11 BE! DS \M> PLANTS IMPORTED. 



25253 Continued. 



c-:m horticulturists and perfumers, it would appear thai an impression prevails in 

 the United States thai thi anium employed in the famous essence manufac- 



tory near this cit) ie a Bpecial variety peculiar to the district. Such, however, is 

 n,,t th< . but the plants raised in the vicinity of Valencia have been distin- 



guished from time immemorial by the intensity of their fragrance and the quantity of 

 utial «'i! they yield, qualities which undoubtedly depend t<» some extent on local 

 climatic and soil conditions, as the same geranium transplanted t<> other European 

 countries, and even to other regions of Spain itself, loses considerably in this respect. 

 The plants used in the purfume distillery are grown close to the sea on soil bo ex- 

 tremely Ughl and sandy thai in some places it looks like a continuation of the sea- 

 Bhore." ( Byrru . i 



25254. Stizolobium sp. 



Prom Yokohama, Japan. Purchased from the Yokohama Nursery Company. 

 Received April, 1909. 



This is widely cultivated in Hokkaido. The Useful Plants of Japan has to say: 

 'Murium capitata Wight et Arn., Jap. Osharahu-mame, Hassho-mame; an annual legu- 

 minous climber cultivated in common dry land. The young soft grains are eaten 

 boiled and have a taste of Viciafaba L., but this bean contains a poisonous ingredi- 

 ent in a slight quantity; so it is advisable to eat moderately.' " ( Ypkohama Nursery 

 ( 'ompany.) 



Note. — The above seed was sent in as Mucuna capitata; hence the description. 



25255. Phaseolus angularis (Willd.) W. F. Wight. 



< rrown at Arlington Farm, Virginia, season of 1908. Received in the fall of 1908. 



"Grown from Agros. No. 0516. This seed was received from the Tokyo Botanical 

 Garden in 1907. The seed is a pale-straw color or nearly white, much lighter than 

 any other variety yet obtained." (C. V. Piper.) 



25256. Dolichos lablab L. Bonavist bean. 



From Paris, France. Purchased from Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co. Received April 

 10, 1909. 



Stringless. Mottled reddish brown. 



25257. Mbdicago sativa L. Alfalfa. 



From Bargen, Baden, Germany. Secured from Mr. Adam Joos, Bargen, near 

 Sinsheim, Baden, through Mr. Charles J. Brand. Received April 12, 1909. 



Pfalzer Inzerne. "This seed was grown in the Bavarian Rhine Palatinate. (P. L. H. 

 No. 3438.)" {Brand.) 



25258. Avena sativa L. Oat. 



From Sebenico, Dalmatia, Austria. Presented by Mr. Carlo Ruggeri. Received 

 April 7. L909. 



25259 and 25260. 



From Palestine. Presented by Mr. E. F. Beaumont, Jerusalem, Palestine. 

 Received April 10, 1909. 



25259. A vena sativa L. Oat. 

 From Plain of Sharon, near Jaffa. 



25260. Hordecm sp. Barley. 

 From mountain countrv around Jerusalem. 



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