BULLET IB- Of FORM'ON- HANT INTRODUCTIONS,. 
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\ January 1 to 15, 1910.* : . . 1 ' ' 
/NEW PLANT IMMIGRANTS.'" , E . : ..:J * *' 
r AMYG-DALUS PMSICA*. '26472. " Seed of ' a' "w'i'f d peach from .Kashmir ,. 
India, presented by Mr. J. Mollison, Inspector .'General of 
j. Agriculture in India. These ^trees^bear; >.frui;%' when 4 years 
-. old and 15'*feet • high * , 2650'3-f Seed of* i' peach f ronTChinese' 
Turkestan, presented. By far. E^; 'Gate's, Simla, India. Both*, ; 
% numbers for distribution later. #! , *' . ■ 
BROUSSONETIA«- ■ Kogo . 26492. - B -PAPYRI EERA . 26493., Cuttings r 
of paper making plants from Settsu, near Kobe , Japan. Pro- 
■ cured by Mr Albert J. Perkins from the Japan .Nursery Co.. 
For distribution later. 
CITRULLUS VULGARIS. 26504. Watermelon from Chinese Turkes-' 
tan. Presented by Mr. E. Cotes, Simla, India. For distri- 
% but ion later, . " . ■ . ' 
DIOSPYROS. . 26490-491. Cutting^ of two> varieties of persimmons, 
| Hachiya and Euyu Kaki, from Settsu, near Kobe, Japan. Pro- ; 
cured- by Mr. A. J. Perkins from the Japan Nursery Co. For;\ 
4 distribution later.: ■ ..■ ■■ ■■, 
\ CITRUS AURANTIUM. 26494. NatsU-mikan, from Settsu, near 
Kobe, Japan. Procured by Mr. Albert J. Perkins- from the 
Japan Nursery Co* Miss- Sv J. Scidmdre has said of this •, 
fruit: -"The Natsu-mikan, or summer orange, is needed here as 
a successor of grape fruit at the season when there is 
nothing to take the place of that most refreshing fruit. 
Nothing equals the piercing, delicious sourness of Natsu- 
mikan, which is so decidedly a sour orange only - not a 
■» lemon nor a lime in the least." For distribution later. 
ERYTHRINA INDICA. 26499. From Kavali, Nellore district, 
India. Presented by Rev. E. Bullard. A useful hedge tree 
used commonly here around betel leaf gardens. The Telugu 
name is Badidi or Badeslii. Its leaf is an excellent fodder 
; : for cattle, sheep and goats. The wood is also used in 
making ordinary implements. 
