si .! DS \M' PLANTS rMPORTED. 



25466 Continued. 



•■ v rather promising and prolific wild red raspberry. Ii was in fully ripe fruit 

 March I and found at 3,700 feel altitude on dry, rocky, sterile ridges, should prove 

 hardy. \ little dry (nol offensively so) and quite as showy as the besl garden 

 l ihbert I ever recall seeing " I /.<<<* 



25467. SOLANI M ZUOOAGNIANUM Dtinal. 



Grown at .Miami. Ida., by Mr. P. .1. Wester, in charge, Subtropical Garden. 

 Numbered for convenience in recording distribution, Mays, 1909. 



An herbaceous plant, growing about 2 feet high, with smooth, ovate, wavy- 

 margined leaves on long petioles. The flowers are white, borne in clusters of 1 to 3 

 or more, on short, drooping stems. The fruit is round, about ■_• inch in diameter, 

 roughened and furrowed, becoming red when ripe. 



25468. Glycine hispida (Moench) Maxim. Soybean. 



Prom Madison, Wis. Purchased from the L. L. Olds Seed Company. Received 

 May 8, 1909. 



Wisconsin Black. " This variety has proved to be one of the earliest growing in 

 Wisconsin, but gives a relatively poor yield of seed and forage. \Vhile the records 

 are somewhat incomplete, it is almost certainly the direct descendent of S. P. I. 

 No. 5039." (C V. Piper.) 



25469. Okyza sativa L. Rice. 



From Canton, China. Presented by Mr. Leo Bergholz, American consul- 

 general, at the request of Mr. Amos P. Wilder, American consul-general, 

 Hongkong, China. Received May 8, 1909. 



Szemiu. " This is absolutely the best rice grown within this province." {Bergholz. ) 



25470 to 25504. 



From Chile. Received through Mr. Jose D. Husbands, Limavida, Chile, April 

 27, 1909. 



Seed of each of the following. Quoted notes by Mr. Husbands. 



25470. Lapageria rosea R. & P. 



' ' Coigue. A comestible fruitand handsome evergreen vine, very like Copigue; 

 strange flowers, medicinal; thrives in the shade on damp soil." 



Distribution. — An evergreen vine, found climbing over trees and shrubs in 

 the woods about Concepcion and in the valley -of the Rio Itata, in Chile. 



25471. Acaena sp. 

 "CadiOo." 



25472. Rumex romassa Remy. 



" A pest plant that will grow dry anywhere; the leaves are eaten like spinach; 

 animals eat the leaves of this class from the south of Puerto Montt. Might 

 serve to start vegetation in some barren place. Medicinal." 



Distribution. — An herbaceous plant, found growing around the villages and 

 along the roadsides in the provinces of Chiloe' and Valdfvia, in Chile. 



25473. Greigia landbecki (Lechl. ) Philippi. 



" Chupones from Chiloe." 



Distribution. — A native of the mountainous coast of Chile, in the province of 

 Valdivia. 



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