UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



INVENTORY No. 115 



Washington, D. C. ▼ Issued July 1935 



PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED BY THE DIVISION OF PLANT EX- 

 PLORATION AND INTRODUCTION, BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY, 

 APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1933 (Nos. 102378-103406) 



CONTENTS 



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Introductory statement ; __-_ 1 



Inventoiy :_ 3 



Index of common and scientific names __ 47 



INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT 



In this Inventory, no. 115, is recorded the plant material introduced 

 by the Division of Plant Exploration and Introduction between April 

 1 and June 30, 1933, totaling 1,129 numbers (102378-103406). 



The introduction of plants and scions of more than one hundred 

 named varieties of apples, peaches, apricots, and pears from Italy is 

 in continuation of the plan of the Division to bring into this country, 

 for testing by Government specialists, as many as possible of the com- 

 mercial decicluous-f ruit varieties of Europe. Mention should be made 

 also of a collection of grape scions presented by the Biologische Reich- 

 sanstalt at Naumburg, Germany (nos. 102491-102512) ; these will be 

 tested in the far West and Southwest. 



During March 1933, David Fairchild made a tour of several of the 

 islands of the West Indies, stopping also for a brief visit to the Canal 

 Zone. This trip was made possible through the continuing generosity 

 of Allison V. Armour, whose yacht, the Utowana, carried the expedi- 

 tion. Dr. Fairchild's collections included cuttings and seeds of vari- 

 ous tropical and subtropical fruits, seeds of a number of rare palms, 

 and seeds or cuttings of numerous little-known ornamentals. Also 

 worthy of mention is a special collection of palms (nos. 103155- 

 103173) from Ceylon, presented by the Royal Botanic Garden at 

 Peradeniya. 



Joseph Rock, for several years an agricultural explorer for this 

 Division, was traveling during this period through southwestern 

 China for the University of California Botanic Garden. Through 

 the courtesy of that institution, this Division received over 200 lots 

 of seeds collected by Dr. Rock. These included several apparently 

 new species of Berberis, Oassiope, Cotoneaster, Iris, Lilium, Nomo- 

 charis, Prunus, and Rosa, 



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