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NO. 58. 
BULLETIN- OP FOREIGN PLANT INTRODUCTIONS. 
February 15 to 28, 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 they 
are prepared to care for it, as well as to others selected "be- 
cause of their special fitness to experiment with the particular 
plants imported.) 
ATALANTIA GLAUCA. (Rutaceae.) 89660. Seeds of the Austral- 
ian desert kumquat from the Condamine River, 12 miles from Chin- 
chilla railroad station, distant from Sunnybank 220 miles. Pre- 
sented by Mr. John Williams, Sunnybank, near Brishane, Australia. 
"These trees do not grow in swamp but on nice, sweet soil, near 
the river, and frosts are sharp. They grow where the orange tree 
would get frozen in winter." For fuller description and photo- 
graph of fruits (Plant introduction No. 29537) see Bulletin Plant 
Immigrants, No. 57. For distribution later. See photograph of 
seedlings. 
CARICA PAPAYA. (Papayaceae . ) 29832. Seeds of papaya from 
Monghai , Southern Shan States, Burma, India. Collected by Rev, 
H. C, Gibbens, M. D. American Baptist Shan Mission. Presented by 
Mr. Oglesby Paul, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. "This fruit grows 
everywhere in Burma and is very wholesome and pleasant. These 
seede were from fairly large and good tasting fruits raised in 
Mcnghai." (Gibbens.) Por distribution later. 
CITRUS SP. (Rutaceae.) 29640. Seeds of an orange from Vil- 
la Encarnacion, Paraguay. Presented by Mr. C. P. Mead. "'Naranga 
imberni', sometimes called 'naranga sin tiempo', or in English, 
'orange without time or season'. This is distinctive in that the 
fruit ripens in all times of the year, in some parts early and 
other parts late. In this section, Villa Encarnacion, the oranges 
are ripe now, (January 2) whereas the regular orange season here 
is from May to December, though few good oranges are found after 
December." (Mead.) Por distribution later. 
COLOCASIA SP. (Araoeae.) 29840. Tubers of taro from Hilo, 
Hawaii. Presented by Mr, P. A. Clowes, Superintendent Hilo and 
Olaa Substations, Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station. "'Royal 
Black' , or 'Lehua Ele-Ele' . The term 'Royal taro' should, I be- 
lieve, be applied to a class of taros and not to any one variety. 
