DECEMBER. 1903. TO DECEMBER, 1005. 11 



ing takos place in ponthern France l)y means of whole or cut tnliers in April ami the 

 harvest is in Uctol)er. Doctor llecivel's experiments arereporte.l np(.n in the toliow- 

 int' publications: 8ur le Solanum commersoni Dnnal, on pomme <le terre a(|uati.|iie 

 de'l'Uruguay, in the Revue Horticole, No. oSl, December, UK)2, p.,200; Contribution 

 a r Etude liotaniciue de quehjues Solanum Tuberiferes, jiar IVI. EdoUard Heckel." 

 {Fairchild.) 



10325. Hkdvsakum coronarium. ' Sulla. 



Fnjm Malta. Received thru Dr. (i. Borg, December 27, 1908. 



"Dried roots of sulla covered with the root tubercles caused l)y Bacillus radicicola. 

 These are imported in order to enable Doctor Moore to make cultures of the germ 

 and ultimatelv t > enable rational experiments to be carried out with this important 

 forage i)lant/especially adapted to the poor soils, rich in lime, in oiir Southern 

 States." {Fairehild.) ' 



10326. Panax ginsknc G-inseng. 



From Korea. Received thru the North Pacific Trading Company, 56 Fifth 

 avenue, Chicago, 111., January 7, 1904. 

 Seed guaranteed by the North Pacific Trading Compan\ to l)c genuine imi)orted 

 seed. 



10327. Andropogon sorghum. Sorghum. 



From Durban, Natal. Received thru Messrs. Lathrop and Fairchild from 

 Mr. Reuben \V. Beningfield, January 14, 1904. 



Native name Maprld. " Seed of a variety of sorghum from the east coast of Africa. 

 This variety is that upon which the natives live, and according to Mr. Claude Fuller, 

 entomologist of the Natal airricultural department, it has proved more resistant to a 

 species of aphis which attacks the sorirhum in that region than others which were 

 growing side l)y side with it. This may prove of value in the sorghum regions of 

 this country. ' ' ( Fairchild. ) 



10328. PiSTACiA ATLANTiCA. Bitoom. 



From Orleansville, Algeria. Received thru Yahia ben Kassem, January 14, 1904. 

 Collected in the Sahara. 



10329. Phaseolus radiatus. Mung bean. 



From Cairo, Ga. Received thru INIr. J. B. Wight, January 14, 1904. 

 Grown from S. P. 1. No. 6430. 



10330. AVENA 8ATIVA. O^*- 



From Agricultural College, N. Dak. Received November .30, 1903. 

 Sivedish Select. Grown hv the North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station from 

 S. P. I. No. 9422. 



10331 to 10339. 



From Khojend, Russian Central Asia. Presented to Mr. E. A. Bessey by Mr. 

 E. Valneff. Received January 21, 1904. 



10331 to 10334. ViTis vinifera. Grape. 



Cuttings of the best varieties of grapes grown in Russian Central Asia, as 

 follows: 



10331. Tcharus, or Charas. 10333. Black Kishmish. 



10332. White Kishmish. 10334. Maizi. 



