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Chick pea, garbanzo {Cicer arietinum L.)-— Four plats were sown May 28 with 

 French seed lO-C-12 and 13 with S. P. I. No. 2137, and lO-C-14 and 15 with No. 

 2376. Plats lO-C-16 and 17 were planted with Morocco seed (S. P. I. No. 2977), 

 which failed to germinate. Both lots of French seed germinated well and made 

 rapid, healthy growth. By the end of July the vines were 1^ feet in height, 

 nearly done flowering, and bearing an abundance of nearly full-grown pods. 

 September 20 the vines were almost all dead, and the pods were then picked and 

 thrashed, only to find that but few of them contained good seed. Some were 

 empty, and many contained moldy, immature seed. 



Green gram {Phaseolus mungo L.). — Plats lO-C-18 to 20 were planted May 28 

 with Russian seed (S. P. I. 1385). It germinated quickly and gave a fair stand 

 by June 5. On July 12 the plants were 12 to 15 inches high. The leaves were 

 considerably eaten by insects. July 27 the vines were very vigorous in appear- 

 ance, 2 feet or more in length, and making a tangled mass of very leafy forage. 

 Flower buds were appearing. On the 22d of September nearly half the seeds 

 were ripe and were then gathered. The older leaves were beginning to wither. 

 On October 15 the seed was all ripe, but the vines were still green. Twenty-five 

 pounds of seed were produced. 



Two-thirds of a plat (10-H-3a) was planted on June 1 with seed of what was 

 called Chinese soy bean (S. P. I. No. 2873). Germination was very irregular, 

 but a fair stand was finally secured. Its habit and appearance soon showed it 

 to be the green gram. It made about the same growth as the one just described, 

 but the vines died a little earlier. 



Slender bean {Phaseolus angiistissimus Gray) . — Plat 10-D-l was planted May 

 28 with seed grown in the grass garden in 1899. Only a few of the seeds ger- 

 minated, but the plants grew rapidly, reaching a length of 3 feet by Septem- 

 ber 20 and twining on each other in the absence of other support. It was then 

 in full flower. On October 15 the seeds were nearly ripe, and the vines were 

 dying. This bean is a native of the Southwest and may be worthy of cultivation 

 in that region. The slender, twining vines grow vigorously, are much branched, 

 and produce an abundance of foliage and fruit, which should make good forage. 



Lablab {Dolichos lablab L.). — Several varieties of this bean from Italy and 

 Algeria were planted June 1 on low ground. They came up well and made 

 a most luxuriant growth of vines during the season. None of them seemed 

 injured or even checked by the drought. The long, running shoots reached a 

 length of 8 to 10 feet and produced an abundance of flowers in September. Fruit 

 was matured only on one or two of the dark-leaved, purjjle-flowered varieties. 

 All were killed by the November frosts. 



Lentils (Ei-vum lens L. ). — Plats lO-F-19 and 20 were planted May 29 with seed 

 from Smyrna (S. P. I. No. 3658). A fair stand appeared. On June 11 the plants 

 were 2 to 3 inches high, and on July 16 the height was 6 to 8 inches. By July 27 

 they were badly twisted about by winds and were beginning to die. On Sep- 

 tember 20 they were entirely dead. 



Seed (S. P. I. No. 1467) planted May 81 on plats lO-G-18 to 20 gave a good 

 stand, but the plants grew very slowly, took on a dried and sickly appearance, 

 and finally died after reaching a height of 4 inches. No flowers were produced. 

 Plats lO-G-16 and 17, planted on the same date with No. 1466, gave scarcely 

 better results. The plants grew a little taller and lived a little longer, but also 

 produced no flowers. 



On May 31 plats lO-G-13 to 15 were sown with seed (S. P. I. No. 1183) from 

 India. On June 11 the plants were 2 inches high and the stand excellent. By 

 July 16 the plants were flowering at a height of 6 inches. August 3 they were 

 still flowering, though badly beaten down and covered by dirt. On August 27 

 they were entirely dead and the seeds ripe. 



