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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



34127 to 34129. 



From Soochow, China. Presented by Mr. N. Gist Gee. Received July 22, 1912. 

 Seeds of the following; quoted notes by Mr. Gee: 



34127. HoRDEUM vuLGARE L. Barley. 

 "Used to make a sirup." 



34128. Triticum aesth^um L. Wheat. 

 (T. vulgare Vill.) 



"Used to make flour." 



34129. HoRDEUM VULGARE L. Barley. 

 "Eaten as rice is by the Chinese." 



34130. Castilla elastica Cerv. Central American rubber. 



From Misantla, Vera Cmz, Mexico. Presented by Mr. C. A. Purpus. Received 

 July 19, 1912. 



34131. Amygdalus persica L. Peach. 

 {Prunus persica Stokes.) 



From Guadeloupe, French AVest Indies. Presented by Mrs. F. T. F. DuMont. 

 Received July 25, 1912. 

 "In Florida there is a peach which ripens in May and which is locally called the 

 'pinto [peento] peach.' I have never seen this peach below Rockledge. There is a 

 peach here that is very like it in shape and taste that grows and bears well and stands 

 the heat. Its shape is long, with a decided point at the apex. The stems are slightly 

 indented in the fruit. The fruit is easily detached when ripe. The pulp is juicy, homo- 

 geneous, and not stringy. It has more perfume and savor than the Florida peach. It 

 is a freestone and peels easily. It isilarger that the Florida peach, the long diameter 

 averaging 1^ inches, the transverse 1| inches. It is round — not flattened. It resists 

 decay well, even in this heat, from 76 degrees, our coolest nights, to 90 degrees always 

 in the afternoons, some of the fruit lasting after being gathered for four days. It seems 

 to me this peach would do well in southern Florida. The stones I am sending were 

 taken from the fruit between July 9 and 14." {Mrs. Du Mont.) 



34132 to 34145. 



From Kovospassko, Syzran-Riazan R. R., Russia. Presented by Mr. A. D. 

 Woeikov. Received July 24, 1912. 

 Seeds of the following: 



34132. SoRBUs TiANSCHANiCA Ruprecht. Mountain ash. 



{Pyrus tianschanica Franch.) 

 "A rowan occurring in the higher mountain regions of central Asia. Gener- 

 ally of shrubby growth, though occasionally found to be a small tree. Of vali.e 

 as an ornamental garden and park tree for the cool, semiarid sections of the 

 United States." {F. N. Meyer.) 



34133. Asparagus trichophyllus Bunge. Asparagus. 



"An asparagus of twining habits found in sandy and alkaline deserts in central 

 Asia. Of value, possibly, in breeding work." {F. N. Meyer.) 



34134. Prunus sibirica L. Plum. 

 "A species of Prunus, closely related to the apricots, occurring in eastern 



Siberia, Manchuria, and Mongolia. May be of value in breeding experiments. ' ' 

 (F. N, Meyer.) 



