INVENTORY. 



21732. Qtjercus suber L. , Cork oak. 



From Gibraltar. Spain. Procured by Hon. R. L. Sprague. American consul. 

 Received December 30, 1907. 



" Seed imported for experiments in tbe introduction of the cork oak in the 

 Southern States and California." (Fisher.) 



21733. Trifolium subrotundttm Steud. & Hochst. 



From Kisumu. British East Africa. Presented by Mr. Arthur B. Chilson. 

 Received December 2(3, 1907. 



•'African clover. This grew 5.300 feet above sea level, 8 miles north of the 

 equator, about 2<» miles northeast of Lake Victoria. I have never found it grow- 

 ing lower than 4.000 feet above sea level. This is a very hardy variety of clover 

 able to stand extremes of dry and wet weather. It sometimes grows to a 

 height of 2 feet, but is usually much shorter. The blossom is red with often 

 a slight mixture of white; smaller than the red-topped variety in America, but 

 larger than the white clover." (Chilson.) 



"In Abyssinia cultivated as forage under the name of ' Mayad.' " (Oliver, 

 D.. Flora of Tropical Africa, 1871, vol. 2, p. 59.) 



21734. Rosa hugonis Hemsl. 



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

 January 3, 1908. 



21735. Medicago sativa L. Alfalfa. 



From Alma, Nebr. Purchased from Mr. Conrad Boehler. Received Janu- 

 ary 6, 1908. 



' iri in in. Grown from S. P. I. No. 12991. Grown especially for the Depart- 

 ment, under direction of Forage Crop Investigations, by Mr. Conrad Boehler. 



21736. Panicum obtusum H. B. K. 



From Roswell, N. Mex. Collected on special order by the Roswell Seetl 

 Company. Received January 6, 1908. 



" A native grass especially abundant in low or moist soil. It should be tested 

 under irrigation, as it promises to give several cuttings each season." (C. V. 

 Piper. ) 



21737 to 21749. 



From Kew, England. Presented by Dr. David Pram, director, Royal 

 Botanic Garden. Received December 31, 1907. 



Cuttings of the following: 



21737 to 21740. Rosa spp. Rose. 



21737. Helene. 21739. 1 na. 



21738. Electra. 21740. Austrian Copper Briar. 

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