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E. V. Richardson. Twenty-six varieties of wheat from 

 the United Provinces of India (Nos. 41991 to 42016), 

 representing some old Indian types, were presented by 

 Mr. H. Martin Leake of Cawnpore. While these may none 

 of them prove especially valuable it should be kept 

 in mind that it was out of a cross between an Indian 

 wheat, Ladoga, and the Red Fife that the famous Mar- 

 quis wheat of Canada came. 



The discovery of a nematode-resistaftt variety of 

 hops, Humulus lupulus (No. 42024), by the plant breeders 

 of the Southeastern Agricultural College of England 

 should attract the attention of hop growers to the 

 disease known as Nettle-head or Skinky, and the trial 

 of this new variety may prove valuable in our hop 



fields. 



Since Mr. C. V. Piper's preliminary study of the 

 forage plants of India, during his trip there in 1911, 

 he has continued to test many of the wild and culti- 

 vated grasses of that region, and Nos. 41885 to 41900, 

 41902 to 41907, 41910 to 41916, 41918 to 41921, repre- 

 sent a remarkable collection from Kirkee, India, pre- 

 sented by Mr. Wm. Burns, the Economic Botanist of the 

 Station there, including Andropogon annulatus (No. 41885), 

 a species well adapted to the Gulf States; Cenchrus 

 biflorus (No. 41894), related to our sandbur but con- 

 sidered in Northern India as one of their most nutri- 

 tious grasses; Chloris paraguaiensis (Nos. 41759 and 41897), 

 related to the Rhodes Grass, but native of Burma and 

 Ceylon and considered a good fodder grass in Northern 

 India, and in Australia one of the best grasses for 

 pasturage and hay; Chrysopogon montanus (No. 41899), a 

 handsome species, three to five feet tall, which al- 

 ready shows promise in Florida and Mississippi; Iseilema 

 wightii (No. 41914), natural pasture grass of India; 

 Pennisetum eiliare (No. 41915), a most valuable pasture 

 and hay grass there; and Thelepogon elegans (No. 41918), 

 which grows in the Indian rice fields, and can hardly 

 be distinguished from rice until it flowers. 



The breadnut tree of Yucatan, Piratinera alicastrum 

 (No. 41880), the leaves of which are extensively used 

 for forage purposes there, deserves trial in southern 

 Florida, according to Dr. Lavedan who sends the seeds. 



Through Mr. Roland McKee, who secured the Aus- 

 tralian Exhibit of the Panama Pacific Exposition, a 

 collection of Australian fodder grasses is now being 

 tried (No s . 41744 to 41762). It includes the extreme- 

 ly productive Kangaroo grass, the Cockatoo grass, the 

 Rice grass, Sugar grass, three species of grasses 



