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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



18346 to 18357. 



From Gatton. Queensland. Australia. Presented by Prof. John Mahon, prin- 

 cipal of the Queensland Agricultural College. Received April 18, 1906. 



18346. Axdropogox sericeus. 



18347. axdropogox ixtermedius. 



18348. axthistiria ciliata. 



18349. Chloris divaricata. 



18350. Chloris truncata. 



18351. Chrysopogox parviflora. 



18358 to 18381. 



18352. Eragro>tis brownei. 



18353. Eriochloa punctata. 



18354. ischaemum pectixatum. 



18355. Panicum decompositum. 



18356. Panicdm divaricatis>imum. 



18357. Axdropogox australis. 



From Hanatote, TTgo, Japan. Presented by Mr. S. Nakauawa. Riku-u Agricul- 

 tural Experiment Station. Received April 12. 1906. 



Seeds, as follows: 



18358. Brachypodium: japonicum. 



18359. Brachypodium .tapoxicum. 



18360. Bromus uxioloides. 



18361. Cassia mimosoides. 



18362. coix lacryma-jobi. 



18363. Desmodium gardxeri. 



18364. Eleusine coracaxa. 



18365. Eragro^tis ferrugixea. 



18366. Eriochloa villosa. 



18367. Holcus lanatds. 



18368. Indi^ofera tinctoria. 



18369. Lespedeza buergeri. 



18370. Lespedeza striata. 



18382. aIacadaviia termfolia. 



18371. Lotus CORXICULATUS japon- 



ic us. 



18372. Miscaxthus sixexsis. 



18373. Paspalum thuxbergii. 



18374. Pexxisetum japoxicum. 

 18375.' Chaetochloa glauca. 



18376. Chaetochloa pachy- 



STACHYA. 



18377. Chaetochloa viridis. 



18378. Chaetochloa viridis 



gig ante a. 



18379. Spodiopogox cotulifer. 



18380. VlCIA AMOENA LAXATA. 



18381. VlCIA UXIIUGA. 



Queensland nut. 



Presented by Prof. F. Manson Bailev. 



From Brisbane. Queensland. Australia. 

 Received April IS. 1906. 



'"The Queensland nut is well worthy of cultivation in Ceylon, not only as an 

 ornamental or wmdbelt tree, bat also for its dainty product. That it is suited to our 

 climate may be judged from the growth of the tree at Peradeniya, where, having 

 been introduced in 1S68. it is now 40 to 50 feet high, with a spreading habit. It is 

 indigenous to the northeastern paits ot Australia, and is commonly known there as 

 the 'Queensland nut ' It has also been referred to as the 'Australian hazelnut,' 

 while the late Baron von Mueller described it as ' the nut tree of subtropical eastern 

 Australia/ The tree is at first of a rather slow-growing habit, but begins to bear 

 fruit when 6 or 7 years old. increasing in fertility until it reaches the age of 15 years. 



"A writer in the Sydney Mail some time ago stated that the tree fruited freely from 

 the time it was 8 years old. bearing at the age of 13 1,200 nuts, with which every 

 branch was laden. Mr. W. J. Allen, in the Agricultural Gazette of New South 

 vVales for October of last year, draws attention to the importance of growing the 

 Queensland nut for the market. 'One farmer. * he states. ' has over an acre of these 

 nuts, which are doing well with him and which prove themselves very profitable, 

 finding ready sale for them at from 6d to 7d. per pound. The nuts are retailed in 

 the Sydney fruit shops at Is. per pound, and are very well liked when they become 

 known. At present the supply in our own state can not be anything like equal to 

 the demand, and it seems to me that if these nuts were produced in quantities we 

 should be able to find a ready sale for large supplies in Great Britain and America.' 

 Mr. Allen describes the nut as ' one of the best-flavored on the market,' and he would 

 recommend all those who have not tasted them to buy a few and try them. 



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