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NO. 61. 
■ BULLETIN OF FOREIGN PLANT INTRODUCTIONS. 
April 1 to 30, 1911. 
NEW PLANT IMMIGRANTS. 
- (NOTE: Applications for material listed in this "bulletin 
may 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 ,J 
ANDROPOGON SCHOENANTHUS. (Poaceae.) 30672. Plants of 
an oil -grass from Monghyr, Bengal, India. Pre sent ed by Mr. 
Lalit Mohan Sinha. "This is called Agya Ghas or fire-grass 
in Hindustani. It needs an alluvial soil to grow luxuriantly. 
The roots should be taken out every year after the rains and 
transplanted in a well cultivated soft soil. It is not very 
much cultivated now and is being neglected." (Sinha.) 
Imported for the work of the Office of Drug Plant Investiga- 
tions in cultivating and testing all procurable species of 
oil-grasses. For distribution later. 
ANONA SP. (Anonaceae.) 30486. Seeds of anona from 
Para, Brazil. Presented by Mr. Walter Fischer, Acting Direc- 
tor, Campo de Cultura Experimental Paraense. "About three 
years ago Dr. J. Huber brought the original seeds from the 
river Purtis; i a 'jea.r, ago. I planted several of theyoung trees 
on the fetation grounds and the seeds are from fruit from 
these trees. The fruit is almost spherical and only slightly 
heart-shaped; it is smooth and of a greenish orange color, 
weight about six ounces, meat of a beautiful orange and in 
fair quantity; taste like that of all the anonas, difficult 
to describe, but with a suggestion of resin and not unlike 
some apples I have eaten; probably capable of improvement and 
fruits may become larger on older trees.- The tree in general' 
aspect as well as in its bark and foliage strongly resembles 
the persimmon." (Fischer.) For distribution later. 
APOCYNUM HENDERSONI. ( Apocynaceae . ) 30501-502. Seeds 
from Central Asia. Presented by Dr. Isaac Bayley Balfour, 
Director, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. 30501. Brown 
fiber. 30502. White fiber. "Yields a fiber from which rope 
is largely made." (Balfour.) One or two of the Central Asian 
species of this genus give fiber especially suited for use m 
