[Collection books for trip to Cyprus, June 26, 1930 to July 19, 1930] 3601-3626

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(Inside front cover) 01 Leguminous shrub 02 Cistus 03 Genista 04 Salvia 05 Pink fl. shrub 06 Prunus (marasca) 07, 12 08 Freesia 09 Zea mays 10 Trifolium 11 Rosa 13 Citrus 14, 15, 16, 17 Solanum tuberosum 18 Pelargonium 19 Antholyza 20 Melaleuca preissiana 21 Aloe 22 Acacia 23 Cowania 24 Echeveria 25 Hardenbergia 26

3601 Prunus insititia ? A small sweet plum of greenish red color & good flavor found on the market in Mytilene Island, Greece. I think this is the fruit of Prunus insititia but cannot be sure of it. The species occurs wild on the island and its fruit is used. June 15 – 1930

3602 Leguminous shrub with heads like clover that forms patches of considerable size on the dry mountain slopes of Crete at altitudes of 1000 feet. This struck me at first as a Trifolium but in closer examination I believe it is a related genus. I could not find out what color the flowers are but from the size of the dry heads & their great abundance I judge it to be a striking species. Send to Crider to try. Route to Phaistos. June 29 – 1930.

Leguminous shrub 2 ft. high on hillsides overlooking the Messara Valley of Crete, Greece. See photo 17306 of valley. June 29 – 30.

Leguminous shrub 2 ft. high forming patches a rod across on slopes of Messara Valley, route to Phaistos, Crete. June 29 – 1930.

3603 Cistus sp. A small leaved species with very wooly leaves and apparently with many flowers on long pedicles. The plants were so dried up that I could not determine the species with my meager equipment. ----1930 Should be grown in the driest portions of Arizona at highest altitudes for its pretty flowers. Gathered on the road along the mountains overlooking the Valley of Messara, Crete. June 29 – 1930. D.F.

3604 Genista sp. ? Probably G. acanthoclada D.C. Collected on the mountain slopes overlooking the plains of Messara, Crete, route to Phaistos. This shrub should be very ornamental in the dry mountain climate of California & Arizona. May prove good rock plant also. I found this bush covered with snails. he snails “Escargots” form an important article of export from Crete to Greece & . They inhabit these sun baked mountains and are gathered in their hibernating stage & form a great delicacy. They are delicious when properly prepared & they remain dormant for 6 months. June 29.30. D.F.

3605 Salvia sp. Handsome lavender colored sage with tomentose leaves which formed large masses of vegetation in rocks on mountains near Kruja, Albania. ----1930 This may be a valuable sage for the borders. Compare it with well known species. July 5 – 1930. D.F.

Salvia Mountain sides near Kruja, Albania. July 5 – 1930.

Salvia Mountain sides near Kruja, Albania. July 5 – 1930.

3606 Handsome pink flowered shrub that forms pretty cushions among the rocks on the mountains of Albania near town of Kruja. If it could be grown in rock gardens plant would be very desirable thing for dry land regions with rainfall of 30 inches. July 5 – 2930. D.F. Undetermined rock garden shrub with light pink flowers. Mountains of Albania near Kruja. July 5 – 30. Undetermined rock garden shrub with light pink fls. Mountains of Albania near Kruja. July 5 – 1930. (Cancelled Seeds too young D.F.) written across page

3607 Prunus cerasus Var “Marasca” Bud sticks of the from which Maraschino is made. A remarkable variety of what the French call the Griotte class which is grown on the Dalmatian Coast extensively and of which the fruits are dried in the sun after sprinkling with sea water at intervals. These so called dried are shipped to America & elsewhere for conserves & for liqueur making purposes. The fresh fruits are small in size but of a red color that is so intense as to make the fruit appear black. Stewed Marascas are delicious & strikingly colored. Bud stick from tree at San Martin, Politza, N. of Spalato, Dalmatia. July 7th 1930. See photos 17301. Also herbarium specimens of the foliage of this cultivated variety and of the wild stock (Mahaleb) on which it is grafted. D.F. 1930. Prunus cerasus “Marasca” the cultivated form of this remarkable variety. Young shoot from San Martin north of Spalato. July 7 – 1930. D.F.

3608 Prunus cerasus “Mahaleb” Bud stick of the wild stock on which the Marasca Cherry is grafted in the region north of Spalato (Split). Taken from the base of trunk of a grafted tree below the point of grafting. St. Martin, Split, Yugoslavia ----1930 The same tree as that from which above the graft no. 3607 Marasca Cherry were taken to show botanical character of the wild stock. Seeds said to come from back in the hills above Spalato, Dalmatia. July 7 – 1030. Prunus cerasus Mahaleb Wild stock on which Marasca Cherry is grafted. I take it to be a Mahaleb. St. Martin Politza, Yugoslavia. July 7 – 1930.

3609 Freesia New hybrid. Seed given me by the wholesale [???????] M. Herb of Via Trivio, Naples, Italy. It may contain some of the varicolored forms that were originated by the plant breeder Rafioneri in Florence. For Ben Morrison to try out. Seed sent by Herb after I had left Naples. Send him a few seeds of Avocado to plant beside his single tree that refuses to fruit. June ( ) 1930. D.F.

