UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



INVENTORY No. 95 



Washington, D. C. T Issued February, 1930 



PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED BY THE OFFICE OF FOREIGN PLANT 



INTRODUCTION, BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY, APRIL 1 



TO JUNE 30, 1928 (NOS. 76454 TO 77260) 



CONTENTS 



Introductory statement 1 



Inventory _i 3 



Index of common and scientific names 37 



INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT 



The period covered by Inventory 95 — April, May, and June, 1928 — was the 

 busy time for planting in our Northern Hemisphere. But the material received 

 is a reminder that the Southern Hemisphere is just as busy harvesting crops. 

 Two collections of Tasmanian and Australian plants obtained by Mrs. Frieda 

 Cobb Blanchard (Nos. 76701 to 76724, 76931 to 76967) will be of interest to 

 plant growers in the Southwestern States, as will the collection from New Zealand 

 (Nos. 77173 to 77214). Thirty varieties of common wheat (Triticum aestivum, 

 Nos. 76968 to 76997) from New South Wales, Australia, will be of interest to 

 cerealists, and a collection, mostly succulents (Nos. 77217 to 77252) from Kirsten- 

 bosch, Cape Province, Africa, will add to the possibilities for rock gardens in the 

 warmer parts of the country. Eight kinds of grasses from Argentina (Nos. 

 76878 to 76885) , of possible value as forage crops, increase the receipts from the 

 antipodes. 



In line with the policy of adding to the ornamental plants already in cultivation 

 in this country, new or little known species and varieties of Abelia, Berberis, 

 Buxus, Deutzia, Lonicera, Syringa, and other genera have been obtained from 

 Hon. Vicary Gibbs, of England (Nos. 76550 to 76602). A collection of Japanese 

 azaleas, mostly horticultural forms {Rhododendron spp., Nos. 77064 to 77146), 

 collected by R. K. Beattie, will add to this list of ornamentals as well as supply 

 materials for breeding new varieties suited to American conditions. 



Mr. Beattie also sent in some Japanese chestnuts (Castanea crenata, Nos. 

 76473 and 76474), several Japanese oaks (Quercus spp., Nos. 76478 to 76481), and 

 a new strawberry (Fragaria hayatai, No. 76499) which may possess some new 

 characteristics of value to breeders. 



To the already large collection of bamboos being cultivated at the Barbour 

 Lathrop Plant-Introduction Garden at Savannah, Ga., this inventory adds 15 

 varieties (Nos. 77000 to 77014) collected bv F. A. McClure in China and 8 varie- 

 ties (Nos. 77253 to 77260) from France. 



Thirty-two varieties of filberts (Corylus avellana, Nos. 76821 to 76852) from 

 Germany; a collection of new varieties of apples (Malus spp., Nos. 76454 to 76462) 

 and pears (Pyrus spp., Nos. 76463 to 76465), and 23 varieties of red clover 

 (Trifolium pratense, Nos. 76650 to 76672) from Russia; 39 cereals and forage crops 

 from the Caucasus (Nos. 76500 to 76538) ; sugarcane varieties and closely related 

 species (Saccharum spp., Nos. 76539 to 76549) from India; and 20 varieties of oats 

 (Avena sativa, Nos. 76800 to 76819) from Manchuria, show that the Northern 

 Hemisphere was not entirely dormant during this period. 



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