UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



INVENTORY No. 105 



Washington, D. C. ▼ Issued October, 1932 



PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED BY THE DIVISION OF FOREIGN 

 PLANT INTRODUCTION, BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY, OCTOBER 1 

 TO DECEMBER 31, 1930 (Nos. 89211-90836) 



CONTENTS 



Page 



Introductory statement 1 



Inventory 3 



Index of common and scientific names 73 



INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT 



The present inventory (Nos. 89211-90836) for the period from October 1 

 to December 31, 1930, records the arrival of material from several explorers 

 and collaborators in the field. 



From Dr. G. Weidman Groff, Lingnan University, Canton, China, was re- 

 ceived a fine collection of subtropical fruits, including species of atalantia, 

 citrus, claucena, dipterocarpus, litchi, and mangifera, chiefly for use of ex- 

 perts in the Federal department. 



From H. L. Westover, who was traveling in Spain and Portugal at the time 

 in search of particular strains of forage crops, were received various intro- 

 ductions, principally alfalfa (Medicago mtiva), beans, melilotus, and trig- 

 onella, intended primarily for use in the Division of Forage Crops and 

 Diseases. 



From Dr. Donald Reddick, pathologist, Cornell University, and Paul Russell 

 and Max Souviron of this division, were sent in from Mexico over 100 speci- 

 mens of seeds and tubers of various wild-potato species to be used in potato 

 breeding, as well as minor collections of other native plants. 



From P. H. Dorsett and W. J. Morse, who have been in the Orient for 

 several years, were received large collections of forage crops and food plants, 

 principally lespedeza, melilotus, astragalus, phaseolus, vigna, and soybeans, 

 of which they forwarded over 130 numbers. They sent as well seed of various 

 ornamentals, chiefly seed of deciduous trees for testing in this country, possibly 

 in the Great Plains area. 



And finally, there were received from Knowles A. Ryerson, from Tunisia, 

 Africa, seeds of Pistacia vera (Nos. 89679-89684) and of the hybrid P. terebin- 

 thus X vera (No. 90049) from Chios Island, Greece, to be used in furthering the 

 pistache studies already undertaken in the West and Southwest. 



The inventory also records various shipments for other workers — a collection 

 of hebes (shrubby veronicas) purchased from New Zealand; an extensive col- 

 lection of bromeliads from a specialist in France, for growth and testing in 

 southern Florida ; additional shipments of herbaceous perennials from 

 European nurserymen; and a collection of seeds of various ornamentals from 

 the director of the Botanic Garden, Tiflis, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 

 which were requested so as to study their suitability for gardens in the more 

 southern States. 



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