APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1930 



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B375 to 88416— C 



ontinued 





83?93. 



No. 35. 



88405. 



No. 52. 



88394. 



No. 37. 



88406. 



No. 53 



88395. 



No. 39. 



88407. 



No. 54 



88396. 



No. 41. 



88408. 



No. 55. 



88397. 



No. 42. 



88409. 



No. 56. 



88398. 



No. 43. 



88410. 



No. 57. 



88399. 



No. 44. 



88411. 



No. 58. 



88400. 



No. 45. 



88412. 



No. 59. 



88401. 



No. 47. 



88413. 



No. 60. 



88402. 



No. 48. 



88414. 



No. 61. 



88403. 



No. 49. 



88415. 



No. 62. 



88404. 



No. 50. 



88416. 



No. 64. 



88417. CrrRUs miaray Wester. Ruta- 

 ceae. 



From Manila, Philippine Islands. Seeds 

 presented by P. J. Wester, Department of 

 Agriculture and Natural Resources. Re- 

 ceived June 26, 1930. 



A handsome ornamental tree suggested as 

 a stock for cultivated citrus fruits. It has 

 slender, drooping, willowy branches, dark- 

 green leaves, and fruits resembling the 

 lime in appearance and flavor. Native to 

 the Philippine Islands. 



For previous introduction see No. 81995. 



88418 to 88420. 



From Sorrento, Italy. Scions collected by 

 David Fairchild, agricultural explorer, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry, with the Alli- 

 son V. Armour expedition. Received June 

 30, 1930. 



88418 and 88419. Citrus sinensis (L.) 

 Osbeck. Rutaceae. Orange. 



88418. No. 3509. The 8 orrentino 

 orange, a variety commonly grown In 

 Sorrento and Capri. The deep- 

 orange fruit is round, thick-skinned, 

 with few seeds, and has a pronounced 

 orange aroma. It is left hanging 

 on the tree for a year and keeps its 

 juiciness. It is grown under the 

 protection of straw mats from De- 

 cember to April and is propagated by 

 budding. 



88419. No. 3510. Sanguined orange. 

 The blood orange of Sorrento is an 

 oval, .thin-skinned variety which has 

 a red blush on its skin and is a true 

 blood orange of good quality. It is 

 grown, as are all the citrus fruits 

 In Sorrento, under straw mats and 

 protected from wind by chestnut 

 slats from December to April. 



B8420. Eriobotrta japonica (Thunb.) 

 Lindl. Malaceae. Loquat. 



No. 3508. A seedling found in the 

 hotel garden at Capri. A very large- 

 fruited variety, almost spherical in shape 

 and of delicious sweetness. 



88421 and 88422. Gossypittm herba- 

 ceum L. Malvaceae. Cotton. 



From Bombay, India. Seeds presented by 

 J. H. Richie, Secretary, Indian Central 

 Cotton Committee. Received June 27, 

 1930. 



88421. WagadNo.t. 



88422. Wagad No. 8. 



88423. Gossypittm stocksii Masters. 

 Malvaceae. Cotton. 



From Sind, Karachi, India. Seeds presented 

 by the Deputy Director of Agriculture. 

 Received June 27, 1930. 



A shrubby tropical Indian cotton with 

 small yellow flowers which is native to the 

 Sind district; it is of the 13-haploid-chro- 

 mosome group and therefore will not cross 

 with American types. The seed is difficult 

 to germinate. It is sown in India about 

 June ; before sowing, the coat is carefully 

 split with a knife or the seed is rubbed 

 upon a piece of fine sandpaper, which al- 

 lows access of water and helps germination. 



For previous introduction see No. 78516. 



88424 to 88431. 



From Indo-China. Seeds presented by M. 

 Poilane, Institut des Recherches Agrono- 

 miques de l'lndochine, Division de Bo- 

 tanique. Received June 28, 1930. 



88424. Baryxylum sp. Caesalpiniaceae. 



Attractive tropical trees with mimosa- 

 like foliage and yellow flowers. 



88425. Bauhinia reticulata DC. Caesal- 

 piniaceae. 



A small tree, 25 feet high, which 

 grows in dry lateritic soil and can stand 

 long periods of drought. The rather 

 small flowers are in compound racemes 

 not much longer than the leaves and are 

 followed by abundant pods which fall to 

 the ground in March, at the beginning 

 of the dry season. Cattle are very fond 

 of these pods. 



For 

 70935. 



previous introduction see No. 



Cassia alata L. Caesalpiniaceae. 

 Ringworm cassia. 



A coarse, erect, branched shrub 5 to 10 

 feet high, with stout green branches and 

 pinnate leaves up to 2 feet long. The 

 yellow flowers, 2 inches wide, are in 

 racemes 4 to 10 inches long. The valves 

 of the straight, spreading pods have a 

 papery wing running from end to end. 

 Every portion of this plant is used me- 

 dicinally. It is native to tropical Amer- 

 ica, but is now cultivated all over the 

 Tropics, where It grows in humid soil. 



For 

 54322. 



previous introduction see No. 



88427. Diospyros sp. 



Diospyraceae. 



Persimmon. 



Found growing in very rich soil. 



88428. Gossypium Nanking Meyen. Mal- 

 vaceae. Cotton. 



Moi cotton from the Phorieng region. 



88429. Musa sp. Musaceae. Banana. 

 A very good wild banana. 



88430. Indigofera sp. Fabaceae. 

 Useful as a green manure. 



88431. Strychnos sp. Loganiaceae. 

 A handsome tree. 



88432. Pistacia vera L. Anacardia- 

 ceae. Pistache. 



From Persia. Seeds presented by Jalil K. 

 Hashimzade, American Agricultural 

 School, Urumia. Received June 30, 1930. 



Seeds of one of the better types of pis- 

 tache. 



