DECEMBER, 1903, TO DECEMBER, 1905. 28 



10475 to 10521— CV)iitimuHl. 



10516. Sl'DROBOLLS I.INDLKVI. 



A tfk'iider-growing perennial grass. Grows on rich soil and is nuu h relished 

 by all kinds of stock. All Anstraiian colonies except Tasmania. 



10517. SCLEROLAENA BICOKNMS. 



"Cotton Imsh." Small, stout slinil), densely white, tomcntosc. New South 

 "WaU's, western plains. 



10518. TiucHiNirM ai.oimx tuoidkim. 



Rather slender, perennial herl). New South Wales, w*>stern iilains; also in 

 other Anstraiian colonies. 



10519. TkR'HIXRM OHOVATl-M. 



"Silver hush." An erect undcrsliruh ll to 4 U^'{. Flower si)ikesglohular. 

 Has reniarkahle tlrouirlit-enduriug (|ualities; will grow in the driest of soils 

 when once fairly estai)lishe<l. \^^lual)le as a forage plant. Arid interior of 

 all Australiai\ colonies. 



10520. Tkicminum k.\.\i,t.\ti m. 



Tender perennial, 2 to ;M\H't. Western plains of New South Wales; other 

 Australian colonies. 



10521. TkKHINUM NOIill.K. 



"Yellow-hairy spikes." Stout perennial herb. Not easily affected by 

 drought; affords a rich, succulent herhage even in very dry wi-ather, of which 

 stock are very fond. Interior of New South Wales and South Australia and 

 Victoria. (Reference: Forage Plants of Australia, p. 85.) 



10522. Garcinia morella. Gamboge. 



From Kingston, Jamaica. Presented by Dr. William Fawcett, director of the 

 Botanical CJarden. Ueceived March 17, 1904. 



"A moderate-sized tree which produces the true gamboge of commerce, used in 

 Europe and America as a pigment; In the Orient this pigment is used for dyeing 

 silks and other fabrics. The oil in the seeds is used in Mysore as a sulistitute for 

 lamp oil. These seeds are imported for use as a stock for the maugosteen, upon 

 which the latter was grown successfuUv many years ago by INlr. Harris, superintend- 

 ent of Castleton Garden, Jamaica, and also later by Mr. Hart, of Trinidad. Fruit 

 the size of a cherrv, subglobose, slightly four-lobed, four-celled, and four-seeded. 

 In Singapore this species grows without anv particular attention, it is said, and 

 attainsli height of 35 to 50 feet. It is probable that this si)ecies has a much niore 

 vigorous root system than the mangosteen, and is therefore a promising possibility 

 as a stock for the mangosteen. ' ' ( Fairchild. ) 



10523. Phaseolus angularis. Bean. 



From Kingston, R. I. Presented by Mr. G. E. Adams, of the Rhode Island 

 Agricultural Experiment Station. Received March 12, 1904. 

 A bean secured bv Professor Brooks, of the Massachusetts Agriculturai Experiment 

 Station, in Japan, under the name of " White- Podded Adzuki soy bean." 



10524. MiSCANTHUS GONDENSATUS (?). 



From Yokohama, Japan. Presented by Mr. H. Suzuki, of the Yokohama Nur- 

 sery Company. Received March 9, 1904. 



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sure itwiirsucceecrweil.'in the native region where these plants are growing its 

 leaves remain green all thru the year and cattle are fed upon it. It should be cut 

 while young, before its full growth, as the stem gets too hard if left too long. Young 

 stems can be cut gradually from time to time thruout nearly the whole year, but a 

 few stems on each clump 'should always be left without cutting, aa it sometimes dies 



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