SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED 



These came from the best-looking fruits 

 I have ever seen in the Bogota market. 

 The original source was a barranca near 

 Facatativa, in a place sheltered from the 

 wind. They were from 1% to 1% inches 

 long, rather triangular, and of fine appear- 

 ance. (Rockwood.) 



61066 to 61073. Cicer arietinum L. 

 FabaceiB. Chick-pea. 



From Pusa, Bihar, India. Seeds purchased 

 from Asjan Singh, imperial agriculturist, 

 Agricultural Research Institute. Re- 

 ceived July 7, 1924. 



Small-seeded strains introduced for trial 

 as stock feed in the southwestern United 

 States. 



61066. Gram Pusa 6. 



61067. Gram Pusa 17. 



61068. Gram Pusa 23. 



61069. Pusa Farm selection 3. 



61070. Pusa Farm selection 11. 



61071. Pusa Farm selection 15. 



61072. Pusa Farm selection 16. 



61073. Pusa Farm selection 17. 



61074 to 61081. Cicer arietinum L. 

 Fabaceae. Chick-pea. 



From the Central Provinces of Nagpur, In- 

 dia. Seeds presented by J. F. Dastur, 

 Department of Agriculture. Received 

 July 18. 1924. 



Introduced for forage-crop specialists ex- 

 perimenting with small-seeded strains of 

 chick-peas. 



61074. Black gram 11-B. 



61075. D-8. 



61076. Dark orown gram (farm). 



61077. Malida gram. 



61078. Paroatiya gram. 



61079. Paroatiya No. 2 (U-B). 



61080. Yellow gram. 



61081. Yellow No. 39 (11-B). 



61082 and 61083. Cicer arietinum L. 

 Fabacese. Chick-pea. 



From Burma, India. Seeds presented by L. 

 Lord, Deputy Director of Agriculture, 

 Northern Circle, Mandalay. Received 

 July 9, 1924. 



Introduced for trial as stock feed in the 

 southwestern United States. 



61082. Burmese. 61083. Karachi. 



61084. Persea Americana Mill. (P. gra- 

 tissima Gaertn. f.). Lauracese. 



Avocado. 



From Honolulu, Hawaii. Budwood pre- 

 sented by Gerrit P. Wilder. Received 

 July 24, 1924. 



Wilder. The seed of the original tree of 

 the Wilder was obtained by Gerrit P. 

 Wilder from F. W. Mcfarlane, who lived on 

 the Wiedemann place, now known as the 

 Macdonald Hotel. Mr. Wilder planted the 

 small seedling tree in his private garden 

 at 1930 Ualakaa Street, Makiki, Honolulu, 

 in 1900. Although the tree grew vigor- 

 ously for eight years and bore fruit abun- 

 dantly, it gradually began to show signs of 

 unsatisfactory soil conditions, and new trees 



wore propagated from it by inarching on 

 seedling rootstocks. The variety was main- 

 tained through inarching the progeny, from 

 which there has been developed a large 

 number of individuals. When grown in 

 proper environment the Wilder is a vigor- 

 ous tree of rather upright growth and pro- 

 duces an abundance of fruit of excellent 

 quality. The variety is easily propagated 

 by budding. The fruit ripens during Octo- 

 ber. November, December, and January. 



Fruit : Form, almost spherical or slightly 

 elongated ; color, olive green ; rind, surface 

 slightly undulated, so thick as to be shell- 

 like; weight, 1% pounds; flesh, yellow, 

 tinged to green next to the rind, nutty in 

 flavor, and free from fiber ; seed, larger 

 than the ideal, tight in the cavity, covered 

 with skin, but a perfect freestone. Keeping 

 qualities of the fruit are very good. (The 

 Guatemalan Avocado in Hawaii, Hawaii 

 Bull. 51, p. 20.) 



61085 and 61086. 



From Nigeria, Africa. Seeds presented by 

 the senior conservator of forests, Oloke- 

 nieji, Southern Provinces. Received July 

 14, 1925. 



61085. Carpodinus hiesuta Hua. Apocy- 

 nacese. 



A common vine in the dry zone of 

 West Africa; according to Holland (Use- 

 ful Plants of Nigeria) it yields a rubber 

 of inferior quality, known as " flake rub- 

 ber " or '" paste rubber," and the latex is 

 commonly used to adulterate that of 

 Funtumia elastica. It is one of the so- 

 called " root-rubbers." Introduced for de- 

 partment rubber specialists. 



61086. Funtumia elastica (Preuss) 

 Stapf. Apocynacese. 



Lagos rubber tree. 



A large forest tree which is very widely 

 distributed throughout central Africa and 

 is the source of Lagos rubber, which is of 

 excellent quality. It is being introduced 

 with a view to including it in the collec- 

 tion of rubber plants now being brought 

 together in southern Florida for investi- 

 gational purposes. 



For previous introduction see S. P. I. 

 No. 58963. 



61087. Saccharum officinarum L. 

 Poacese. Sugar cane. 



From Honolulu, Hawaii. Cuttings pre- 

 sented by Atherton Lee, experiment sta- 

 tion of the Hawaiian Sugar-Planters' 

 Association. Received July 10, 1924. 



Cuttings of Striped Tip sugar cane, 

 introduced for pathologists investigating 

 sugar-cane diseases. 



61088 to 61099. 



From Africa. Seeds collected by H. L. 

 Shantz, Bureau of Plant Industry.- Re- 

 ceived July 3, 1924. Notes by Doctor 

 Shantz. 



61088 and 61089. Voi Taviti. March 31, 

 1924. Collected from rather dry 

 grassland. 



61088. Chloris sp. Poaceas. Grass. 

 No. 186. 



61089. Cynodon pdbctostachys 

 (Schum.) Pilg. Poacese. Grass. 



No. 186b. A low, perennial grass 

 with creeping stolons and short 

 blades and upright flowering stems. 



