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BULLETIN' OF FOREIGN PLANT' INTRODUCTIONS , 
March 1, to 16, 1911. 
•NEW PLANT IMMIGRANTS^ 
(NOTES Applications for material listed in this hull* 
"be made at : any time to this Office. As they are received they are 
filed and when the material is ready for the use of experimenters 
it is sent to those on' the list of applicants who can show that 
they are prepared to care for it, as well as to others selected 
"because of their special fitness to experiment with the particular 
plants imported.) 
AMYGDALUS PERSICA. (Amygdalaceae . ) 29991. Seeds of a peach 
from Tsinanfu, Shantung, China. Presented "by Dr. J. B. Neal. "This 
peach is grown not far from here. It is a cling and though rather 
inconvenient for eating, is very large and luscious, COMING INTO 
MARKET ABOUT THE MIDDLE OP SEPTEMBER AND LASTING FOR A MONTH OR 
MORE* It is the last peach we get during the season, the peach 
supply "beginning the middle or last of June and continuing through 
the summer and early autumn, about four. months in all." (Neal.) 
For distribution later. • 
ASPARAGUS SPP. (Convallariaceae . ) 29981-983. Asparagus seed 
from Erfurt, Germany. Purchased from Messrs. Haage und Schmidt. 
29992.- Seed of Asparagus acutifolius from Jerusalem, Palestine. 
Presented "by Mr. E. F. Beaumont, American Colony, Jerusalem. 
30010-011. Asparagus seed from Naples, Italy. Purchased from 
Dammann and Company. 30012-015. Asparagus seed from Edinburgh, 
Scotland. Presented "by Prof. Isaac Bailey Balfour, Royal Botanic 
Garden. All these varieties were secured for the Office of Truck- 
Crop Diseases in "breeding a resistant asparagus. All for distri- 
bution later. 
BERBER IS SPP. (Berberidaceae . ) 29957-959. Seeds of barber- 
ries from Eew, England. Presented by Dr. David Prain, Director, 
Royal Botanic Gardens. 29957. Berberis acuminata. 29958. Ber- 
beris parvifolia. 29959. Berberis wilsonae. 29999. Plants of 
barberry from Ussy, France. Purchased from M. Pi«rre Sebire. Ber- 
beris stenophylla corallina. All for distribution -later. 
COTONEASTER SPP. (Pomaceae.) 29963-971. Seeds of nine 
species of cotoneaster from Kew, England. Presented by Dr. David 
Prain, Director, Royal Botanic Gardens. The cotoneasters are es- 
pecially beautiful for covering walls and for training against the 
house. For distribution later. 
