22 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



53009 to 53030— Continued. 



53024. Xurse CavelL A soft-pink vai'iety said to be 4* feet high, 

 of excellent quality and vei-y free flowering. 



53C25. "President. A new seedling aster." {Gihhs.) 



53026. ''Robinson V. C. A new seedling aster." (Gihis.) 



53027. Sam Banham. A pure-white seedling from Climax, reported 

 as identical with that variety except in color ; excellent for 

 cutting. 



53028. "The Queen. A new seedling aster." (Gibbs.) 



53029. Yjjres. A variety with a .stiff bushlike habit and pale-pink 

 flowers. (Adapted from The Garden, vol. 8-J. p. 610.) 



This variety is said to be 3 feet high, of very free growth, and 

 the flowers have a fine yellow eye. 



53030. Astb:e vimineus Lam. Asteraoere. Aster. 

 "Desire. A new seedling aster." (GibJjs.) 



53031 to 53080. 



From Copenhagen, Denmark. Seeds presented by Axel Lange, curator, 

 Botanic Garden of the L'niversity. Received April 28, 1921. 



Introduced for experiments with leaf rusts of grains and grasses. 



53031. Agbopykon OBTrsiuscxJLUM Lange. Poaceae. Wheat-grass. 

 A perennial grass native to the temperate regions of both hemispheres. 



53032. Alkanxa ll'tea (Desr. ) A. DC. BoraginaceiP. Yellow alkanet. 



A hardy European plant with golden yellow trinnpet-shaped flowers, 

 somewhat resembling Anchusa italica except in flower color. 



Received as Nonnea Ivtea, which is now referred to Alkanna lutea. 



53033. Baptisia alstralis (L.) R. Br. Fabacese. 



A handsome, stout, perennial herb 4 to 6 feet high, native to eastern 

 North America, with lupiuelike indig(i-blue flowers an inch long in loose- 

 flowered, long, terminal racemes. 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 4784. 



53034. Berberis aristata DC. Berberidacefe. Barberry. 



A Himalayan shrub 8 feet high, which bears stout spreading racemes 

 of sessile bright-red berries which finally become bluish purple and 

 bloomy. 



53035. Berberis LYCirM Royle. Berberidace?e. Barberry. 

 A Himalayan shrub 6 feet high, bearing violet fruits in se.ssile racemes. 

 For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 49928. 



53036. Bkoml'S adoensis Hochst Poacere. Brome-grass. 



An Abyssinian plant about 1 to 2 feet high with softly hairy foliage 

 and nodding panicles, 3 to 5 inches long, of shining awned spikelets. 



53037. Bromus laciniatus Beal. Poaceae. Brome-grass. 



A tall smooth perennial with large open drooping panicles of large 

 spikelets. 



53038. Bromus bacemosus L. Poacea?. Brome-grass. 



Chess or cheat, a smooth weed of waste places, introduced from 

 Europe, sometimes infesting grain fields. It is 1 to 3 feet tall. 



53039. Ceeixthe major L. Boraginacere. Honeywort. 



A showy annual G to 15 inches high with very rough leaves and flowers 

 that are yellow below and purplish above, bearing showy bracts. 



