at Coconut Grove is increased by the collections from Puerto Rico 

 (99760-99771, 99793-99801) and from Tahiti (99802-99804). 



Through the kindness of Maj. Lionel de Rothschild, London, England, in 

 sharing the material from the sixth Forrest expedition to southwestern China, 

 this inventory records seeds numbered 99823-100103, 100141-100226, and 

 100281-100364, valued particularly for lilies, meconopsis, nomocharis, and 

 primulas. 



China is also represented by the collections received from Joseph Rock (99059- 

 99070, 99676-99682), Albert Steward (99139-99242), and the botanical garden of 

 Dr. Sun Yat Sen's memorial park, Nanking (98364-98387) . 



Special contributions for the specialists of the Division of Forage Crops and 

 Diseases were received from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (98271- 

 98304, 98524-98536), from Wales (99115-99138), from New South Wales (99327- 

 99333), from Australia (99322-99325, 99467-99489, 100107-100113), and from 

 New Zealand (100231-100251), including both grasses and legumes. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics special collections for the use of 

 other Department specialists were received, including cotton (98782-98790), 

 peanuts (99302-99314), and sweetpotatoes (100253-100267). 



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