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hay production in South Africa. In view of these results 

 it is at present being tested again in various parts of 

 the United States. Numerous previous trials have indicated 

 that teff can not compete with heavier yielding annuals 

 such as millet and Sudan grass as a hay crop, but in some 

 parts of the United States it may yet prove to be valua- 

 ble." (C.V. Piper.) 



Escallonia langleyensis Veitch. (Escalloniaceae . ) 41962. 

 Cuttings from Kew, England. Presented by Sir David Prain, 

 Director, Royal Botanic Gardens. "An elegant, evergreen, 

 or in hard winters, semi-evergreen shrub, becoming even- 

 tually 8 feet or more high, and producing long, slender, 

 arching shoots in one season. Flowers of a charmingly 

 bright rosy carmine, inch across, produced during June 

 and July (a few later) in short racemes of about half a 

 dozen blossoms terminating short leafy twigs; calyx and 

 flower-stalk slightly glandular. This very attractive 

 shrub was . raised in Messrs. Veitch's nursery at Langley 

 about 1893 by crossing E. philippiana with E. punctata. Al- 

 though not quite so hardy as the first of these, it is 

 hardy enough to stand all but the severest of frosts, and 

 even then will break up from the ground. It is distinct 

 from other Escallonias in its slender arching branches, 

 which bear the racemes on the upper side. The color of the 

 flowers, too, is different from that of any other Escal- 

 lonia except E. edinensis." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs 

 Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 528.) 



Indigofera argentea L. (Fabaceae.) 41929. Seeds from 

 Cairo, Egypt. Presented by Mr. Thomas W. Brown, Director, 

 Horticultural Division, Ministry Agriculture, Giza Branch. 

 "This species is the only one cultivated in Egypt." (Brown.) 

 "The Indigofera argentea is a perennial plant, but in cul- 

 tivation is either biennial or (generally) annual. It is 

 of a woody nature, the dye being extracted from the leaves." 

 (Foaden & Fletcher, Text-Book of Egyptian Agriculture, pp. 

 512-519. ) 



Tndigofera trifoliata Torner. (Fabaceae.) 41909. Seeds 

 from Kirkee, India. Presented by Mr. William Burns, Eco- 

 nomic Botanist. "A perennial having copiously branched 

 trailing or suberect stems one to two feet long, soon 

 glabrescent. Found in the Himalayas ascending to 4,000 

 feet in Kumaon, to Ceylon and Tenasserim." (Adapted from 

 Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 2, p. 96.) 



Iseilema wightii (Nees) Anderss. (Poaceae.) 41914. Seeds 

 from Kirkee, India. Presented by Mr. William Burns, Eco- 

 nomic Botanist. "A grass native to India occuring in low or 

 swampy land. Stems one to three feet high. Duthie con- 

 siders its fodder value probably equal to that of Iseilema 



