UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



INVENTORY No. 104 



Washington, D. C. T Issued April, 1932 



PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED BY THE DIVISION OF FOREIGN 

 PLANT INTRODUCTION, BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY, JULY 1 

 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1930 (Nos. 88433-89210) 



CONTENTS 



Page 



Introductory statement 1 



Inventory 3 



Index of common and scientific names 33 



INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT 



The plant introductions included in this inventory (Nos. 88433-89210), for 

 the period from July 1 to September 30, 1930, are largely made up of forage- 

 crop material sent in from China and Chosen by the agricultural explorers, 

 P. H. Dorsett and W. J. Morse, who in recent months have sent in over 200 

 varieties of soybeans besides alfalfa (Nedicago sativa, 89041-89047, 89111- 

 89121) and grasses which may prove useful as forage. During this period 

 H. L. Westover was in Morocco and Tunis and sent in grasses (Nos. 88715- 

 88730, 8890O-S8934) and alfalfa (No. 88936) and seeds of the argan tree 

 (Argania spinosa, No. 88935) which is to be tried out in the Southwest as 

 forage for goats. A shipment of forage crops (Nos. 88516-88523) was received 

 from Canberra, Australia, presented by the Division of Plant Industry, Council 

 for Scientific and Industrial Research. 



T. H. Parsons, Curator of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya, Ceylon, 

 sent a collection of palms (Nos. 88671-88677, 88864) which will be used in the 

 permanent planting at Coconut Grove ; later, seeds of these trees will be ready 

 for distribution. From the Philippine Islands, P. J. Wester has sent two palms 

 (Adonidia merrillii, No. 88868, and Heterospathe elwta, No. 89203) ; also two 

 ornamentals, Bauhinia monandra (No. 88512) and Anemone vitifolia (No. 

 88511). 



From S. W. McLeod Braggins, superintendent of La Mortola Gardens, Venti- 

 miglia, Italy, was received a collection of ornamentals, Aloe spp. (Nos. 88733 and 

 88738), Cotyledon spp. (Nos. 88739-88740), Crassula spp. (Nos. 88741-88743), 

 Echeveria spp. (Nos. 88744-88751), stonecrop (Sedum spp., Nos. 88753-88757), 

 and houseleek (Sempemivum spp., Nos. 88758-88772), all of which will be stud- 

 ied by our plant breeders. A shipment of varieties of cyclamen (Cyclamen 

 spp., Nos. 89085-89099), which are not commonly grown in this country, was 

 purchased from the Zwanenburg Nurseries, Haarlem, Netherlands. 



David Fairchild, during this period, was traveling in the Mediterranean 

 countries and sent apricots (Prunus armeniaca, Nos. 88591-88593) and Seville 

 oranges (Citrus aurantium, Nos. 88678, 88679, 88682, 886S3), as well as a 

 collection of ornamentals. 



Plants of peaches (Amygdalus persica, Nos. 88543-88560), apples (Malus 

 s-ylvestris, Nos. 88571-88575), and plums (Prunus spp., Nos. 88578-88582) were 

 received from New Zealand. 

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