UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



INVENTORY No. 117 



Washington, D. C. ▼ Issued January 1936 



PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED BY THE DIVISION OF PLANT EX- 

 PLORATION AND INTRODUCTION, BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY, 

 OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1933 (Nos. 103777-103988) 



CONTENTS 



Page 



Introductory statement 1 



Inventory 3 



Index of common and scientific names 13 



INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT 



Inventory no. 117 is a record of the plant material received by the 

 Division of Plant Exploration and Introduction from October 1 to 

 December 31, 1933 (nos. 103777-103988). 



Although the total number of plants introduced during this period 

 is unusually low, there are, nevertheless, certain introductions that 

 deserve to be pointed out. 



From the Department of Agriculture, Manila, P. L, there was 

 received a collection of rice varieties (nos. 10385^-103859) reported 

 to be resistant to stem rot, and a special collection of rye selections 

 (nos. 103953-103969) was presented by the Institute of Plant Industry 

 at Leningrad. Twenty -two varieties of wheat, representing selections 

 that have proved very resistant to leaf rust (nos. 103805-103826) were 

 received from the experiment farm at Glen Innes, New South Wales, 

 Australia. 



In the field of deciduous fruits there should be mentioned a collec- 

 tion of locally grown varieties of peaches, apricots, and plums (nos. 

 103797-103803) presented by the agricultural officer of the Northwest 

 Frontier Province, India. In this temperate mountainous region, the 

 most northerly Province of British India, deciduous fruits have been 

 grown for centuries. 



Interest in rock gardening in the United States continues very 

 strong, and for that reason a collection of 40 species of native Japa- 



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