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ROSCHERIA MELANOCHOETES . (Phoenicaceae . ) 33347. From 

 Port Louis, Mauritius. Presented by Mr. G. Regnard . "A palm 

 15 to 24 feet high with many aerial roots and a stem 2 to 3 

 inches in diameter with a ring of spines when young below each 

 leaf-scar. Very ornamental and becoming scarce." (Regnard.) 

 For distribution later. 



RUBUS SPP. (Rosaceae.) 33342-345. Seeds of Rubi from 

 Ootacamund, India. Presented by Mr. F. H. Butcher, curator, 

 Government Botanic Gardens. Four species of Rubus introduced 

 for breeding purposes and comparative tests. Several of the 

 southern Indian species of this genus have edible fruits of 

 good quality comparing with the best American species. For 

 distribution later. 



SOLANUM TUBEROSUM. ( Solanaceae . ) 33471-491. Tubers of 

 potato from Kenty, Galicia, Austria. Purchased from Messrs. 

 Heinrich Dolkowski and son. Twenty-two varieties representing 

 the best potatoes grown in Austria. For distribution later. 



SPINACIA TETRANDRA. ( Chenopodiaceae . ) 23308. Seeds of 

 a wild spinach from St. Petersburg Botanic Garden, St. Peters- 

 burg, Russia. "A wild spinach, occurring in central Asia. Of 

 value possibly in hybridization and selection experiments, with 

 the object in mind of creating strains of spinach more resist- 

 ant to hot weather and less quickly shooting into seed than 

 present varieties do." (Meyer's introduction.) For distri- 

 bution later. 



TRIGONELLA SPP. (Fabaceae.) 33295-301. Seeds from St. 

 Petersburg, Russia. "Annual legumes, which may be tested for 

 their possible forage value." (Meyer's introductions.) For 

 distribution later. 



TRITICUM AESTIVUM. (Poaceae.) 33523. Seed of wheat from 

 Tashkent, Russian Turkestan. Presented by Dr. Richard Schroe- 

 der, Director, Agricultural experiment station. "Our best 

 Turkestan wheat, ' Ssarymaguis , ' that is, 'yellow grain.' This 

 variety belongs to the species T.aestivum, but under dry con- 

 ditions gives hard kernels. It is a spring wheat, but in 

 Turkestan it is often sown late in the fall and sprouts in the 

 beginning or at the end of the winter. We get the bulk of our 

 annual rainfall in winter and spring, and as our summer and 

 fall are too dry for sprouting of wheat in September or October 

 (sometimes even in November), this fall sowing is equivalent to 

 early spring sowing and is largely practiced with spring 

 wheats. True fall wheat is sown with us mostly on irrigated 

 lands. The sample I send is taken from a farmer, one of our 



