JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1934 



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106230 to 106248— Continued. 



106233. Doncaster. A 

 Australian seedling. 



heavy-bearing 



106234. Meyer cross. A thornless cross 

 between the Lisbon and the Meyer 

 lemons. 



106235. Meyer thornless. A thornless 

 sport of the Meyer lemon. 



106236. Utility. 

 lemon. 



A sport of the Sicily 



106237. Diospyros sp. 



Persimmon Charming 

 good quality. 



106238. Fragaria sp. 



Diospyraceae. 

 A persimmon of 



Rosaceae. 



Strawberry. 



Raspberry strawberry. Fruit of excel- 

 lent quality. 



106239. Malus sp. Malaceae. 



Bledisloe. A deep crimson crab apple, 

 a cross between the Delicious apple and 

 Gorgeous crab. 



106240. Malus 

 ceae. 



SYLVESTRIS Mill. 



Mala- 

 Apple. 



A Delicious seedling of excellent quality. 



106241. Malus sp. Malaceae. 



Robert Nairn crab. Fruits small, orange 

 yellow. 



106242 to 106246. Prunus spp. Amygdala- 

 ceae. 



106242. Prunus cerasifera Ehrh. 



Bests Early. A very yellow cberry 

 plum which can be cooked green. 



106243. Prunus salicina X pissardi. 



Haleardi. A heavy-bearing cross be- 

 tween the Hale, Japanese plum, and 

 Prunus cerasifera pissardi. 



106244. Prunus salicina Lindl. 



Japanese plum. 



Omega. A late-ripening, red-fleshed 

 Japanese plum ; the fruit keeps and 

 ships well. 



106245. Prunus 

 fera. 



Lippiatt's Early. 

 cherry-plum cross. 



106246. Prunus sp. 



De Mont ford plum, 

 bears well. 



SALICINA X CERASI- 



Japanese and 



A variety that 



106247. Pyrus communis L. Malaceae. 



Common pear. 



Beurre de Lindauer. Fruits large. 



106248. Pyrus communis L. Malaceae. 



Common pear. 



Laxton's Superb. A cross between tbe 

 Bartlett and Beurre x. 



106249 to 106251. 



From British Guiana. Seeds presented by 

 the Botanic Garden at Georgetown, 

 through W. A. Archer, Bureau of Plant 

 Industry. Received August 14, 1934. 



108249. Gustavia augusta L. Lecythida- 

 ceae. 



No. 2348. A small evergreen tree, na- 

 tive to tropical America, which bears 

 flowers 4 inches across, cream-white tinged 

 with rose inside, and externally rose col- 

 ored. The stamens form a circle in the 



106249 to 106251— Continued. 



center of the flower and are white at the 

 base, with rosy filaments and yellow an- 

 thers. 



For previous introduction see 98553. 



106250. Gustavia sp. 



No. 2408. A small ornamental tree with 

 showy yellow flowers. 



106251. Talisia sp. Sapindaceae. 



No. 2378. Mauraballi. A tropical 

 American tree with pinnate leaves and 

 panicles of small flowers. 



106252 and 106253. Quekcus spp. Faga- 

 ceae. 



From the Arboretum de Trang Bom, Cochin- 

 China. Seeds collected by M. Poilane, 

 Institut des Recherches Agronomiques de 

 L'Indochine, Division de Botanique. Re- 

 ceived August 21, 1934. 



106252. Quercus sp. 



106253. Quercus sp. 



106254 to 106268. 



From Palestine. Bulbs purchased from the 

 American Colony' Stores, Jerusalem. Re- 

 ceived August 28, 1934. 



106254 to 106267. Iris spp. Iridaceae. 



106254. Iris auranitica Dinsm. 



An iris of the section Oncocyclus, from 

 the sandy regions in Palestine, with six 

 nearly erect leaves 6 to 8 inches long and 

 a brbnze-yellow flower about 3 inches 

 long, closely dotted with reddish brown. 



106255. Iris basaltica Dinsm. 



A stout iris nearly 2 feet high, of the 

 section Oncocyclus, with erect closely 

 sheathing leaves a foot or more long and 

 a flower with rounded falls and standards, 

 closely veined and dotted with dark blue 

 on a whitish ground. This has a taller 

 stem and larger flowers than any other of 

 the Palestine irises. 



106256. Iris biggeri Dinsm. Bigger's iris. 



An Oncocyclus iris, about a foot high, 

 with closely sheathing leaves 9 inches 

 long. The large flower, 4 to 5 inches 

 long, has reddish falls and whitish stand- 

 ards closely covered -with purple veins. 

 Native to rocky places in Palestine. 



106257. Iris grant-duffii Baker. 



An iris of the section Apogon, found 

 in swampy situations in Palestine. The 

 stem is 6 inches high, while the narrow 

 linear leaves are twice that height. The 

 flower has greenish-yellow falls ; the claw 

 is veined with lilac on a yellowish-white 

 ground. 



106258. Iris hauranensis Dinsm. 



An Oncocyclus iris with a compact 

 rhizome and a stem 12 to 16 inches high. 

 The erect narrow leaves, closely sheath- 

 ing to the top, are about 5 inches long. 

 The flower is white, so closely veined and 

 dotted with dark purple that the ground 

 color is almost entirely hidden. Native to 

 Palestine. 



106259. Iris helenae Barbey. 



A slender-stemmed iris of the section 

 Oncocyclus, with falcate leaves 3 to 4 

 inches long and a pale-lilac flower with 

 fine red-brown veins. Native to the desert 

 regions between Palestine and Egypt. 



