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leaving it uncovered. Allow them to freeze, leaving them 

 in the vessel until Spring. Drive nails as large as gin- 

 seng seeds in a plank, making them about 1 inch apart. 

 Use this to plant the seeds regularly atout five-eighths 

 of an inch in depth. Place a seed in each hole and cover 

 lightly with the hand. The rows should be about six 

 inches apart. Spray with a very fine stream of water twice 

 a day. Allow the planted seeds to receive the sunlight 

 until the sprouts appear. During all of this time the 

 beds should be protected from rains but sprayed regularly 

 twice a day. The soil should be kept in good condition by 

 hand cultivation after the young plants come up. This 

 care must be constantly given to the plants. The plants 

 are taken up at the time they are about one year old and 

 only the best ones are saved for transplanting. Many 

 planters do this each year for six years after the plant 

 comes up. others transplant and select for only the first 

 two or three years. The plants are planted out about 6 

 inches apart and in rows about 1 foot apart. Care must be 

 taken to give the two regular waterings each day during 

 the growing seasons. (Gist Gee.) For distribution later. 



Passiflora spp . (Passif loraceae . ) 36361-363. Seeds of 

 passionfruit from Peru and Bolivia. Collected by Mr. 

 W; P. Wight, of this Bureau. Two species from Lima and 

 Arequipa, Peru, and Oruro, Bolivia, common in the markets. 

 "The problem of producing crosses between these fine 

 flavored species and our Southern 'May Pop' is one which 

 ought to attract plant breeders in this country." (Fair- 

 child.) For distribution later. 



Solatium aculeatissirnum . (Solanaceae . ) 36271. Seeds 

 from Caravellas, Brazil. Presented by Mr. Fred Birch. 

 "Seeds of the sweet hollow tomato, 18 inches to 2 feet 

 high, forming a branched bush which is exceedingly spiny. 

 The leaf is about the size of a medium maple leaf but 

 shaped like those of the ordinary tomato; the skin of the 

 fruit is tough, and scarlet in color; the flesh about 

 three-sixteenths to one-fourth of an inch in thickness, 

 white, granular soft and sweet; the seeds grow in a loose 

 dry cluster in the center. Plants grown in the richest 

 soil are much less spiny than those growing on the dry 

 hillside." (Birch.) For distribution later. 



Triticum aestivum. (Poaceae.) 36498-527. Wheats from 

 Tashkent, Turkestan. Presented by Dr. Richard Schroeder, 

 Tashkent Agricultural Experiment Station. Thirty varie- 

 ties of spring and winter wheats concerning which Dr. 



