58 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 
32894 to 32900— Continued. 
32896. Gorm-Gazaly (antelope's abode). 
32897. Kaiby. 
32898. Saidy (from Said, rural). 
32899. Wedi (valley or creek). 
32900. Wishk-Gobeil (mountain slope). 
32901. Diospyros kaki L. f. Persimmon. 
From Algiers, Algeria. Presented by Dr. L. Trabut. Received March 2, 1912. 
"Boufarik. A new variety. Fruit green, large, round, flattened, very good." 
(Trabut.) 
32902. Nephelium lappaceum L. Rambutan. 
From Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by Mr. W. G. Gobius, Secretary to the 
Department of Agriculture. Received March 1, 1912. 
See No. 25165 for general description of this fruit. 
32906 to 32909. Glycine hispida (Moench) Maxim. Soy bean. 
The following list represents some promising varieties of soy beans grown in 
quantity at the Arlington Experimental Farm, Virginia, in 1911. Numbered 
March 4, 1912, for convenience in recording distribution. 
Seeds of the following; quoted notes by Mr. W. J. Morse: 
32906. " Virginia. Grown under No. 19186D. A pure field selection at 
Arlington farm in 1907 out of S. P. I. No. 19186, from Newchwang, Manchuria, 
1906. A medium-late brown-seeded variety of considerable promise." 
32907. "Peking. Grown under No. 17852B. A pure field selection at 
Arlington Experimental Farm in 1907 out of S. P. I. No. 17852, Meyer, from 
Peking, China. A medium-late variety with small black seeds. Very 
prolific and especially promising as a hay variety." 
32908. " Chestnut. Grown under No. 20405B. A field mass selection at 
Arlington Experimental Farm in 1907 out of S. P. I. No. 20405, Habaro, 
from Khabarovsk, Siberia, 1906. A medium-early brown-seeded variety of 
promise in the more northern States." 
32909. " Auburn. Grown under No. 21079A. A field mass selection at 
Arlington Experimental Farm in 1907 out of S. P. I. No. 21079, Shingto, 
from Tieling, Manchuria, 1907. A black-seeded variety in Pennsylvania 
and New York." 
32910. Phytelephas aequitorialis Spruce. Ivory-nut palm. 
From Guayaquil, Ecuador. Presented by Mr. Herman R. Dietrich, American 
consul general. Received March 1, 1912. 
Distribution. — An erect palm, sometimes 20 feet high, found on the plains in the 
vicinity of Guayaquil and extending up the valleys in the Andes to an elevation of 
5,000 feet, especially toward Mount Chimborazo, in Ecuador. 
32911 to 32913. 
From Lawang, Java. Presented by Mr. M. Buysman. Received February 
26, 1912. 
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