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25110 to 25112. Medicago sativa varia (Mart.) Urb. 



Sand lucern. 



From Zurich, Switzerland. Presented by Dr. G. Stebler, director, Schweizer- 

 ische Samenuntersuchungs und Versuchsanstalt, Zurich, through Mr. Charles J. 

 Brand. Received March 13, 1909. 



Seeds of each of the following: 



25110. (P. L. H. No. 3412.) 25112. (P. L. H. No. 3414.) 



25111. (P. L. H. No. 3413.) 



"The samples of seed represented by these numbers were not grown in Switzerland, 

 but were submitted by seedsmen to the seed control station for test." (Brand.) 



25114. Medicago sativa L. Alfalfa. 



From the Arlington Experimental Farm, Virginia. Received March 27, 1909. 



Peruvian. "Seed secured from crop of 1908 from transplanted crowns of Peruvian 

 alfalfa. The original crowns were transplanted from a broadcasted stand in April, 

 1906, to rows 39 inches apart for the purpose of increasing the production of seed." 

 (Westgate.) 



25115. Medicago sativa varia (Mart.) Urb. Sand lucern. 



From Bromberg, West Prussia, Germany. Purchased from Mr. Ludwig Keller, 

 Oberschiipf, Baden, Germany, who secured the seed from Rudolph Zawadski, 

 in Bromberg, at the request of Mr. Charles J. Brand. Received March 18, 

 1909. 



25116 to 25118. 



From Pithoragarh, Kumaun District, India. Presented by Miss L. W. Sullivan. 

 Received March 26, 1909. 



Seeds of each of the following : 



25116 and 25117. Oryza sativa L. Rice. 



25116. " Jamal. These seeds are first germinated by being placed in 

 a basket set in a tub of water; when roots are about 1 inch long the seed- 

 lings are sown thick in a swampy place; when about 8 or 10 inches high 

 like grass the small plants are separated and transplanted into a swampy 

 place. We put the seeds to soak in May and harvest the grain in Octo- 

 ber." (Sullivan.) 



25117. "This, our staple food (rice in husk), grows in ordinary soil 

 during our rainy season when the ground is never dry. We sow in 

 March and harvest in September. The fields are weeded three times." 

 (Sullivan.) 



25118. Glycine hispida (Moench) Maxim. Soybean. 



"Bhat dal." A small, black variety of soy bean. 



25119. Medicago sativa L. Alfalfa. 



From Vienna, Austria. Secured from Gebriider Boschan, successors to Wie- 

 schnitzky & Clauser, Vienna, Austria, through Mr. Charles J. Brand. Received 

 March 13, 1909. 



25120. Stizolobium sp. 



From Sibpur, Calcutta, India. Presented by Mr. A. T. Gage, superintendent, 

 Royal Botanic Garden. Received March 29, 1909. 



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