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return for their labor, I should not consider it advisable to make regular plan- 

 tations of A. saccharifera (8. pinnatus). Quite a different matter is to plant 

 the tree in village gardens along roads, alternating with the shade trees. In 

 such locations, under which the labor of planting and cultivating is next to 

 nothing, the people of Porto Rico can afford to wait for the returns, which will 

 probably prove quite remunerative." (Treub.) 



22942 to 22944. 



From Uitenhage. Cape Colony, South Africa. Presented by Mr. H. Fairey, 

 Public Park and Gardens. Received June 4, 190S. 



22942. Axdropogox sorghum (L.) Brot. Sorgo. 



"This sorgo has pyramidal spreading panicles similar to Amber, but 

 with larger spikelets and seed." (Ball.) 



22943. Tenxisetum amebicanum (L.) Schum. Pearl millet. 



"This seed is from Rhodesia. South Africa, and is known as Myouti 

 by the Mashona natives (pronounced something like Meout). The seed 

 is much used. I am told, for poultry feeding, and an oil can also be 

 extracted from it." (Fairey.) 



22944. ( Undetermined. I 



"A legume of no economic value so far as I know, but is useful for 

 edgings to walks and beds in this country, but would not withstand 

 your winters." (Fairey.) 



22945. Phaseolus sp. Bean. 



From Java. Presented by Mr. P. D. Mulder, Banda-Xeira, Molukken 

 Islands, East Indies. Received June 4, 1908. 



" Kratok. The seeds when young are used by the natives for food. When 

 the beans are older they are exported. In Java it is planted for making the 

 bottom lands more fertile, and much profit is derived from it." (Mulder.) 



22946. Medicago sativa L. Alfalfa. 



From Mitchell, S. Dak. Grown by Prof. W. A. Wheeler. Received through 

 Mr. C. J. Brand, June 3. 1908. 

 "(P. L. H. No. 3332.) The so-called Baltic alfalfa, grown from South Dakota 

 Agricultural Experiment Station Xo. 167. The original source of the seed is 

 unknown, the parent seed having been purchased in 1896 from a seed dealer at 

 Hartford, S. Dak. This is a very free seeding variety and is unusually hardy." 

 (Brand.) 



22947. Medicago sativa L. Alfalfa. 



From Excelsior, Minn. Secured by Mr. C. J. Brand from Prof. W. A. 

 Wheeler, Mitchell, S. Dak., and was probably grown by Mr. A. B. Lyman, 

 of Excelsior, Minn., from whom Professor Wheeler purchased it. Re- 

 ceived June 3, 1908. 

 Grimm. (P. L. H. Xo. 3333.. 



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