UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



INVENTORY No. 92 



Washington, D. C. ▼ Issued October, 1929 



PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED BY THE OFFICE OF FOREIGN PUNT 

 INTRODUCTION, BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY, JULY 1 TO SEPTEM- 

 BER 30, 1927 (NOS. 74213 TO 75126) 



CONTENTS 



Page 



Introductory statement 1 



Inventory 2 



Index of common and scientific names 25 



INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT 



In August, 1927, one of the months included in the period covered by this 

 inventory, an interesting collection of subtropical vegetables (Nos. 74554 to 

 74572) was received from the Province of Kwangtung, southeastern China, as 

 the result of the activities of P. A. McClure, agricultural explorer. These 

 locally developed varieties of vegetables will be tested chiefly in the Southern 

 States, to which region they are probably best adapted. 



Fourteen species and varieties of cotton ( Gossypium spp., Nos. 74447 to 74459, 

 74660) were presented by the Royal Botanic Garden at Sibpur, near Calcutta, 

 India. Also two native varieties of cotton (Gossypium spp., Nos. 74242, 74243) 

 from Colombia were presented by Stanley F. Morse, of Cali, Colombia. These 

 will be of interest to cotton breeders. 



An unusual number of wheat introductions are featured in this inventory. 

 From the College of Agriculture and Forestry at Nanking, China, four lots of 

 local varieties were received (Tritieum spp., Nos. 74248 to 74399, 74480 to 74485^ 

 74708 to 74779. 74786 to 75126). The Institute of Applied Botany and New 

 Cultures, Moscow. Russia, also sent in an interesting collection (Tritieum spp., 

 Nos. 74489 to 74502). 



Dr. Augustine Henry, of the College of Science for Ireland, Dublin, sent in 

 seeds of an interesting lot of ornamentals which he had collected in the French 

 Alps (Nos. 74681 to 74690. 74703). Included in this shipment were dwarf 

 shrubs as well as herbaceous plants. 



The botanical determinations of these introductions have been made and the 

 nomenclature determined by H. C. Skeels, and the descriptive matter has been 

 prepared under the direction of Paul Russell, who has had general supervision 

 of this inventory. 



Knowles A. Ryerson, 

 Principal Horticulturist, in Charge. 



Office of Foreign Plant Introduction, 

 Washington, D. C, April 17, 1929. 



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