INVENTORY OF SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED 

 BY THE OFEICE OE FOREIGN SEED AND PLANT 

 INTRODUCTION DURING THE PERIOD FROM OC- 

 TOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1914 (NO. 41; NOS. 

 39:109 TO 39681): . 



INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT. 



Although a small one, this inventory contains descriptions of soma 

 very interesting new material. 



A low-growing creeping legume (Dolichos hosei, the Sarawak 

 bean), which keeps down the weeds successfully in rubber planta- 

 tions in the Malay States and should be of value in citrus orchards 

 in Florida (S. P. I. No. 39335), and a wild prostrate form of alfalfa 

 from the mountains between Hotien, Honan, and Luanfu, Shansi, 

 China, will interest those experimenting with forage and cover 

 crops (S. P. I. No. 39426). 



The Rosa odorata gigantea (S. P. I. No. 39593), a giant among 

 the roses from the Himalayas, with white flowers G inches across 

 and a more rampant growth than the Cherokee rose and which lias 

 already shown that it will cross on other roses, ought to open the 

 way for a new race of climbing roses in the South. 



Eight varieties of sweet potato from the Cuba Experiment Sta- 

 tion (S. P. I. Nos. 39610 to 39617), among them a prize winner of 

 the Camaguey exhibition, will be wanted for trial by southern sta- 

 tions, and the wild tomato of Funchal (S. P. I. No. 39362), intro- 

 duced by Mr. Gable from the driest rocky locations on the island of 

 Madeira, where it grows wild and is believed to be from the original 

 stock from which the cultivated tomato has sprung, will probably 

 interest tomato breeders because of its drought-resistant qualities. 



An unusually large collection of Chinese barleys, ;'>S varieties 

 (S. P. I. Nos. 39494 to 39531), presented by the special envoy for 

 foreign affairs, through the United States consul general at Shang- 

 hai, may yield good new varieties for some sections of this country. 



Note. — This bulletin is a record of new or little-known seeds or plants procured mostly 

 from abroad. It is intended for distribution to agricultural experiment stations and the 

 more important private cooperators. 



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