26 SEEDS AND plants IMPORTED. 



21937. Andropogon sorghum (L.) Brot. Kafir. 



From Chillicothe, Tex. Grown by Mr. A. R. Conner, at the Chillicothe 

 Testing Station, season of L907. 



Black-Hull. "(Agros. No. L700.) GrowD as a selection since L905 at Chilli- 

 cothe, Tex., by Mr. A. B. Conner. Original *<>(h\ from Bomen, New South 

 Wales. Australia, presented by Mr. G. Maurice McK£own, manager, Wagga 

 Experiment Farm; received June 15, i ( .x».">. Numbered February 11, 1908, for 

 convenience in keeping records." {Conner,) 



21938. Medicago sativa L. Alfalfa. 



From near Excelsior, Minn. Received through Mr. A. B. Lyman, February 

 6, 1908. 



Grimm. ( Jrop of 1907. 



21939 to 21941. 



From Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. Presented by Prof. J. Burtt 

 Davy, government agrostologist and botanist, Transvaal Department oC 

 Agriculture. Received February 10, 1908. 



21939. Triticum aestivum L. Wheat. 

 Havemann. 



21940. Andropogon sorghum (L.) Brot. Kafir. 

 Red. (No. 5.) 



21941. Axdropogon sorghum ( L. ) Brot. Sorghum. 

 White dnrra. From the Kabyle Country, Algeria, April, 1907. 



21942. Astragalus sinicus L. 



From Yokohama, Japan. Presented by the Yokohama Nursery Company. 

 Received February 10, 1908. 



Giant. 



21943. Cephalostachyum pergracile Munro. Bamboo. 



From Northern Circle, U. B., India. Presented by Mr. J. Copeland, Con- 

 servator of Forests, through the Chief Conservator of Forests, Burma. 

 Received February 15, 1908. 



(See No. 21236 for description.) 



21944. Vicia sativa L. Common vetch. 



From Pullman, Wash. Grown by Mr. W. M. Evans in 1907. Received 

 December, 1908. 



" The above was grown from seed of C. V. P. No. 0449, which was originally 

 picked out of rye from Fair Oaks, Cal." (Nielsen.) 



21945. Medicago sativa L. Alfalfa. 



From Sextorp, Nebr. Purchased from Mr. Lewis Brott. Received Feb- 

 ruary 15, 1908. 



Dry-Land. "This seed was grown on the high plains of western Nebraska 

 for about twelve years. This strain is promising on account of its drought and 

 cold resisting qualities. Crop of 1907. No hay crop is taken off when it is 

 desired to produce seed." (Brand.) 



21946 to 21955. 



From Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by Dr. M. Treub, director of the De- 

 partment of Agriculture. Received February 11, 1908. 



21946. Glycine hispida (Moench) Maxim. Soy bean. 



" Zwarte kadelee" 



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