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Gladiolus undulatus Jacquin. (Iridaceae.) 44728. Glad- 

 iolus seeds from Johannesburg, South Africa. Presented 

 by Mr. J. Burtt-Davy, Agricultural Supply Association. 

 A bulbous plant, with a stem a foot in height includ- 

 ing the spike, and several sword-shaped leaves about 

 a foot long. The 4 to 6 flowers are milk-white, marked 

 with red, and are produced in a very lax spike. It 

 is a native of South Africa. (Adapted from W. T. 

 Thiselton-Dyer , Flora Capensis, vol. 6, p. 155.) 



Jasminum multipartitum Hochstetter. (Oleaceae. ) 44740. 

 Seeds from Cape Town, South Africa. Presented by Mr. 

 L. Peringuey, Director, South African Museum. A climb- 

 ing, much-branched, ornamental shrub up to 10 feet in 

 height, with opposite, glabrous, ovate to lanceolate 

 leaves nearly 3 inches in length; and solitary, ter- 

 minal or axillary, fragrant white flowers about an 

 inch and a half long. It is a native of Natal, South 

 Africa. (Adapted from J. Medley Wood, Natal Plants, 

 vol. 4, pi. 328.) 



Lactuca saliva L. (Cichoriaceae. ) 44729-44730. Lettuce 

 seeds grown by Mr. George W. Oliver, of the Bureau of 

 Plant Industry, Washington, D. C., from two forms se- 

 lected by Dr. B. T. Galloway several years ago. "They 

 have very large heads, under good conditions in a cool 

 house. The head is from 8 to 10 inches in diameter. 

 Everyone who has sampled them says that they are by 

 far the best forcing lettuces. They are strictly hot- 

 house lettuces, identical in growth but No. 44729 has 

 white seeds and 44730 has black seeds." (Oliver.) 



Malus sylvestris Miller. (Malaceae.) 44713. Apple scions 



from Ottawa, Canada. Presented by Mr. W. T. Macoun, 

 Dominion Horticulturist, Central Experiment Farm, for 

 trial at the Northern Great Plains, Experiment Station, 

 Mandan, North Dakota. Anson. A seedling of Winter St. 

 Lawrence of medium size with a pale yellow, almost 

 white skin and white, juicy, subacid flesh, resembling 

 Fameuse. Season October to December, coming just before 

 Me Intosh. (See the Reports of the Horticulturist, Ex- 

 perimental Farms, Ottawa, Canada, 1906-1915, in which 

 will be found a full account of the development of 

 the remarkable collection of seedlings at the Experi- 

 ment Farms, Ottawa.) 



Malus sylvestris Miller. (Malaceae.) 44714. Apple scions 

 from Ottawa, Canada. Presented by Mr. W. T. Macoun, 

 Dominion Horticulturist, Central Experiment Farm, for 



