UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



INVENTORY No. 106 



Washington, D. C. ▼ Issued November, 1932 



PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED BY THE DIVISION OF FOREIGN PLANT 

 INTRODUCTION, BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY, JANUARY 1 TO 

 MARCH 31, 1931 (Nos. 90837-92336) 



CONTENTS 



Page 



Introductory statement 1 



Inventory 3 



Index of common and scientific names 61 



INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT 



The present inventory covers the period from January 1 to March 31, 1931 

 (Nos. 90S37 to 92336) and lists the seeds and plants received by the Division 

 of Foreign Plant Introduction, Bureau of Plant Industry, during that time. 

 This inventory, perhaps more than any other to date, records an unusually 

 large percentage of importations made for the particular use of specialists 

 within the department and in related institutions. This is particularly illus- 

 trated by the collections of vegetables including beans, spinach, squash, melons, 

 cabbage, eggplant, tomato, lettuce, etc., from Africa, China, India, Siam, 

 Turkey, Japan, and Bulgaria; a considerable collection of types of native 

 apricot, grape, and pistache ; and several collections of seeds of ornamentals for 

 definite tests. 



The inventory includes considerable collections of soybeans (Nos. 91003- 

 91005, 91071-91181, 91193-91195, 91340-91350, 91556-91561, 91678-91734, 92062- 

 92066) from Dorsett and Morse, by direct collections and by purchase and 

 exchange at their direction from Manchuria, Chosen, and China. 



An interesting group of acacias (Nos. 92321-92325) was presented by Dr. 

 Mario Calvino who has been working with hybrid acacias and has selected 

 seedlings, particularly with a view to increasing winter flowering. 



Other acacias were presented in a collection of seeds (Nos. 92326-92332) sent 

 in by the director of the Botanic Gardens at Sydney, New South Wales, who 

 also contributed seeds of various shrubs and small trees that should be useful 

 for the southern Pacific coast area. 



The inventory also records the introduction of various maples particularly 

 desired for the permanent study collection at Glenn Dale, Md. ; the continued 

 introduction of ornamental plants for the collections at the same garden, and 

 similar material for the study collections at the Plant Introduction Garden at 

 Coconut Grove, Fla. 



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. 

 Division of Foreign Plant Introduction, 

 Washington, D. C, April 17, 1932. 

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