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44729 and 44730. Lactuca sativa L. Cichoriacese. Lettuce. 



Seeds grown by Mr. George W. Oliver, of the Bureau of Plant Industry, 



United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C, from two 



forms selected by Dr. B. T. Galloway several years ago. Received May 



28, 1917. 



" Both varieties are identical in growth and are strictly hothouse lettuces. 



Under good conditions in a cool house they have very large heads from 8 to 10 



inches in diameter. Everyone who has sampled them says that they are by 



far the best forcing lettuces*." (Oliver.) 



44729. " No. 39. White seeded. Parents Golden Queen X Grand Rapids." 



44730. " No. 39. Black seeded. Parents Golden Qiieen X Grand Rapids." 



44731 to 44739. Eaphanus sativus L, Brassicaceae. Radish. 

 From Yokohama, Japan. Purchased from the Yokohama Nursery Co. 

 Received May 7, 1917. 



44731. Bottle. A large bottle-shaped radish, called ToTcuri in Japanese. 

 It is about a foot long. (Adapted from Useful Plants of Japan, p. 21.) 



44732. Long String. A radish with a root over 3 feet long and only 2 or 

 3 inches in circumference. Very suitable for pickling. (Adapted from 

 Catalogue of the Yokohama Nursery Co., 1916-17, p. 77.) 



44733. Nerima Long (Mikado). A variety with large, long, cylindrical 

 roots. 



44734. All Season. " Called Tokishiraza in Japan. It is a very large, 

 long, deep-rooted, snow-white radish which does not extend above the 

 soil ; it is always tender and crisp and has a delicious flavor." (Ag- 

 geler d Musser Seed Co., catalogue, 1917, p. 56.) 



44735. Miyashige. A variety found chiefly in Miyashige, Province of 

 Owari, Japan, with a conical root about lA feet in length and 3^ 

 inches in diameter. It is very sweet and should be boiled, dried, or 

 pickled. (Adapted from Useful Plants of Japan, p. 21.) 



44736. Ninengo. A variety with white, thin, hard roots. It is a bien- 

 nial, and the seeds are sown at the end of spring. (Adapted from 

 Useful Plants of Japan, p. 22.) 



44737. Six Weeks. No description is available for this variety. 



44738. Sakurajima Mammoth. The largest variety of radish known, cul- 

 tivated chiefly at Sakurajima, Osumi, Japan. It is nearly globular, 

 about 3 feet in circumference in the largest forms, and weighs 20 to 

 30 pounds. It is eaten raw, boiled, dried, or preserved in salt, and has a 

 sweet, whole.some taste. (Adapted from Useful Plants of Japan, p. 20. 



44739. Shogoin. A variety obtained from seed of variety Horio sown in 

 Shogoin, Province of Yamashiro, Japan. It is about a foot long, 6 to 

 7 inches in circumference, and is of excellent flavor. (Adapted from 

 Useful Plants of Japan, p. 22.) 



44740. Jasminum multipartitum Hoclist. Oleacese. Jasmine. 



From Cape Town, Union of South Africa. Presented by Mr. L. Peringuey, 

 director. South African Museum. Received May 7, 1917. 

 A climbing, much-branched, ornamental shrub up to 10 feet in height, with 

 opposite, glabrous, ovate to lanceolate leaves nearly 3 inches in length ; the 

 solitary, terminal or axillary, fragrant white flowers are about 1^ inches long. 

 It is native to Natal, South Africa. (Adapted from J. Medley Wood, Natal 

 Plants, vol. Jf, pi. 328.) 



