68 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



25181 to 25185 Continued. 



I' I II. No. 3423.) Original Beed from Bitburg, in the 

 Bifel, I'ni-i.i 

 15183. I/' Fr&nktieht P. L. II. No. 3424.) Original seed from Lagerhaus 

 fordae Frankenland, Tauberbischofsheim, Baden, Germany. 

 :J5184. Provenzi P. I EL No. 3425.) Original seed grown near Trier, in 



the* Moselthal of Prussia. 

 25185. Ungaruche. (P. I.. EL No. 3426.) Original seed grown a1 Csorvas, 

 Koiniiai Bekes, Bungar) 



25186 to 25190. 



Prom Pisa, Italy. Presented by Prof. G. E. Rasetti, director, Cattedra Am- 

 bulante di Agricultura per La Provincia <li Pisa, Italy, through Mr. Charles J. 

 Brand. Eteceived March 31, L909. 



The following seede 



25186 and 25187. Medicago sativa L. Alfalfa. 



25186. (P. L. II. No. 3431.) Grown near Setif, Algeria. 



25187. (P. L. II . Xo. 3432.) Ilerba medica. The form commonly 

 grows in Italy. This sample was produced near Pisa, Italy. 



25188 to 25190. Trifolium pratense L. Red clover. 



25188. (P. L. II. No. 343:5.) "Professor Rasetti states that this va- 

 riety is known BsSpadone, and that it was produced at Santhia, in the 

 province of Novara, Italy." (Brand.) 



25189. (P. L. H. No. 3434.) This is the form commonly cultivated 

 in Italy. Gathered near Pisa, Italy. 



25190. (P. L. H. No. 3435.) This variety is known as Vische, and is 

 cultivated in Vische, in the province of Novara. 



25191. Medicago sativa L. Alfalfa. 



From Chico, Cal. Seed collected by Mr. Roland McKee at the Plant Intro- 

 duction Garden, July 13, 1908. Numbered for convenience in recording 

 distribution. March, 1909. 



" This seed was collected from a single plant grown from S. P. I. No. 19508. Mother 

 plant possessed flowers borne in compound racemes. The flowers were open to the 

 visits of insects and were presumably cross-pollinated with pollen from the numer- 

 ous other lots of alfalfa in the alfalfa nursery." (/. M. Westgate.) 



Tin's plant was noticed by me on May 1, 1908, while walking over the grounds 

 of the Plant Introduction Garden at Chico, Cal., with Mr. Roland McKee. The 

 plain was noticeable even from a distance because of the profusion of its flowers. 

 Upon examination this was found to be due to the fact that the flower clusters were 

 much branched instead of being simple as usual. 



"As the plant seemed healthy and vigorous in spite of its profusion of flowers, it 

 seemed desirable to direct attention to it with a view to obtaining a new variety— 

 perhaps able to produce a better quality of hay and also more seed than the ordinary 

 plants of the parent strain." (W. T. Swingle.) 



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