UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



INVENTORY No. 98 



Washington, D. C. T Issued May, 1930 



PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED BY THE OFFICE OF FOREIGN PLANT 

 INTRODUCTION, BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY, JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 

 31, 1929 (NOS. 78509 TO 80018) 



CONTENTS 



Page 



Introductory statement 1 



Inventory 3 



Index of common and scientific names 61 



INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT 



The plant material included in this inventory (Nos. 78509 to 80018) for the 

 period January 1 to March 31, 1929, reflects very largely testing experiments 

 undertaken by the office with ornamental plants in several important genera. 

 In nearly all cases the material recorded was secured by the purchase of seed, 

 "nd, as is always true of such undertakings, some seed has given no germination, 

 with the result that the experiments are not as advanced as might appear. 

 This is particularly true of the seduins, the primulas, and the gentians, which 

 form conspicuous parts of the inventory. 



The gardener will also notice the various other ornamentals, including the 

 houseleeks, cyclamen, and ericas for more northern gardens ; aloes, agaves, and 

 mesembryanthemums for the South and Southwest, with the possible addition of 

 the very interesting kalanchoes and the gingerlilies. The latter represent a 

 collection purchased from India to see if other species might not be found for 

 general use in the Southern and Gulf States. 



A preliminary and not altogether successful importation of plants of various 

 daphnes that should be included among our ornamental shrubs shows that 

 repeated efforts should be made to establish these charming plants. 



Several collections of acacias, banksias, grevilleas, and Ficus species should 

 prove of interest in frost-free regions, particularly on the Pacific coast. 



This inventory includes also large collections of oaks, castanopsis, and chest- 

 nuts obtained by R. Kent Beattie ; a collection of oat varieties, presented by the 

 director of the Sveriges Utsadesforening, Svalof, Sweden; and a collection of 

 seeds presented by Maj. Lionel de Rothschild from material collected by Capt. 

 F. Kingdon Ward in Assam. 



Especially because this inventory lists so many seeds, it should be repea 

 that this is merely a record of material received and does not represent aca • 

 logue of available plants. 



The botanical determinations of these introductions have been made and 

 nomenclature determined by H. O. Skeels, who has had general supervision 

 this inventory. 



Knowles A. Rterson, 

 Principal Horticulturist, in Charfft 



Office of Foreign Plant Introduction, 



Washington, D. C, February 20, 1930. 

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