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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



35590 to 35592— Continued. 



35591. Enterolobium cyclocarpum (Jacq.) Griseb. 



' ' Quinacastlc . A tree which grows to enormous size, 4 feet or more in diame- 

 ter. Being an evergreen, it makes a beautiful shade tree. I have one in my 

 yard which shades an area 150 feet in diameter. The wood is used for chests, 

 trunks, closets, etc., because worms or bugs will not enter it." 



35592. HuRA CREPITANS L. Sand-box tree. 

 ' ' Haba. Another tree which grows to a large size and will do well in a dry cli- 

 mate. The cattle eat the falling leaves the year round and do well on them. 

 The lumber is used for making tanks, vats, etc." 



Distribution. — A shade tree about 40 feet tall, bearing poplarlike leaves, 

 found throughout tropical America and the West Indies, and often cultivated 

 in other warm countries. 



35593 and 35594. 



From Jerusalem. Palestine. Presented by the American colony. Received 

 June 18, 1913. 



35593. Medicago littoralis Rhode. 

 "Found at Caesarea, near the sea." 



See S. P. I., Xo. 29914 for previous introduction. 



35594. Lallemantia iberica (Bieb.) Fisch. and Meyer. 

 " Wild near Jerusalem. ' ' 



See S. P. I. Xo. 29932 for previous introduction and description. 



35595. SoLANUM TUBEROSUM L. Potato. 



From Erfurt, Germany. Purchased from Messrs. Haage & Schmidt. Received 

 May 8, 1913. 



These potatoes were imported for the use of the pathologists and plant breeders of 

 the Bureau of Plant Industry. 



35596 to 35598. Hibiscus spp. 



From Port of Spain, Trinidad, British West Indies. Presented by Mr. E. N. 

 Reedy. Received June 17, 1913. 

 Cuttings. 



35596. " Salmon, a very beautiful variety." (Reedy.) 



35597. "Wliite." 35598. "Yellow." 



35599. Blighia sapida Koenig. Akee. 



From Kingston, Jamaica, British West Indies. Presented by Mr. W. Harris, 

 superintendent of public gardens. Received June 14, 1913. 

 See S. P. I. Xo. 35232 for previous introduction. 



35600. SojA MAX (L.) Piper. Soy bean. 



{Glycine hispida Maxim.) 

 Grown at the Plant Introduction Field Station, Rockville, Md., under Yarrow 

 No. 288. Original seed received from Pomona College, Claremont, Cal., in 1911. 



" It makes a remarkable growth of vines and has extremely large root nodules. Two 

 bushels of seed were secured last year, and this has all been planted this spring." 

 ( /. M. Rankin.) 



