38 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



tive plants I have ever seen. The immense flower spikes, of which there are many 

 branches, remain covered witli blosi^oms for more than a month. Caution ishouldbe 

 taken with it as, Hke others of tlie same genus, it may prove a weed. Professor 

 Wittrock savs it is verv easilv rooted out and will probablv never be a bad weed." 

 {FairrhUd.y 



5834. Trifolium pannonicum. 



Prom Stockholm, Sweden. Presented bv Prof. V. Wittrock. Received Febru- 

 ary 5, 1901. 



5835. Festuca arundixacea. 



From Stockholm, Sweden. Presented by Dr. V. AVittrock. Eeceived Febru- 

 ary 3, 1901. 



5836. HuMULUS lupulus. Hop. 



From Polepp, Bohemia. Received through Mr. D. G. Fairchild (No. 470a), 1901. 

 Red Semsch. Same as No. 5758. 



5837. CocHLEARiA ARMORACEA. Horse-radish. 



From Polepp, Bohemia. Received through Mr. D. G. Fairchild, January, 1901. 



5838. Eleusine coracana. Ragi millet. 



From Rhodesia, South Africa. Presented by Dr. Wm. L. Thompson, of Oberlin, 

 Ohio. 



Vpol-a or Xgoza. "This is the most important food plant of the natives of Rhodesia 

 and its yield of seed is said to be something phenomenal." {Fairchild.) 



5839. CucuMis SATivus. Cucumber. 



From Znaim, Austria. Received through Mr. D. G. Fairchild (No. 480), Jan- 

 uary 10, 1901. 



Znaim. "A variety largely grown for salting and pickling. Said by Mr. W. W. 

 Tracy, sr., to be a mixture of strains probably deriving its name merely from the 

 noted locality where cucumber growing is largely practiced." {Fairchild.) 



5840. ACTINIDIA. 



From Ichang, China. Received through Mr. G. D. Brill (No. 1), December, 



1900. 



"Large fruited. Chinese name Fangr Too." {Brill.) 



5841. Astragalus cicer. 



From Stockholm, Sweden. Presented bv Dr. V. Wittrock through Me.ssrs. 

 Lathrop and Fairchild (No. 444, August 10, 1900). Received February 6, 1901. 



"Considered by Doctor Wittrock to be a very important forage plant. It spreads 

 with great rapidity and should be watched as it may become a weed. Suited to both 

 sandy and clay soils. A true Steppe plant. Better for prairies than for cultivated 

 lands. ' ' ( Fairchild. ) 



5842. Hordeum distichum. Barley. 



From Binsbach, Bavaria. Received from Mr. D. G. Fairchild, through the kind- 

 ness of Hon. James H. Worman, United States Consul at Munich, 1901. 



Chevalier. 



5843. Hordeum vulgare. Barley. 



From Binsbach, Bavaria. Received from 'Mr. D. G. Fairchild, through the kind- 

 ness of Hon. James H. Worman, United States Consul at Munich, 1901. 



Webs. 



