UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



INVENTORY No. 113 



Washington, D. C. 



Issued September 1934 





PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED BY THE DIVISION OF FOREIGN PLANT 

 INTRODUCTION, BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY, OCTOBER 1 TO 

 DECEMBER 31, 1932 (Nos. 101158-101584) 



CONTENTS 



Page 



Introductory statement t 1 



Inventory 3 



Index of common and scientific names , 22 



INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT 



Inventory no. 113 records the material received by the Division of Foreign 

 Plant Introduction between October 1 and December 31, 1932, a total of 427 

 numbers (101158-101584), part of which represents material for the use of the 

 Division and part for other divisions and agencies. 



Although possibly not obvious to the uninformed reader, the great number of 

 entries of material from Robert M. Grev, superintendent of the Atkins Institution 

 of the Arnold Arboretum at Soledad, Cienfuegos, Cuba (101159-101162, 101212- 

 101215, 101243-101252, 101257, 101260-101265, 101292-101295, 101435-101437, 

 101462-101464), represent the growing interrelation of that garden and the 

 Department's garden at Coconut Grove, Fla., from which considerable collections 

 of seeds and plants have gone to the garden at Soledad. By this interchange of 

 material each garden is able to increase its collection and study new plants under 

 different climatic conditions — a relation that is cordially appreciated. 



Less conspicuous but as important are the contributions, from several sources, 

 of seeds and bulbs of various species of Allium, eventually intended for the use 

 of cooperating specialists in California, also of oats and cottons for Department 

 specialists. 



The studies of bamboo are assisted by the accession of 5 numbers, 3 from a 

 French nursery and 2 from an old planting in Florida, all species or forms that 

 contribute to the studies of the difficult variations of this group. 



Through the courtesy of Dr. H. Humbert, Museum National d'Histoire 

 Naturelle, Paris, France, our succulent collection is increased by a collection of 

 species of Bryophyllum, Kalanchoe, and Kitchingia native to Madagascar 

 (101356-101374), for comparative study with previous introductions. From 

 France also, through Prof. D. Bois, of the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 

 Paris, was received a large collection of cuttings of Ficus species (101309-101343), 

 intended for the work with that genus now under way at Coconut Grove, Fla. 

 Unfortunately, this admirable collection was largely lost, as most of the cuttings 

 did not root. 



In a miscellaneous collection of seeds sent by the courtesy of B. V. Skvortzow, 

 Harbin, Manchuria (101395-101406) are several interesting herbs, not spectacular 

 but of garden value. The Agastache rugosa is a nepetalike plant with a long period 

 of summer blooming; another, Scutellaria baicalensis, has much more showy 

 blue-purple flowers than any. of its relatives grown here. 



Although there are other collections of plants from that area, the two collections 

 from Edwin Ashby, Wittunga, Blackwood, South Australia (101195-101204, 

 101346-101354) contain seeds of i. any interesting species and varieties of 



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