APRIL 1 TO MAY 31, 1920. '79 



French stocks sent to us by Jackson & Perkins, and Japanese slocks sent to us by 

 Prof. Reimer. The grafts will be put out in the department grounds and watched 

 this summer for the presence of insects and disease." (B. T. Galloivay.) 



50580. Aralia cachemirica Decaisne. Araliacese. 



P'rom Rochester, N. Y. Plant presented by John Dunbar, assistant superin- 

 tendent of Parks. ReceiA-ed March 30, 1920. Numbered June, 1920. 

 A Aigorous, erect, roughly pubescent shrub, 5 to 10 feet high, native to the tem- 

 perate Himalayas. The large leaAes have pale lower surfaces and the white flowers 

 are borne in panicled umbels. It is a useful fodder for goats. (Adapted from Collett, 

 Flora Slmlensis, p. 216, and Watt, Dictionary of the Economic Products of India, vol. 1, 

 p. 2S7.) 



For pre\ious ijitroduction, see S. P. I. No. 42607. 



50581. GossYpiuM sp. Malvaceae. Cotton. 



From the City of Mexico. D. F., Mexico. Seed presented by Francisco V. Vidal. 

 Received April 26, 1920. 



"A drought-resistant cotton tree which has grown by accident in a crack in the 

 cement between a masonry vault and a wall. The conditions under which the plant 

 has developed both regarding food and moisture have been remarkable. The plant 

 has produced about 230 bolls. There are others like it growing wild in the vicinity 

 which present the same characteristic of resistance to drought, but not in such a de- 

 gi'ee as this one. Although the boll is small, I have decided to plant the seeds again 

 in a regular field and cultivate them." ( Vidal.) 



50582. .\xLiUM SATIVUM L. Liliacete. Garlic. 



From Tamingfu, Chihli. North China. Sets presented by Rev. Horace W. 

 Houlding, South Chihli Mission. Received June 19. 1920. 



"Compound bulbs of the white garlic common here. Immense quantities are used 

 all through this region." (Houlding.) 



