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45263 to 45320— Continued. 



It is uiucli eaten boiled like dumplings, with sugai- sprinkled over; also 

 eaten with boiled jn.inbes. This is a good type of rice for making 

 puddings. This sample is to be tested like Xos. 2396a and 2397a [S. P. I. 

 Xos. 45266 and 45267]."' 



45317. HoLcus soeghum L. Poace.ne. Sorghum. 

 {Sorghum vnlgare Pers.) 



"(No. 2400a. Yuaiian. Hupeh Province. April 3, 1917.) Kao Uang 

 (tall grains). The heads are used to make brooms. It is grown but 

 sparsely, here and there, in western Hupeh. It should be tested in a 

 region with warm, moist summers." 



45318. Phaseolus aureus Roxb. Fabacese. Mung bean. 

 "(No. 2432a. Ichang, Hupeh Province. March, 19, 1917.) Mixed 



strains of mung beans, grown mostly in Hupeh Province for bean-sprout 

 production. 



" In the future, bean sprouts may be much more widely eaten than 

 they now are. In very cold and bleak regions, such as Labrador, north- 

 ern Canada, northern Siberia, etc., and on sailing vessels a long time 

 away from ports, bean sprouts from adsuki, mung, and small soy beans, 

 together with seedlings of cress, mustard, and amaranth, are about the 

 only fresh vegetables that can be raised. A dark, moist and warm place, 

 like the inside of a cupboard, box, large jar, tin, etc., kept near a source 

 of continuous, gentle heat, is necessary." 



45319 and 45320. Amygdalus pkrsica L. Amygdalacese. Peach. 



(Prunus persica Stokes.) 



45319. "(No. 2445a. Hankow, Hupeh Province. June and July. 

 1917.) Mixed types of Chinese peaches to be tested by specialists." 



45320. "(Feicheng. Shantung Province. February 27, 1917.) Stones 

 of various varieties for specialists." 



45321 and 45322. 



From Manchester, England. Seeds presented by Mr. I. Henry Watson. 

 Received October 11, 1917. 



45321. Lapeykousia cruenta (Lindl.) Benth. Iridacese. 



African bulbs sohiewhat resembling freesias, though lapeyrousias 

 will probably never have anything like the popularity enjoyed by freesias 

 because of their later season of bloom and lack of fragrance. Lapei/- 

 roiisia cruenta is probably the most popular kind, growing 6 to 10 inches 

 high and blooming in summer and fall. The thin linear leaves, usually 

 six, are erect from a basal tuft. 6 inches to a foot in length, and the 

 bright carmine flowers with three darker spots at the base of the three 

 smaller segments are an inch across. (Adapted from Bailey, Sta7idard 

 Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 4, p. 1821, and TMselton-Dyer, Flora 

 Capensis,. vol. 6, p. 96.) 



45322. LiLiuM RUBELLUM Baker. Liliacese. Lily. 

 This fine Japanese lily is nearest to Liliuiii japoniciiin (L. krameri), 



from which it differs by its broad speciosuralike leaves and its smaller 

 pink flowers with obtuse segments. The bulb is quite similar to that 

 of L. japonicum, but more oval in shape; the stem is 1 to 2 feet high, 

 smooth, green, spotted and tinged with purple, and the lower part is 



