8 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



Africa, the reputed home of the Borghum, has again contributed its 

 quota for experiments in the Southwest in seventeen varieties from 

 Togo (No. 25328 and following numbers). 



A wild red raspberry (No. 25466) from the Philippines is considered 

 a possibility for breeding a desirable form for the South or for our 

 tropical poss< ssions. 



Mr. Husbands, of Limavida, Chile, has again sent the Department 

 a collection of forest and ornamental trees and shrubs, together with 

 forage crops and muskmelons adapted to the Pacific .slope (No. 25470 

 and following numbers; No. 25611 and following numbers). 



Another collection of muskmelons (No. 25538 and following num- 

 bers), consisting of extra-choice winter varieties adapted to California 

 conditions, has been received from the American vice-consul at Valen- 

 cia. Spain. 



A curious rubber plant (No. 25547), only recently described, has been 

 secured from Angola. West Africa. It is a slow-growing desert type in 

 which the rubber is stored up in turnip-shaped underground roots. It 

 will be used for trials in methods of rapid propagation and selection. 



Nine varieties of rice from Trinidad (No. 25596 and following 

 numbers) may prove valuable for the work of the Hawaii Agricultural 

 Experiment Station. 



Manchuria has contributed ten more varieties of soy beans (No. 

 25649 and following numbers) secured through the American consul 

 at Newchwang. 



Collections of cereals, legumes, and sorghums from Abyssinia (No. 

 25666 and following numbers) and tropical legumes from Bomba} 7 , 

 India (No. 25704 and following numbers), have added materially to 

 the list of plants available for trial in the South. 



This nineteenth inventory contains 526 separate introductions, cov- 

 ering the quarter beginning April 1 and ending June 30, 1909. The 

 material included was determined by Messrs. W. F. Wight and H. C. 

 Skeels, while the manuscript was prepared by Miss Mary A. Austin. 



David Fairchlld, 

 Agricultural Explorer in Charge. 



Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction, 



Washington, D. C, September 7, 1909. 



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