DECEMBER, VMi, TO DECEMBER, 1905. 161 



13952 to 13966 -Continued. 



13960. Kleinwanzlehen; tested 18 per cent. 



Roots selected from No. 12849 (Morrison seed), 1903. 



13961. Kleinwanzlehen; tested 18 percent. 

 Roots selected from No. 12846 (Lehi seed) in 190.3. 



13962. Kleinwttnzleben; tested 17 percent. 



Roots selected from Mr. E. H. Morrison's general stock in 1903. 



13963. Kleiniianzleheu; tested 1 6 per cent. 



Roots selected from Mr. E. H. Morrison's general stock in 1903. 



13964. Dlppe Elite Kleinwanzlehen; tested 16 \^er cent. 

 Roots selected from iJipjie Kleimvanzlehen, 1903. 



13965. Kleinwanzlehen; tested 15 per cent. 



Roots selected from Mr. I*'. II. Morrison's general stock in 1903. 



13966. Kleinwanzlehen; tested 15 per cent. 



Roots selected from Mr. E. M. Morri.-^on's general stock in 1903. The outside 

 seed stalks were cut out, allowing more nourishment to tlie stalks produced 

 from the inner or sugar rings of the beet. 



13967. Carissa arduina. Amatungulu. 



From Ca})e Town, South Africa. Presented by Prof. P. ]\Iac()wan, government 

 botanist, Department of Agriculture, Cape of Good Hope. Received April 24, 

 1905. 



"A handsome apocynaceous shrub which may make an ornamental hedge plant 

 in your .Southern States. The glittering green of the foliage and tiie curious ri'ctan- 

 gufar mode of branching catch the eye, but, like some other African Sepiariae, it 

 requires the severest disi-ipline with the shears, and, 1 must say, sul)mits to it well. 



"Even the Apple-of-tiie-Kei, now spread over the warmer world, is not more de.s- 

 tined to the steel than is this Carissa. The flowers are borne in small umbels, bril- 

 liantly wliite, scented, and succeeded by lots of scarlet ovoid fruits, the beloved 

 'num-nums' of natives and kids generally. I hope you will push it into notice 

 among amateurs. They can make cones or pyramids of it, if they like, in the antique 

 topiary fashion. ' ' ( MacOwan. ) 



13968 to 13975. 



From Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. Presented by Prof. J. Burtt Davy, 

 government agrostologist and botanist, Transvaal Department of Agriculture. 

 Received May''l5, 1905. 



"Small samples of local varieties of wheat, oats, Nepaul barley, and maize. For 

 your guidance in their disiw.«al 1 may say that this is a region of hot days and cool 

 nights (trosty in winter), with summer rains, and a long, cool, rainless winter. The 

 rainfall runs from 20 to 30 inches, but is discounted by six or seven months of 

 practical drought. " {Dn vy. ) 



13968. A VENA sp. • Oat. 

 Boer. (283/05.) 



13969. HoRDEUM sp. Barley. 



Tibet. (217/05.) " . 



13970. Zea mays. Corn. 

 Egyptian. (990/04.) 



13971. Zea mays. Corn. 

 North Ameri ran. (992/04.) 



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