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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



36263. PisTACiA spp. Pistache. 



From Fresno, Cal. Collected at Roeding Pai'k, September 25, 1913, by Mr. J. E. 

 Morrow, for propagation at the Plant Introduction Field Station, CMco, Cal. 

 Seeds from trees numbered 1 to 24. To be grown for stocks only. 

 Trees 1 to 24 proved to be a mixture of species of Pistacia, probably including P. 

 mutica, P. vera, and P. terebinthm, all of these species liaAdng been sent to Roeding 

 Park. 



36264. ScHiNOPSis lorextzii (Griseb.) Engler. Quebracho. 

 From Buenos Aires, Argentina. Presented by Dr. Carlos Thays, Director of the 



Botanic Garden. Received October 2, 1913. 

 See S. P. I. No. 34016 for pre^dous introduction. 



For a full discussion of the economic value of this anacardiaceous tree, see "Que- 

 bracho wood and its substitutes," by Cla;>i:on D. Mell and Warren D. Brush, Forest 

 Ser^-ice Circular 202, 1912. . 



36265 and 36266. Citrus sixexsis (L.) Osbeck. Orange. 



From Guatemala. Presented by Mr. S. Billow, Guatemala City. .Received 

 October 2, 1913. 



36285 . " An orange slightly acid in taste ; verv^ juicy ; 23 cm. in circumference 

 with a rind 3 mm. in thickness; 4 or 5 will weigh a pound. Grown at 

 Escuintla, 1,111 feet above sea level. The average annual rainfall is 125 

 inches; temperature from 60° to 95° F." {Billoiu.) 

 Seeds. 



36266. "An orange very sweet and juicy; 26 cm. in circumference with a 

 rind 4 mm. in thickness; 4 or 5 will weigh a pound. Grown at Moran, 3,959 

 feet above sea level. The average annual rainfall is 60 inches; temperature 

 60° to 90° F." {Billow.) 



Seeds. 



36267 to 36269. Zea mays L. Corn. 



From Cuzco, Peru. Presented by Mr. F. A. Peralta, at the request of ^Mr. W. F. 

 Wight, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received August 5, 1913. 

 Quoted notes by Mr. W. W. Tracy, who. tested the varieties. 



36267. "But five pknts germinated, all but one of which died without 

 coming into tassel, that one not maturing fruit. The plant was notably 

 deep rooted." 



36268. "Six plants germinated, all smaller and weaker than the preceding; 

 no plants tasseled. They were very deep rooted, with a nan'ow, hard leaf. 

 These two might develop into strains adapted to dry lands and high- tem- 

 peratures. They seem to suffer from cold and wet." 



36269. (No report.) 



36270. Perse A Americana Miller. Avocado. 



(P. gratissima Gaertn.) 

 From Miami, Fla. From seedlings sent from Washington to the Plant Introduc- 

 tion Field Station, J*Iiami, Fla., and grown there under Garden No. 1247, 

 Received September 10, 1913. 

 "Oblong oval, slightly oblique in shape; medium large, 5 inches long, 3| inches 

 wide; weight 24 ounces; surface fairly smooth; yellowish green, ahnost yellow at 

 base, numerous large yellow dots; meat deep yeUow, light green near the skin, three- 