3610 Zea mays Field corn The variety commonly grown in the mountains of Albania. Bought in the village of Kruja (Kruja), Albania. July 5th, 1930. I could not find that they grow any sweet corn in Albania though they do in the mountains of Yugoslavia above Split (Spalato). July 5 – 30. The method of culture of maize are crude. Wooden plows & hand hoes are the only tools. See photos 17302, 17303, etc. V.P. notes. The methods of cooking maize are also crude too. See photo 17302-11. D.F. 3611 Trifolium sp. Abundant on the dry rocky hillsides of the interior of the Island of Mytilene “Mytilene of Italian Egee or Egeo”. June 15/30 D.F. -----1930

3612 Prunus cerasus Seeds of the “Marasca” cherry from which Maraschino liqueur is made. This variety is grown always from buds but I doubt if anyone has studied its seedlings to ascertain whether they reproduce the characteristic variety. -----1930 It might be well to study the seedlings from a considerable number of seeds to see if new and valuable varieties would arise from them. The Marasca is a very distinct and interesting type of cherry for preserves as well as for other purposes. From fruits for sale on market at Spalato, Yugoslavia. July 7th, 1930

3613 Rosa sp. A dwarf single white wild rose which grew on the rocky hill side on the route from Tirana to Kruja in Albania. I was struck by its dwarf habit and the fact that it grew in a dry rocky situation. May prove valuable for rock gardens. July 5.1930. D.F.

Rosa sp. Wild white single dwarf. Route Tirana to Kruja, Albania. July 5-30. D.F. 1930

Rosa sp. Wild white single dwarf. Route Tirana to Kruja, Albania. July 5-30. D.F. 1930 3614 Citrus bigaradia var. “Corniculata” A variety of the Bigaradia orange that produces fruit with a curious horn on one side. The persistence of this abnormality will I think be of interest to Dr. Shamel of Riverside, Calif. who is studying bud variation. -----1930 I could not discover whether this curious abnormality originated from seeds is a bud sport. Tree grows in the Orto Botanico di Napoli, Naples, Italy. July 14/30. Call to Shamel’s attention please. See my photo 17290-11 and 12. D.F.

3615 Citrus bigaradia var. “Foetifera” A strange abnormal sport of the Bigaradia orange that has fruits each containing parts of another fruit embedded in its pulp. July 14 – 1930 These parts sometimes have bits of perfect orange peel developed inside of the flesh of the surrounding orange as shown in my photograph 17290 – 1. From Naples, Italy Orte Botanica. Call to Shamel’s attention. May be a bud sport but I think a seedling variation.

3616 Citrus bigaradia var. “Myrtifolia” A dwarf tree bearing small fruits not over 1 ½ inches in diameter and with myrtle like leaves. It occurs to me that possibly this species might be an attractive addition to the gardens of South Florida. -----1930. I have never seen it there. From Botanic Garden, Naples. July 14 – 1930. D.F.

3617 Citrus bigaradia var. “Salicifolia” A small sized tree with willowy branches & narrow willow like leaves. Fruits small and rather dry with a bitter flavor. -----1930. Suitable for a collection of citrus in Florida. I think Swingle or Robinson would like to have this. D.F. From Botanic Garden in Naples, Italy. July 15 – 1930. 3618 Solanum tuberosum North of Split in Yugoslavia I saw some women digging potatoes in a patch that was so near to the seawater of the Adriatic that it seemed as if salt water must have overflowed the land at sometime during the season. 1930 These potatoes appeared of such fair quality that I could not resist getting some to test on the lowlands that border the Biscayne Bay south of Chapman Field, Florida. July 7th, 1930. D.F.

3619 Pelargonium sp. var. Bagginsii A hybrid of the Ivey Leaved and the common Pelargonium which Mr. Wm. L. McLeod Braggins found on the La Mortola Gardens and which because of its resistance to drouth, its extremely long flower stalk, its brilliant scarlet color, and its ever blooming habit, distinguish it and make it worthy of dissemination in America. It has stood 12° of frost. Presented by Mr. Braggins himself, Superintend of La Mortola. Jul7 17 – 1930. D.F.

3620 Antholyza ethiopiea In La Mortola this bulbous plant has taken a whole dry hillside filling the dry soil with its bulbs. -----1930. Mr. Braggins says it has lovely red flowers and is very easy of culture. Doubtless this is already in America. Send to Chico to grow for California distribution. July 17 – 30. D.F.

3621 Melaleuca preissiana A handsome species with masses of fragrant white flowers & dark green leaves. Should be tried at Chapman Field and in California. From La Mortola Garden near Ventimiglia. July 17 – 1930. Gift of Supt. Braggins.

3622 Aloe hanburiana Mr. Braggins of La Mortola Gardens says this is the handsomest of all the Aloes he has growing at La Mortola. Collected July 17, 1930.

3623 Acacia acinacea A handsome small tree with ornamental foliage and pretty flowers given me by Mr. Braggins, Superintendent of La Mortola Gardens near Ventimiglia in Italy. July 17 – 1930. 3624 Cowania mexicana A most curious & interesting small tree with flowers like small roses (Rosaceae) but with strange long [??????] seeds. For a collection of botanical curiosities, Most interesting. Given me by Mr. Braggins of La Mortola Gardens near Ventimiglia, Italy. July 17 – 1930.

3625 Echeveria multicaulis One of the handsomest of this remarkable genus. Grows in dry soil and is a most interesting rock garden plant for California. La Mortola Gardens near Ventimiglia, Italy. July 17 – 30. D.F.

3626 Hardenbergia comptoniana One of the handsomest of flowering vines at La Mortola. It blooms in mid March there and one sees it everywhere hanging over the rocky pathways. Try in California & Chapman Field. July 17 – 1930. D.F.