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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED 



61861 to 61879. Tritictjm durum Desf. 

 Poacese. Durum wheat. 



From Rabat, Morocco. Seods presented by 

 the Station de Selection et D'Essai de 

 Semences, Rabat, through J. H. Martin, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry. Received No- 

 vember 20, 1924. 



61861. No. 6. 61871. No. 120. 



61862. No. 8. 61872. No. 140. 



61863. No. 14. 61873. No. 156. 



61864. No. 16. 61874. No. 181. 



61865. No. 20. 61875. No. 182. 



61866. No. 22. 61876. No. 184. 



61867. No. 24. 61877. No. 185. 



61868. No. 46. 61878. No. 196. 



61869. No. 88. 61879. No. 198. 



61870. No. 110. 



61880. Acacia sp. Mimosacese. 



From Old TJmtali, Rhodesia, Africa. Seeds 

 presented by E. H. Greeley. Received 

 November. 21, 1924. 



A flowering tree, 20 feet high, with hand- 

 some foliage, and clusters of long, white, 

 sweet-scented flowers. (Greeley.) 



61881. Quercus sp. Fagacese. 



Oak. 



From Chihli Province, China. Seeds col- 

 lected by P. H. Dorsett, agricultural ex- 

 plorer, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived November 24, 1924. 



No. 788. October 8, 1924. Acorns from 

 a broad-leaved oak growing near the Yung 

 Lo [Ming] tomb. (Dorsett.) 



61882. Eriobotrya japonica (Thunb.) 

 Lindl. Malacese. Loquat. 



From Babson Park, Fla. Plants presented 

 by W. D. Carrier, Polk County Avocado 

 Nurseries. Received November 28, 1924. 



A seedling loquat, of excellent quality, 

 from a fine old tree grown in Putnam County, 

 Fla. This tree has survived freezes since 

 1894, and produces large quantities of ex- 

 cellent fruits. (Carrier.) 



61883 and 61884. 



From Peking, China. Tubers collected by 

 P. H. Dorsett, agricultural explorer, Bu- 

 reau of Plant Industry. Received No- 

 vember 26, 1924. Notes by Mr. Dorsett. 



Taro. 



No. 794. October 17, 1924. The small- 

 est dasheen tubers we have ever seen 

 offered for sale, obtained from the Mor- 

 rison Street Market. 



61884. Sagittaria sagittifolia L. Alis- 

 maceffi. Arrowhead. 



No. 795. October 17, 1924. Chinese 

 name Tzu Ku. Obtained from the mar- 

 ket. These are very good cooked and 

 served with a sweet sauce. 



61885 to 61892. 



From the island of Chiloe, Chile. Collected 

 by Elbert E. Reed, Instituto Agrfcola 

 Bunster. Received November 19, 1924. 



The island of Chiloe, which lies off the 

 coast of Chile in latitude 42° S., is a re- 

 gion little known horticulturally. It is 

 reputed to be the home of wild forms of 



61883. Colocasia sp. Araceae. 



the true potato, as well as of Fragaria 

 chilocnsis, the frutilla or Chilean straw- 

 berry, which is cultivated in several parts 

 of the Andean region. This berry, which 

 was carried to Europe from Concepcion, 

 Chile, in 1712. has played an important 

 part in the development, through crossing, 

 of the cultivated strawberries of the pres- 

 ent day. 



In order to procure from Chiloe material 

 for the use of North American plant breeders, 

 actively engaged in the improvement of po- 

 tatoes and strawberries, the Department of 

 Agriculture arranged with Elbert Reed, 

 horticulturist of the Instituto Agrfcola 

 Bunster at Angol, Chile, to visit the island. 

 Mr. Reed has sent in the following collec- 

 tion together with his notes : 



61885. Fragaria sp. Rosaceae. 



Strawberry. 



Plants of a wild strawberry from sand 

 banks more or less 100 feet high, near 

 Quilan. 



61886 to 61892. Solanum spp. Solanaceae. 

 Wild potato. 



61886 and 61887. Tubers raised from 

 wild potato seeds by Senior Vera, 

 of Quilan, near Cucao. 



61886. Solanum sp. 



A hybrid between the wild and 

 Quilian varieties. 



61887. Solanum sp. 

 A wild variety. 



61888. Solanum sp. 



From a patch of ground adjoining 

 the beach at Alpua, about 15 miles 

 south of Cucao. 



61889. Solanum sp. 



Presented by Sr. Everardo Werner, 

 of Puntra. Seiior Werner discovered 

 these wild potato plants in the region 

 called Cucao, on the west coast of Chi- 

 loe, about six years ago, while search- 

 ing with a large party for the passen 

 gers of a wrecked ship. He has <?ulti 

 vated these plants ever since. 



61890 to 61892. Progeny of the wild po 

 tato, brought from Cucao by Senor 

 Werner, showing a very distinct va- 

 riation in the seedlings from the 

 wild pistillate parent, both in the 

 tuber and in the plants. It here 

 loses all semblance to the wild type 

 and appears like the ordinary culti- 

 vated potato. Senor Werner says 

 that all three colors — red, white, and 

 yellow — came from the seeds of one 

 plant. 



61890. Solanum sp. 

 White strain. 



61891. Solanum sp. 

 Yellow strain. 



61892. Solanum sp. 

 Red strain. 



61893. Gossypium sp. Malvaceae. 



Cotton. 



From Constantza. Rumania. Seeds pre- 

 sented by Kevork Boyadjian, through 

 Richard B. Haven, American vice consul. 

 Received December 1, 1924. 



Turkish cotton which matured at Do- 

 brodja, Rumania, where the growing sea- 

 son is 100 to 150 days long and usually 

 very warm. (Haven.) 



