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Descriptive notes furnished mainly by Agricultural^ 
Explorers and Foreign Correspondents relative to thP" ~ ** a * 
important introduced plants which have recently arri 1 
the Office of Foreign' Seed and Plarrt Introduction of 
Bureau of Plant Industry of the Department of Agriculture, 
together with accounts of the behavior in America of pre- 
vious introductions. Descriptions appearing here are re- 
vised and published later in the Inventory of Plants Im- 
ported. 
N®. 117. 
JAMJAR* 191' 
Genera Represented in this Number 
Page 
Page 
Alloteropsis 
954 
Macadam! a 
955 
Amygdalus 
954, 958 
Mangif era 
959 
Chamaedorea 
954 
Mimusops 
955 
Chayota 
954 
Paeonla 
956 
Corylus 
954 
Panlcum 
956 
Diospyros 
954 
Prunus 
956 
Garcinia 
955 
Pollinia 
956 
Ilex 
958 
Rand la 
956 
Juniperus 
958 
Styrax 
957 
Laurocerasus 
955 
Theme da 
957 
Lilium 
955 
Vitis 
957 
Linum 
955 
PbUas 
Dried Strips of Watermelon, Citrullus vulgaris. 
Fresh Mung Bean Sprouts, Phaseolus radiatus. 
The Chinese Pistache, Plstacia chinensis. 
Applications for material listed In these multigraphed 
sheets may ,be made at any time to this Office. As they 
are received they are placed on file, and when the materi- 
al 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. Do not wait for the annual 
List of New Plant Introductions. 
One of the main objects of the Office of Foreign Seed 
and Plant Introduction is to secure material for plant 
experimenters, and it will undertake as far as possible to 
fill any specific requests for foreign seeds or plants 
from plant .breeders and others interested. 
