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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



INVENTORY No. 91 



Washington, D. C. ▼ October, 1929 



PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED BY THE OFFICE OF FOREIGN PLANT IN- 

 TRODUCTION, BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY, APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1927 

 (NOS. 73050 TO 74212) 



CONTENTS 



Page 



Introductory statement. 1 



Inventory .__ 3 



Index of common and scientific names 41 



INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT 



During the period represented by this inventory David Fairchild continued 

 his explorations of the countries on the West Coast of Africa, including the 

 Gold Coast, Cameroon, Gambia, and French Guinea. Included in his collections 

 were ornamental trees and shrubs and also a number of local varieties of fruits 

 and vegetables, all tropical or subtropical in their requirements. 



An interesting series of cotton varieties (Gossypium spp.; Xcs. 73125 to 73137) 

 was obtained in French West Africa by R. H. Forbes, Compagnie Generate des 

 Colonies. The curator of the Lloyd Botanic Garden at Darjiling, India, G. H. 

 Cave, presented a number of ornamental perennials and woody plants (Nos. 

 73140 to 73155) adapted for growing in the southern United States. A rather 

 large collection of new or rare woody ornamentals (Xos. 73401 to 73450). largely 

 from eastern Asia, was presented by Vicary Gibbs, Aldenham House Gardens, 

 Herts, land. From the botanic garden at Tashkent, Turkestan, Russia, 



there were obtained seeds of a miscellaneous collection (Nos. 73595 to 73619, 

 73810 to 73819) of hardy fruits, vegetables, cereals, and ornamentals, which will 

 be tested in the colder parts of the United States. A collection of seeds con- 

 sisting chieflv of cereal varieties and also adapted for trial in the northern part of 

 this count";, (Nos. 74023 to 74111) was presented by the bureau of introduction, 

 Institul e of Applied Botany, Leningrad, Russia. 



The botanical determinations of introductions have been made and the nomen- 

 clature determined by H. C. Skeels, and the descriptive matter has been pre- 

 pared 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, January 30, 1929. 

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