Introductions of i8gi. 



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Vaccinium corymbosum var. atrococcum. Gillett 6° Horsford. 

 Eastern states. 



— erythrocarpon. H. P. Kelsey. 



Southern states. 



— hirsutum. H. P. Kelsey, N. C. 



A native hairy shrub, the fruit being ediLle. 



— Oxycoccus. Gillett & Horsford. 



Northern states. 

 Vepris lanceolata. Reasoner Bros. 



South Africa. 

 Veronica serpyllifolia. H. P. Kelsey. 



Eastern states. 

 Viburnum pubescens. Gillett 6° Horsford. 



Eastern states. 

 Viola striata. H. P. Kelsey. 



Eastern states. 

 Walnut, Vilmorin. Gillet, Cal. 



Watermelon. F. Barteldes 6° Co., Kansas. 



This melon is grown extensively in western Kansas and eastern 

 Colorado. It belongs to the citrons, and can be used only for pre- 

 serves or stock food. The melons grow to a large size, some of them 

 weighing as high as 60 or 70 pounds. The flesh is firm and solid, 

 with only very few seeds. The melons will keep all winter, and can 

 be fed to stock same as turnips and beets. 



Watsonia densiflora alba. Reaso7ier Bros. 

 Africa. 



Zizia aurea var. Bebbii. H. P. Kelsey. 



Eastern states. 

 Zizyphus Parryi. Orcutt. 



California jujube. Spiny shrub, producing an edible fruit. 

 Zygadenus leimanthoides. H. P. Kelsey, N. C. 



Native. White showy flowers in an open panicle ; 1 to 3 feet. 



ADDENDUM. 



The following additions and corrections should be made to 

 the volumes for 1889 and 1890. Various additions of native 

 plants should be made, but these are recorded in the Census 

 of Cultivated Indigenous Plants (§ 2). 



Apple, Carlough. 



Is erroneously written Carbough in Annals for 1889, 97. 

 Balsam, Burpee's Defiance. Burpee. 1890. 



