UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



INVENTORY No. 128 



Washington, D. C. ▼ Issued May 1941 



PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED BY THE DIVISION OF PLANT EXPLO- 

 RATION AND INTRODUCTION, BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY, JULY 

 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1936 (Nos. 116966 to 118410) 



CONTENTS 



Pag* 



Introductory statement 1 



Inventory 2 



Index of common and scientific names 42 



INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT 



Inventory No. 128 is a record of the plant material (Nos. 116966 to 118410) 

 received by the Division of Plant Exploration and Introduction during the 

 period from July 1 to September 30, 1936. 



It records the first shipments of seeds and bulbs from H. L. Westover and 

 F. L. Wellman, who left in the spring of 1936 for Turkey and Iran. The colder 

 mountainous regions of these two countries, where agriculture has been the 

 chief occupation for countless generations, offer a promising field for the collec- 

 tion of native strains of vegetables and fruits, especially in the markets and 

 gardens of the more isolated villages and towns. Also included in these ship- 

 ments were a number of grasses and forage plants from the semiarid parts 

 of these countries. 



The three agricultural explorers whose activities were discussed in the intro- 

 ductory statement of the preceding inventory (No. 127), Walter Koelz, W. A. 

 Archer, and Raymond Stadelman, continued to send in material, during this 

 period, from India, Brazil, and western South America, respectively. As before, 

 the nature of the plant material received from them reflects the special needs 

 of plant breeders and geneticists working with important crop plants. 



The Department is again indebted to H. R. Wright, Auckland, New Zealand, 

 who, during the past two decades, has presented material of new and little- 

 known fruit varieties from his Avondale nursery. This shipment consists of 

 plants of 25 different varieties of fruits (Nos. 117462 to 117486), including 

 peaches, apples, plums, and several forms of citrus fruits, most of which have 

 not been introduced before into this country. 



Those concerned with ornamentals will be served by a rather small but 

 unusual collection of seeds (Nos. 116983 to 116995) presented by Cheverton 

 Buller, Stellenbosch, Union of South Africa. These represent native South 

 African plants, mostly belonging to the Iridaceae and Proteaceae. 



The botanical determinations of seeds introduced have been made and the 

 nomenclature determined by Paul Russell, who has had general supervision 

 of this inventory. 



B. Y. Morrison, 

 Principal Horticulturist, in Charge. 



Division of Plant Exploration and Introduction, 

 Washington, D. C, June U, 19> h 0. 



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