UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



INVENTORY No. 102 



Washington, D. C. T Issued September, 1931 



PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED BY THE DIVISION OF FOREIGN PLANT 

 INTRODUCTION, BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY, JANUARY 1 TO 

 MARCH 31, 1930 (Nos. 82600-86755) 



CONTENTS 



Page 



Introductory statement 1 



Inventory 3 



Index of common and scientific names 107 



INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT 



This present inventory of materials received between January 1 and March 

 31, 1930 (Nos. 82600 to 86755), is made up mainly of seeds and plants col- 

 lected by the bureau's agricultural explorers. 



P. H. Dorsett and W. J. Morse during this period sent from the Orient 

 more than 1,700 strains of soybeans, besides a collection of Japanese persim- 

 mon varieties (Diospyros kaki, Nos. 83707-83711, 83783-83792, 85698-85722, 

 85811-85S34), and smaller quantities of forage crops and ornamentals. 



From Persia and Turkestan W. E. Whitehouse sent in a collection of seeds 

 and scions of peaches (Amygdalus spp., No. 82646-82648, 862S4-S6302 ) , plums 

 (Prunus spp, 82672-82679, 83751, 83752, 86380-86390), and pistache (Pistacia 

 vera, Nos. 83734-83750, 85906-85928, 86368-86379). He also sent in a collec- 

 tion of watermelon seeds {Citrullus vulgaris, Nos. 82560-82569, 86311-86321), 

 and melon seeds (Cucumis melo, Nos. 86323-86338), which will be used for 

 experimental purposes. 



R. K. Beattie sent in his last shipment of Japanese chestnuts (Castanea 

 crenata, Nos. 85767-85804, 85969-85979) before leaving the Orient. 



H. L. Westover, who during this period has been traveling in Turkestan and 

 Europe, sent in many forage crops, including vicias, trifoliums, and over 250 

 strains of alfalfa (Medicago sativa, Nos. 82601-82626, 83728, 84337-84451, 85997, 

 85998, 86522-86664). 



A collection of oats and barley (Nos. 86176-86210) has been received from 

 Prof. A. Kol, Chief, Institute of Applied Botany, Leningrad, Union of Socialistic 

 Soviet Republics. A large collection of barley and wheat (Nos. 82681-83682) 

 was received from the University of Nanking, China, and will be used by the 

 department specialists in their experimental work. 



J. F. Rock, traveling in the Orient under the direction of the National 

 Geographic Society, Washington, D. C, has sent in a large collection of orna- 

 mentals including primulas, cotoneasters, enkianthus, gentians, loniceras, and 

 meconopsis, as well as 165 rhododendrons. 



Dr. H. S. Fawcett, of the University of California, during this period has 

 been in the Mediterranean region and from there has sent seeds and scions 

 of Citrus spp., Prunus spp., Amygdalus persica, and Phoenix reclinata, hoping 

 through these introductions to contribute to the solution of horticultural prob- 

 lems in California. 

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