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10565 to 10567. 'Prifolium spp. Clover. 



From Uusi^ia. Presented bv Pruf. Charles E. Bessey, of the University of 

 Nebraska. Receive.l April" 9, 1904. 



Samples of elover seed collected by Professor Bessey in the summer of 190.3, as 

 follows: 



10565. Tkifolum Lri'iNASTER. Five-leaf clover. 



10566. Tkifolum sp. 



10567. Trifolium hybridum. Alsike. 



" Last summer I picked up several seeds of odd clovers which interested me 

 very nnich, ami I am \voii(lerin<r w bcthcr you may not wisli to have them. One 

 of these seeds is the live-foliate clover, which Vvas given me by the professor 

 in the Agricultural Institute of Moscow. Another resembles the common red 

 clover, l)nt is evidentlv distinguislicd from that species. I collected these 

 seeds ill the heart of tlie Caucasus Mountains, at an altitude of prol)ably 0,000 

 feet. The exact locality is Kazbek. Another rcsemi)lcs tbe alsike clover and 

 was obtained from the same locality as the last." (Jhssci/. ) 



10568. CvPERUS PAPYRUS. Egyptian paper plant. 



From Washington, 1>. C Presented by Mr. Peter Pisset, gardener of the ( iard- 

 ner Hubbard estate, "Twin Oaks," "Washington, D. C. Received March ;{0, 

 1904. ^ 



10569. Fa(;opyrum ksculentum. Buckwheat. 



From Walhonding, Ohio. Presented liy the originator, Mr. Charles L. Lon- 

 singer, thru Hon. J. W. Cassingham, M. C. Received April 1, 1904. 



- The variety is described by Mr. Lonsinger, in his letter of February 2.3, 1904, to 

 Mr. Cassingham, as follows: 



" It is a varietv of mv own creation and it withstands liot weather better than any 

 other variety, to deterndne this, I have been sowing it to have it lilling during 

 heat of summer. In this I had an excellent test the summer of 1901, when it filled 

 while the thermometer registereil 9.5° to 102° F. in the shade day after day. My 

 motive was to get a heat-resisting variety, in which I am i)Ieased with my success. 

 "What I claim for it is that it will produce plump grains in hot weather, when other 

 varieties fail and the Japanese varieties shrivel beside it; that it will produce more 

 per acre than Silverhull or Japanese buckwheat, and will double the yield of either 

 in hot weather. It can be sown in spring and nudsummer, or in ordinary seasons 

 two crops can be grown. • , c -i 



"It growls a stout plant and stands U]) better than Silverhull. In a test with Silver- 

 hull, 2 bushels each by weight, it produced one-half pound more flour than SilverhuU 

 and cakes were of a milder flavor than cakes from Silverhull. Six pounds in chaff (5 

 pounds, estimated, clean seed), selected in 1902, and sown in spring of 1903 on ordi- 

 nary ground and shaded on one side l)V timber, produced 454 pounds, or 9 bushels 

 4 pounds. In 1902 I sowed it July 5 aiid it was ripe September 10." 



10570. SOLANUM TUBEROSUM. PotatO. 



From New York, N. Y. Presented by J. M. Thorburn & Co., seedsmen. 

 Earliest of All, a new seedling variety. 



10571 to 10575. 



From Arcelia, Guerrero, Mexico. Presented by Mr. Federico Chisolm. Re- 

 ceived March 28, 1904. 

 A collection of bulbs and tubers, mostly unidentified. 



10576. CocHLEARiA ARMORAGiA. Horse-radish. 



From Edgewater Park, N. J. Presented by Mr. B. D. Shedaker. Received 

 April 13, 1904. 

 Maliner Kren. Roots grown from S. P. 1. No. 5761. 

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