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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 
BUREAU OP PLANT INDUSTRY, 
OFFICE OP FOREIGN SEED AND PLANT INTRODUCTION. 
NO. 63. 
BULLETIN OP FOREIGN PLANT INTRODUCTIONS. 
May 16 to June 15, 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. 
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, so far as possible, to 
fill any specific requests for foreign seeds or plants from 
plant breeders and others interested. ) 
ARRACACIA XANTHORRHIZA. (Apiaceae.) 31273. Tubers of 
arracacia from Caracas, Venezuela. Presented by Mr. Antonio 
Valero Lara. "This is known by the name of 'Yuco', because 
the color of the stem and leaves is dark and so deep as to be 
almost black, and there are places where it is known as 'Apio 
negro'. This is made into preparations for the table as 
legumes are, in a kettle or glazed pot, for soups, cakes, 
conserves, and finally a flour is obtained from it called 
•sulu 1 , which is highly nutritious for convalescing invalids, 
babies and old people." (Lara.) For distribution later. 
ASPARAGUS SPP. (Convallariaceae . ) 31241-243. Seeds of 
three species of Asparagus from La Mortola, Ventimiglia, 
Italy. Presented by Prof. Alwin Berger. All secured for the 
work of the Office of the Truck-Crop Diseases in breeding a 
resistant asparagus and also various forms for florists' use. 
All for distribution later. 
CARISSA BROWNII. ( Apocynaceae . ) 31111. Fruits from 
New South Wales. Presented by Mr. Walter Froggatt who pro- 
cured them from Mr. R. T. Baker, Curator, Technological 
Museum. This native Australian species, the fruit of which 
is edible, and largely used for jam, is introduced for use as 
a stock for the tenderer species of the genus, in the hope of 
spreading the culture of this important home garden fruit. 
For distribution later. 
