36 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



45366 to 45447— Continued. 



45433. '■ X(». 75. Trausraal irolharir. from ?ilr. Andries L. Lombard, 

 Grootfontein. P. O. Dewetsdorp." 



45434. " No. 76. Transvanl ifolhaar. from Mr. (i. van Tonder, 

 waterworks, Bloemfontein." 



45435. " No. 77. Wol koren, grown without water; from ;Mr. J. J. 

 Badenhorst, Verlie-span, P. O. Dewetsdorp." 



45436. " No. 7S. Gelul'S Icoren, grown without water: from Mr. 

 M. L. Badenhorst, Klipfontein, Dewetsdorp." 



45437. " No. 79. Board koren, grown without water; from Mr. J. J. 

 Badenhorst. Yerliespan, P. O. Dewetsdorp." 



45438. "No. 80. Early wheat, from Mr. A. L. Lombard, Grootfon- 

 tein, P. O. Dewetsdorp." 



45439. " No. 82. Early rust-proof wheat, from Mr. A. D. J. Taylor, 

 ' Killarney,' Harrismith District." 



45440. " No. 83. Ulalmi's, a spring wheat gro\\ n in black soil ; from 

 Mr. C. J. Pieters, ' Nox,' Harrismith District." 



45441 to 45446. Tkiticum durum Desf. Poacese. Durum wheat. 



" Varieties of rust-resistant wheats which came chiefly from the most 

 important wheat-growing areas in the Orange Free State." 



45441. " No. 2. Blue Beard from Klipfontein, P. O. Austens Poort." 



45442. " No. 40. Unnamed variety, from Mr. D. J. C. van Niekerk, 

 Davidsrust, Jacobsdal." 



45443. " No. 41. Unnamed variety, from Mr. W. J. Lubbe, Ramsdam, 

 Honey Nest Kloof." 



45444. " No. 6."). Benf/al wheat or Ziraart board, from Mr. P. van 

 Aardt, Broekpoort." 



45445. " No. 72. Media wheat, from Burghersdorp." 



45446. " No. 74. Golden Ball wheat, from Mr. W. H. Webster, Vall- 

 bank, P. O. Dewetsdorp." 



45447. Triticum turgidum L. Poacese. Poulard wheat. 



" No. 81. Lauren's wheat, sown in March, 1915, reaped in January, 1916. 

 From Mr. P. J. Moolman, Beulali, Harrismith District. A ru.st-resistant 

 wheat which came from one of the most important wheat-growing areas 

 in the Orange Free State." 



45448. CuDRAMA TRiGuspiDATA (Carr.) Bureau. Moraceje. 

 (C triloba Hance.) 



From Augusta, Ga. Seeds presented by the P. J. Berckiuans Company. 

 Received October 24, 1917. 



" This tree is very easily propagated from suckers. The tree that we have 

 in our nursery is about 12 feet high and about 6 feet broad. It would have 

 been considerably larger than this but for the fact that some four years ago 

 -we headed it back to about 3J feet from the ground. This tree had at least 

 li bushels of fruit which matured from the middle of August up to November. 

 It is most prolific, the fruits on this one tree running up into the thousands." 

 (Berckmans.) 



The fruit much resembles in appearance a dense cluster of very large red 

 raspberries of the strigosus type, and when fully ripe has much the flavor of 



