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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



Analysis of adhnj and various other cereals. 



Samples. 



Hulled adlay. 



Wheat 



Com 



Rice 



Moisture.! Protein 



Per cent. 

 10.91 

 10.62 

 10.93 

 11.88 



Per cent. 



11.27 



12.23 



9.88 



8.02 



Fat. 



Ash. 



Per cent. Per cent. 

 6. 65 1. 89 



1.7.5 I l.Sl 



4.17 

 1.96 



1.36 

 1.15 



Crude 

 fiber. 



Per cent. 



0.45 



2.36 



1.71 



.93 



Carbo- 

 hydrate?, 

 starch , 

 etc., by 

 differ- 

 ence. 



Per cent. 

 68.83 

 71.18 

 71.95 

 76.0 



The tender plants of adlay make a good forage for cattle and horses, and 

 grown for this purpose several cuttings can be obtained from a sowing. 

 (Adapted from Philippine Agricultural Review, vol. 13, p. 217.) 



54454. "Grown in Laguna Province." (Wester.) 



54455. "Grown in Jaro, Leyte Province." (Wester.) 

 For previous introduction, see S. P. I No. 49798. 



54456. Teifolium pratense L. Fabacese. 



Red clover. 



P^rom Valence, P^rance. Seeds purchased from Tezier Freres, through C. 

 Carrigan, American consul, Lyi)ns. Received November 4, 1921. 



" Double-cut medium red clover from 2-year-old plants growing on one of 

 the farms of Tezier Freres in the Department of Isere, Dauphine Alps. Har- 

 vested in August and September, 1920." (Carrigan.) 



54457. Dendrocalamus sp. Poacese. 



Bamboo. 



From Hankow, China. Seeds presented by Rev. Logan H. Roots, through 

 P. S. Heiutzlemanu. American consul general. Received November 

 10, 1921. 



" Bamboo seed from the district of Shihnanfu, in the west of Hui)eh, where 

 its appearance is connected by the Chinese with the calamities which have 

 recently befallen them. It is said that it comes in hard times to relieve dis- 

 tress, as it acceptably takes the place of rice, and that after it comes the 

 bamboo which produces it die.s." (Roots.) 



54458. TiTHOMA DivEusiFoLi.v (Hemsl.) A. (jray. Asteraceae. 



P'rom Buitenzorg, Java. Seed.s presented by Dr. W. Docters van Leeuwen, 

 director. Botanic Garden. Received November 15, 3921. 



"A sunflowerlike plant, 5 to 6 feet high, widespread in Mexico and abun- 

 dantly introduced into Java and Ceylon ; it mav be a good plant to use for 

 silage." (C. V. Piper.) 



54459. Lapageeia rosea Ruiz and Pav. Liliacese. 



Chilean belltiower. 



From Santiago, Chile. Seeds pre.sented by the Institiito Agricola Bunster, 

 through Wilson Popenoe, Agricultural Explorer of the United States 

 Department of Agriculture. Received November 7, 1921. 



"(No. 651a. Criadero 'El Verjel.' Angol. Chile. September 29, 1921.) 

 Copihue. This, the national flower of Chile, lias been grown occasionally in 

 northern greenhouses, where it creates a genuine sensation when in bloom. 

 It is a climbing plant of .';low growth, with slender wiry stems and bright- 

 crimson, tubular flowers about 3 inches in length. In southern ('hile huge 

 bunches of these blossoms are brought to the railway stations and sold to 

 passing travelers. The plant requires an acid soil." (Popenoe.) 



