UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



INVENTORY No. 99 



Washington, D. C. ▼ Issued November, 1930 



PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED BY THE OFFICE OF FOREIGN PLANT 

 INTRODUCTION, BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY, APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 

 1929 (Nos. 80019-80810) 



CONTENTS 



Page 



Introductory statement : 1 



Inventory 3 



Index of common and scientific names 43 



INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT 



The present inventory of the materials received between April 1 and June 30, 

 1929 (F. P. I. 80019-80810), is a record of the seeds and plants that came in 

 through the Office of Foreign Plant Introduction by exchange, gift, and pur- 

 chase. It does not in any way record the materials on hand, nor can it serve 

 as a basis for request from experimenters. 



To illustrate the point more specifically, the numerous palms may be cited. 

 These were assembled for the specific purpose of growing plants for permanent 

 planting at the United States Plant Introduction Garden at Chapman Field 

 near Coconut Grove, Fla., to become a future source of seed. Plants from 

 these seeds will not be available until they themselves produce seed, which in 

 most cases will be a matter of many years. Other plants from which propagat- 

 ing material can be had more rapidly will be more rapidly available. 



It is most unfortunate that these delays must occur or that this explanation 

 should be given again and again, but inquiries for unavailable material are 

 received too frequently to warrant its omission. 



In addition to the considerable list of palms for testing in the South, there is 

 a large group of Ficus spp. (80417-80421), not including the collection of fig 

 varieties (80150-80153) from Tunis, and those (80294-80299) that came with 

 a collection of grape cuttings (80300-80303) from Haifa, Palestine. These trees 

 and shrubs are for careful testing in the extreme South as possible ornamentals. 



This inventory records a collection of seeds (80060-80074) from South Yarra, 

 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, that contains several acacias, a eucalyptus, and 

 several vines and trees not previously introduced. 



Nos. 80076-80088 record a collection of seeds from the Lloyd Botanic Garden, 

 Darjiling, India, including several barberries not yet well known in the United 

 States, the difficult Iris clarkei, and several other ornamental plants not well 

 established in this country. 



Possibly more than anything else, the inventory is notable for the large col- 

 lections which reflect the operations of W. F. Morse and P. H. Dorsett, now 

 traveling in the Orient particularly to find new strains and varieties of soybeans 

 that are expected to prove useful for American farms. 



The botanical determinations have been made and the nomenclature deter- 

 mined by H. C. Skeels, who has had general supervision of this inventory. 



Knowles A. Ryerson, 

 Principal Horticulturist, in Charge. 



Office of Foreign Plant' Introduction, 



Washington, D. C, May 10, 1930. 



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