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27172 to 27193— Continued. 



places in the forest and between shrubbery and rocks. Very ornamental with 

 its large, glossy, dark-green leaves, especially when bearing its large, orange- 

 scarlet berries. Of value as a cover plant on shady places in parks and gardens 

 in the southern United States." {Meyer.) 



Distribution. — Shady banks among the mountains of southern Europe, 

 extending from Spain, Italy, and southern Germany southeastward to Mace- 

 donia. 



27194 to 27198. 



From Shanghai, China. Presented by Rev. J. M. W. Farnham. Received 

 March 25, 1910. 



Seeds of the following: 



27194. Cannabis sativa L. Hemp. 



27195. Dolichos lablab L. Bonavist bean. 

 27196 to 27198. Glycine hispida (Moench) Maxim. Soybean. 



27196. Large yellow seeded. 27198. Black seeded. 



27197. Large green seeded. 



27199. Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. Cowpea. 



From Philadelphia, Pa. Procured from Mr. Wm. Henry Maule. Received 

 March 25, 1910. 



Panmure Early Wonder. 



"This is a valuable early and productive variety, yields enormously of shelled peas, 

 which are excellent for table use during the winter. It makes an ordinary vine, not 

 so rank as some other varieties; the stems that support the pods stand erect, 6 to 10 

 inches above all the vines, having 3 to 6 pods to each stem, and some pods contain 

 as many as 20 peas, making them very easy to gather by hand picking, producing an 

 average yield of 40 bushels of shelled peas per acre. A good soil improver, and relished 

 by all farm stock." (Maule.) 



27200. Agrostis alba L. Creeping bent-grass. 



From Darmstadt, Germany. Received through Mr. Conrad Appel, March, 1910. 

 South German. Said to be the true creeping bent-grass. 



27201 to 27288. 



Grown during the season of 1909 at the experimental substation at Dickinson, 

 N. Dak., for Mr. Charles J. Brand, 1 under the supervision of Prof. L. R. Waldron, 

 and transmitted through Mr. Charles H. Clark. Numbered March, 1910. 



Seed of the following; notes by Mr. Charles J. Brand. 



27201 to 27257. Medicago sativa L. Alfalfa. 



Seed of open-pollinated plants grown from seed sown in 1908. 



27201. Grimm. Grown from P. L. H. No. 3235. Source of parent 

 seed, Fargo, N. Dak. (1900-1904). Introduced from Baden, Ger- 

 many (1858). Sixty plants yielded 3£ pounds of seed. Average per 

 plant 23.7 grams; 560 seeds per gram. 



!See Bulletin 185, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

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