68 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



42202 to 42204— Continued. 



42204. Erythrina flabelliformis Kearney. Fabaceae. 



"A low, spiny shrub, 2 to 4 feet high, Inhabiting the upper foothills 

 of the isolated mountain ranges of the Southwest. Its beans range 

 from cream through yellowish or coffee color to bright scarlet. It is 

 deciduous in its native heath and will fill about the same role in plant- 

 ing as the smaller coral beans now grown. It will probably prove more 

 hardy than the introduced species." 



42205 to 42209. Triticum spp. Poacese. Wheat. 



From Sydney, New South Wales. Presented by Mr. George Valder, under- 

 secretary and director. Department of Agriculture. Received March 15, 

 1916. Notes by Mr. Valder. 



" From the Cowra Experiment Farm." 



42205. Triticum turgidum L. 

 "Galland's Hybrid." 



42206. Triticum durum X polonicum. 

 "Nevertire." 



42207. Triticum aestivum L. 

 {Triticum vulgare Vill.) 



"Blout's Lambrigg." 



42208. Triticum aestivum L. 

 (Triticum nth/arc Vill.) 



"Nyngan." 



42209. Triticum polonicum L. 

 "Polish." 



42210. Solanum tuberosum L. Solanaceae. Potato. 



From Summer Hill, Mallow, Ireland. Tubers presented by Mr. J. F. 

 Williamson. Received March 18, 1916. 



• " Leinster Wonder. It is a very vigorous grower, showing great immunity 

 from disease, and is of excellent table quality. Haulm very dark green, of 

 great strength, with strikingly large white flowers." (Williamson's Catalogue 

 of Seed Potatoes.) 



42211 to 42222. LiGUSTRUM OVALIFOIJUMXOBTUSmttJUM REGELI- 



anum. Oleaceae. Privet. 



From New Haven, Conn. Cuttings presented by the Elm City Nursery 

 Company. Received March 29, 1916. 

 " Origin of the hybrid privet — seed parent Ligustirum ovalifolium, pollen parent 

 Ligustrum obtusifolium [regelianum] (northern type). Seed obtained from 

 TAgustrum ovalifolium in the fall of 1910 from a single plant in a group of several 

 obtusifolium,. The seed plant attracted our attention as it hung heavy with 

 fruit, which is not common in this vicinity. The inference was that cross-fer- 

 tilization had taken place with obtusifolium. The seedlings, some hundreds of 

 which were planted in the field the following season, showed every indica- 

 tion that the crossing did take place. No two are very similar, varying greatly 

 from upright to almost prostrate in habit, some very luxuriant and others 

 quite dwarf, some now producing terminal clusters of fruit, while others 

 fruit on the lateral branches only. Many have glossy leaves which are quite 

 as persistent as ovali folium ; the foliage of others matures early. From the 



