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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPOETED. 



is no need, in my opinion, to give the approximate yield of each variety (the only two 

 jielding 5,000 kilos per hectare are Nos. 579 [S. P. I. No. 34234] and 598 [S. P. I. 

 No. 34233], most of the others running about 4,000 to 4,300 kilos per hectare). The 

 data regarding the number of days for maturing the crop are, of course, not of much 

 value to you, considering the vastly different conditions under which these varieties 

 will be grown in the States and considering the variation of the individual sensitiveness 

 of the varieties to local influences.'- (Barrett.) 

 Seeds of the following: 



34220. 



Arabon. 



34235. 



Macan Santa Rita. 



34221. 



Binugayan carcar. 



34236. 



Macan Silangan. 



34222. 



Bayhay. 



34237. 



Magjmnit. 



34223. 



Binatad. 



34238. 



Minaya. 



34224. 



Binankero. 



34239. 



Pilapil. 



34225. 



Calndo 



34240. 





34226. 



Cahayuran. 



34241. 



Quinaluay. 



34227. 



Calobang. 



34242. 



Quinanay. 



34228. 



Cavitenang nagmaliu. 



34243. 



Quinatia. 



34229. 



Ilangitnon. 



34244. 



Quiriquiri. 



34230. 



Joquianan. 



34245. 



San Pablo. 



34231. 



Laud. 



34246. 



Tayading puld. 



34232. 



Mancasar. 



34247. 



Tahilid. 



34233. 



Manticanon. 



34248. 



Tungcadol. 



34234. 



Manahun-ac. 



34249. 



Virgen. 



34250 and 34251. 







From Saff, Egypt. Presented by Mr. Alfred Bircher, The Middle Egypt Botanic 

 Gardens. Received August 6, 1912. 



34250. DovYALis caffra (Hook, and Harv.) Warb. Kei-apple. 

 (Aberia caffra Hook, and Harv.) 



"A small tree, 12 to 30 feet in height, often thornless when in tree form, but 

 exceedingly thorny when kept cut as a hedge, for which purpose it is much used, 

 as it is impenetrable and when once established stands drought remarkably 

 well. The seeds soon lose their vitality when kept dry, but germinate freely 

 when fresh, and the plants are easily transplanted in the various nursery stages 

 if not allowed to get a secure foothold, which they do rapidly. It does not 

 succeed where frosts are regularly severe, but elsewhere requires to be cut 

 twice a year to keep it in good hedge form and makes a dense 5-foot hedge in 

 five years. It stands cutting to any extent, and if a hedge has been allowed 

 to make too much headway when young and becomes open below it can be cut 

 to the ground level and started afresh from the coppice shoots. Blanks in a 

 hedge, if not too wide, can be remedied by interplaiting branches. The fruit 

 is globose or depressed globose, minutely velvety, 1 to 1 J inches in diameter, 

 bright yellow, resembling an apricot, edible, and used in preserves, but of too 

 high flavor to be used alone. It is too sour for dessert use unless perfectly 

 ripened under bright sunshine. It is sometimes attacked by the common peach 

 maggot." {Sim, Forest Flora of Cape Colony.) 



34251. CoRDiA MYXA L. Sebesten. 



"In India the tender young fruit is eaten as a vegetable and is pickled; the 

 ripe fruit is eaten and is greedily devoured by the birds; the kernel is eaten 

 and tastes somewhat like a filbert; that of the cultivated tree is better. The 



