36 SEEDS AND PLANTS [MPOBTED. 



22051 to 22055— Continued. 



22052. Black i' mini, r. 



"is. Lab. No. 52460.) Original seed procured from Mr. Simeon Fippin, 

 R. P. I >. So. I. Cookville, Teun., through the Seed Laboratory, spring oi 

 1907." i Vielsen.) 



22053. Near Michigan Favorite. 



"is. Lab. No. 51580.) Original seed procured fr Mr. T. M. Marshall, 



R. I'. D. No. 1. Walnul Cove, N. C, through the Seed Laboratory, season 

 of L907." i \ ielsi n, > 



22054. Volunteer. 



"Original seed grown by Mr. J. P. Hogan, Robinsonville, Miss. Pre- 

 sented to the Department by Mr. Joseph Vanlx. Nashville, Tenn., who 



procured the seed April l<i, 1907. 



"Tins pea has beeu grown near the month of the Arkansas River in 

 Arkansas and across the Mississippi River in Mississippi for at leasl 

 forty years, having volunteered from year to year in all that time, it 

 is apparently very prolific." {Nielsen.) 



22055. Volunteering Iron. 



"Originally planted on Arlington Experimental Farm for seed in 1904, 

 and has volunteered from year to year, this seed being saved in the fall 

 of j'.MtT. This is the only cowpea which has been known to volunteer at 

 Arlington Farm, and may prove of value on that account." (Nielsen.) 



22058 and 22059. Hordeum spp. Barley. 



From Madison. Wis. Presented by Prof. R. A. Moore, Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station. Received March 2, 1908. 



22058. HORDEUM DISTICIIOX ERECTUM ScllUbl. 



/'limits. Grown from No. li)TT ( .>. 



22059. IIORDEUM DISTICHON NUTANS SchUbl. 



Prinsess. Grown from No. 19780. 



22060. Zea mays L. Corn. 



From the Esperanza district. Puebla, Mexico. Secured by Prof. H. Pittier, 

 of the Bionomic Investigations, Bureau of Plant Industry. Received 

 February, 1908. 



Drought-Resisting. "A variety cultivated on the high plateau between 



Mexico city and Orizaba, in a very dry climate, with little rain and subject to 

 strongly marked extremes of temperature. An excellent type, producing me- 

 dium-sized ears with very small coos. Should be well adapted for the semi- 

 aiid districts of the Southwest." (Pittier.) 



22061 to 22075. 



From Ililo. Hawaii. Presented by Mr. L. C. Lyman, principal, Hilo Board 

 ing School, through Mr. O. W. Barrett. Received March 4, 1908. 



The following rhizomes: 



22061 to 22065. Mrs a spp. 



22061. Eleele. 



22062. Manaiula or Malaiula. 



22063. Bolaoola or Kusai. 

 22066 to 22075. Colocasia spp. 



22066. fin Kin hum u. 



22067. Makaua, 



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