

JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 3 ; 1938 9 



129707 to 129746— Continued 



129742. Gossypium neglectum Todaro. 



No. 36. Ptalvi 9. 



For previous introduction see 89201. 

 129743 to 129746. Gossypium. 



129743. No. 37. Cawnpore 520. 



129744. No. 38. Indore Cambodia No. 1. 



129745. No. 39. Indore Cambodia MU*. 



129746. No. 40. Mollisoni 39. 



129747. Boeassus aethiopum Mart. Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



From Africa. Seeds presented by the Conservator of Forests, Accra, Gold Coast 

 Colony. Received August 5, 1938. • 



A tall palm with the trunk finally thickened above the middle, fan-shaped 

 leaves nabellately divided to about the middle, the lobes linear-lanceolate, and 

 large fruits. Native to western tropical Africa, where the trunks of the old male 

 palms are used for telegraph poles, wharf piles, etc., as the wood is highly re- 

 sistant to insect attack and decay. 



129748 to 129750. Gossypium spp. Malvaceae. Cotton. 



From Puerto Rico. Seeds presented by Atherton Lee, Director, Puerto Rico 

 Agricultural Experiment Station, Mayaguez. Received August 9, 1938. 



129748. Gossypium hirsutum L. Upland cotton. 



129749 and 129750. Gossypium. 



129749. Haitian tree cotton E. 6-8-29. Barker's tree cotton grown at 

 Mayaguez. 



129750. Haitian tree cotton, 36-8-34- Barker's tree cotton grown at 

 Mayaguez. 



129751 and 129752. Saccharum. Poaceae. Sugarcane. 



From Argentina. Cuttings presented by Dr. William E. Cross, Estacion Experi- 

 mental Agricola, Tucuman. Received August 10, 1938. 



129751. Tucuman No. 472. 



129752. Tucuman No. 1406. 



129753. Prunus subhirtella Miquel. Amygdalaceae. Higan cherry. 



From Maryland. Scions presented by Peter Bisset, Bethesda. Received August 

 8, 1939. 



Yae-schidare-higan. A double-flowered weeping, pink-flowered variety. 



129754 to 129767. Zea mays L. Poaceae. Corn. 



From Peru. Seeds presented by Dr. Albert A. Giesecke, United States Embassy, 

 Lima, at the request of Dr. H. L. Blood, Agricultural Experiment Station, 

 Logan, Utah, cooperating with the Division of Fruit and Vegetable Crops and 

 Diseases, Bureau of Plant Industry, United States Department of Agricul- 

 ture. Received August 8, 1938. 



From Andahuaylas, Peru. 



129768. Neanthe elegans (Mart.) O. F. Cook (Chamaedorea elegans 

 Mart.). Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



From California. Plants presented by David Barry, Jr., Los Angeles. Received 

 August 11, 1938. 



An erect, spineless, pinnate-leaved palm, with a stout trunk up to 6 feet high 

 and leaves up to 4 feet long. Native to the State of Vera Cruz, Mexico. 



For previous introduction see 124967. 

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