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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



49835. Ananas sativus Schult. f. Bromeliaceae. Pineapple. 

 From Kabalo, Belgian Kongo. Collected by Dr. H. L. Shantz, Agricultural 

 Explorer of the United States Department of Agriculture. Received April 2, 

 1920. 



"(Kabalo, February, 1920.) Suckers from pineapples groAvn about native cabins." 

 (Shantz.) 



49836 to 49839. 



From Elizabethville, Belgian Kongo. Collected by Dr. H. L. Shantz, Agricul- 

 tural Explorer of the United States Department of Agriculture. Received 

 April 3, 1920. Quoted notes by Doctor Shantz. 



49836. Agave Americana L. Amaryllidacese. 



"(No. 364. Elizabeth\ille. December 27, 1919.) One of the chief fiber 

 plants of tliis section ; the fiber is said to be whiter than sisal, which is also grown 

 here." 



49837. Agave sisalina Perrine. Amaryllidaceae. 



"(No. 365. Elizabethville. December 27, 1919.) This plant does very 

 well here, producing leaves 5 feet long, but the market is not good." 



49838. Manihot esculenta Crantz. Euphorbiaceae. Cassava. 

 (M. utilissima Pohl.) 



"(No. 363. Elizabethville. December 27, 1919.) This is a cool country for 

 Manihot, and these plants may prove to be better for cool climates than those 

 grown in South America or the lower Kongo. Here it is one of the principal 

 articles of native diet. Its worst enemy is the porcupine." 



49839. (Undetermined.) 



"(Elizabethville, December, 1919.) Three small tubers." 



49840. Eriobotrya japonica (Thunb.) Lindl. Malacese. Loquat* 

 From Olive, Calif. Cuttings presented by M. Payan. Received April 6, 1920. 

 Eulalia. This variety was originated by Mr. Payan from seeds of the Advance variety 

 planted by him in 1897. It is reported to be a rather vigorous grower, spreading and 

 productive, and thus far has shown no blight. The following is a detailed description, 

 of the fruit: 



Form truncate pyriform to obovoid pyriform, borne in large, rather loose terminal 

 clusters on stout woolly stems inserted without depression; surface smooth, sparsely 

 covered with light down ; apex depressed ; basin irregular, abrupt, corrugated; calyx, 

 segments broad, short, downy, converging; eye medium, partially open; color orange- 

 yellow, blushed, and washed with red when tree ripened, and overspread with a thin 

 bloom; dots numerous, aureoled, light gray; skin thick, tough, acid; flesh pinkish^ 

 translucent, melting, tender, very juicy; seeds of medium size, rather numerous;, 

 flavor subacid; quality good. Season, February to May in Orange County, Calif* 

 (Adapted from Yearbook, U. S. Department of Agriculture, 1905, p. 504-) 



49841 and 49842. 



From New South Wales, Australia. Seeds presented by Hugh Dixson, Aber- 

 geldie. Received April 1, 1920. Quoted notes by Mr. Dixson, 

 49841. Angophora cordifolia Cav. Myrtacese. 



"An Australian plant which grows in rather poor sandy sandstone country, 

 seldom above 8 feet in height. A plant I have flowered in two years at about 

 3 feet high; it has large bunches of cream- white eucalyptuslike flowers with, 

 honey perfume, very attractive to bees and other insects. Young plants must 

 not be cut back, for there is apparently no bud at the base of the leaves till it 



