16 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPOKTED. 



10403 to 10404. GossYPiUM ARBOREUM (?). Tree cotton. 



From Guadalajara, Mexico. Secured by JNIr. Edward B. Light, United States 

 consular agent for Senor Hilario Cuevas, of San Luis Soyatlan, Jalisco, Mexico. 

 Eeceived February 10, 1904. 



10403. (Light's No. 1.) 



"The common variety which grows wild in many parts of the state. It is 

 claimed that the tree resists the effects of the drought when other trees 

 perish. There are no known cultivated cotton trees, but there are native 

 trees which have produced a harvest of 50 pounds of cotton. Neither the 

 light frosts w'e have, nor the boll weevil, nor any other insects injuriously 

 affect the trees. This is claimed by jieople who have known the tree for fifty 

 years." {Light.) 



10404. (Light's No. 2.) 



"The finest quality of cotton, and yields more prolifically. It seems that a 

 quarter of a century or more ago the natives used this cotton for making 

 cloth, but none has been made of late years and the trees have never been 

 cultivated by the present generation with that end in view. This tree is 

 readily grown and is very hardy. The tree usually begins to bear when it is 

 from 4 to 5 years old." [Light.) 



10405. MuSA TEXTiLis. Manila hemp. 



From Manila, P. I. Presented by Mr. H. T. Edwards, of the Bureau of Agri- 

 culture, to Mr. L. H. Dewey. Received February 29, 1904. 

 Seed collected in Tayan^s Province. 



10406. ViciA FABA. Broad bean. 



From London, England. Eeceived thru James Yeitch & Sons (Limited), 544 

 King's road, Chelsea, March 1, 1904. 

 ^\>it(:^]t\s Improred Ljongpod. This variety should be sown in pots or boxes in a cold 

 frame in January and transplanted early in March, lifting with a good ball and 

 molding up the plants. This is better for early supplies than sowing in the open in 

 autumn. For succession the seed should be sown every three weeks from Febru- 

 ary 1 until June, on a north border in heavy loam in rows 3 feet apart. To get early 

 pods, topping should, take place wdien a good set of blooms is secured. 



10407. Fhaseolus radiatus. ■ Mung bean. 



From Whittier, Cal. Eeceived thru Mr. C. W. Leflingwell,- jr., March 5, 1904. 

 Grown from S. P. I. No. 6430. 



10408. (Undetermined.) 



From Cochin China. Presented by Mr. J. B. de Taillac, Astoria, Long Island" 

 City, N. Y., February 25, 1904. 



According to Mr. de Taillac' s letter this plant exhales an essence which is so dis- 

 agreeable to mosquitoes that when placed in windows the insects do not enter the 

 room. This evidence of the eflicaciousness of the plant Mr. de Taillac asserts on 

 the information of a friend in Cochin China, where the plant is indigenous. 



Mr. de Taillac further remarks that this is also a fodder plant of some value, altho 

 it gives to the milk a slightly disagreeable taste, which can be remedied, however, 

 bvthe addition to the ration of such a fodder as beets. (See letter of February 3, 

 1904. ) 



10409. SwiETENiA MAHAGONi. . Mahogany. 



From Santa Clara, Cuba. Presented by Julio S. Montero &, Brothers, March 4, 

 1904. 

 . Caoha. Seeds of mahogany from the plantation of the father of Montero & Brothers, 

 situated in the province of Santa Clara. 



10410. Aleurites cordata. Wood-oil tree. 



From Hankow, China. Presented by Hon. L. S. Wilcox, consul-general. 

 Eeceived March 3, 1904. 

 Seed of the wood-oil tree from the province of Hunan, China, fall crop of 1903. 

 According to Consul-General Wilcox's letter of January 12, 1904, "this tree grows 

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