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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED 



56689 to 56692— Continued. 



56691. Rtjbtts sp. Dewberry. 



" Newberry. This is similar to the 

 Logan blackberry, but darker and 

 sweeter." 



56692. Rubus sp. Blackberry. 



" Pollards. A blackberry which ripens 

 later than Edward Langley, but is a 

 strong grower and better adapted to 

 exposed situations. The fruit clusters 

 are very large, and the berries are rich 

 in flavor and very juicy. This variety is 

 strongly recommended for making 

 jelly and jam." 



56693 to 56696. 



From Elstree, Herts, England. Plants pre- 

 sented by Hon. Vicary Gibbs, Aldenham 

 House Gardens. Received March 26, 1923. 

 Quoted notes by Edwin Beckett, superin- 

 tendent. 



56693. Malus stlvestris Mill. Malaceae. 

 (Pyrus malus L.) Apple. 



Variety Aldenhamensis . "This is a chance 

 hybrid which occurred at Aldenham and 

 is considered the finest of all red-flowered 

 crab apples. It flowers three weeks later 

 than Malus niedzwetzkyana and M. purpurea 

 and, unlike the former, bears in autumn a 

 large number of large dark-red fruits." 



56694. Pyracantha gibbsii A. Jackson. 

 Malaceae. Firethorn. 



A fine ornamental evergreen bush, vigorous 

 and hardy, native to Hupeh and Szechwan, 

 China. It becomes 12 to 14 feet high, is 

 nearly spineless, and in the autumn bears 

 large clusters of scarlet berries which con- 

 trast admirably with the glossy dark-green 

 foliage. 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. 

 No. 56451. 



56695 and 56696. Stranvaesia davidiana 

 Decaisne. Malaceae. 



56695. "This may be trained as a small 

 standard tree, otherwise of bush form. 

 The foliage is evergreen, and the ter- 

 minal corymbs of white flowers are 

 soon followed by the handsome 

 bunches of scarlet fruits. " 



56696. "This yellow-fruited form was 

 raised from the same batch of seeds 

 as the preceding [S. P. I. No. 56695], 

 but the fruits were found to have a dis- 

 tinct orange-yellow color. Seedlings 

 of this may revert to the original type. '> 



56697. Phalaris brachystachys Link. 

 Poacese. Grass. 



From Milan, Italy. Seeds presented by Fra- 

 telli Ingegnoli. Received March 12, 1923. 



Introduced for specialists in the department en- 

 gaged in forage-crop investigations. 



An annual grass a foot or two in height, native 

 to the Mediterranean coastal regions. It is closely 

 related to canary grass (Phalaris canariensis) . 



56698 and 56699. Garcinia spp. 

 Clusiaceae. 



From Brisbane, Queensland. Seeds presented 

 by C. T. White, Government botanist. Re- 

 ceived March 26, 1923. 



56698. Garcinia gibbsiae S. Moore. 



A wild relative of the mangosteen which 

 grows in forests in the Bellenden Ker Hills, at 

 an altitude of about 2,000 feet. The leaflets 

 are oval with mucronate tips, and the flowers, 

 in clusters of two or three, are green, later 



56698 and 56699— Continued. 



turning brown. The fruit is not known.. 

 (Adapted from Journal of Botany, vol. 55, pp. 

 298, 302.) 



56699. Garcinia mestoni F. M. Bailey. 



Meston's garcinia.. 



An erect, slender, graceful tree 20 feet or 

 more in height, with drooping branches and 

 glossy dark-green leaves. The roundish 

 fruits, 2 or 3 inches in diameter, are of a bright- 

 olive green', with very juicy pulp of a pleasant 

 acid flavor. The tree grows wild in the 

 Bellenden Ker Hills at an altitude of about 

 2,000 feet. (Adapted from Report of the Gov- 

 ernment Expedition to Bellenden Ker Range, 

 Queensland, 1889, p. 31.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 

 41802. 



56700. Eremocitrus glauca (Lindl.) 

 Swingle. Rutacese. 



(Atlantia glauca Benth.) 



Australian desert kumquat.. 



From Dundas, New South Wales. Seeds 

 presented by Herbert J. Rumsey. Received 

 March 28, 1923. 



"This is one of the most interesting of all citrus 

 fruits and one which, curiously enough, has never 

 yet received adequate attention from botanists or 

 horticulturists. It was first mentioned by Leich- 

 hardt, the German explorer, to whom we owe mucn 

 of our knowledge concerning the interior of the 

 deserts of northeastern Australia. It is a shrub or 

 small tree from 12 to 15 feet high, with a trunk 2 to 

 6 inches in diameter. It has small but thick leath- 

 ery leaves of gray-green, and one is struck by the 

 scantiness of the foliage. The flowers are small and 

 the fruits about a half inch in diameter. An agree- 

 able beverage is made from the acid juice and a fair- 

 preserve may be made out of the fruit. The peel 

 has the sweetish flavor of the kumquat. It is 

 known in Australia as the native lemon. The plant 

 was described botanically in a footnote to Lieut. 

 Col. Thomas Livingston Mitchell's 'Journal of an 

 Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia 

 in Search of a Route from Sydney to the Gulf of" 

 Carpentaria.' This plant was discovered on Octo- 

 ber 17, 1846, not far from Lieutenant Colonel Mitch- 

 ell's camp, near the junction of the Maranoa and 

 Merivale Rivers, in the southern limit of Queens- 

 land, latitude 26° S. Decidedly cold weather was- 

 encountered near this point, in some cases the ice 

 being so thick that it had to be broken in the morn- 

 ing before the horses could drink. It seems quite 

 probable from this that the plant grows in a region 

 where the temperature occasionally falls to 10° F. 

 and in rare cases nearly to zero. It is the hardiest 

 of all evergreen citrus fruits and is very promising 

 for use in breeding new and hardy types." ( W. T. 

 Swingle.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 29537.. 



56701 to 56709. 



cese. 



Zea mays L. 



Poa- 

 Corn. 



From Sapporo, Japan. Seeds presented by M. 

 Akernine, professor of plant breeding, Hok- 

 kaido Imperial University. Received March 

 21, 1923. Quoted notes by Professor Ake- 

 rnine. 



Seeds introduced from the chief corn-producing 

 regions of Japan and China, for the use of depart- 

 ment specialists engaged in corn breeding. 



56701. "A local yellow flint variety from 

 Chosen." 



5S702 and 56703. "From Ehime." 



56702. "A local white flint variety." 



56703. "A local yellow flint variety." 



56704. "A local yellow flint variety from, 

 Kumamoto." 



