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periment stations and private experi- 

 menters for trial and report. Over four 

 hundred and fifty different purchases were 

 sent in from the various countries, each 

 purchase accompanied ^by careful notes on 

 its culture and the climatic soil conditions 

 to which the plant or seed was best 

 adapted. The noted list has been in part 

 published or is in progress of publication 

 by the section of seed and plant introduc- 

 tion. It covers a wide range of horticul- 

 tural plants suited to variety of conditions 

 from the tropical surroundings of Porto 

 Rico and Hawaii to the Artie climate of 

 Alaska. 



Although it is premature at this early 

 day to predict the fate of these introduced 

 plants it will be of interest to point out 

 some of their prospects and the reasons for 

 their trial. 



A spineless succulent cactus of the Ar- 

 gentine suitable for fodder purposes in the 

 desert regions of Arizona. 



A series of West Indian yams of which 

 at least one is superior in flavor to the 

 Irish potato. Suitable for culture in 

 Florida and Louisiana but demanding 

 special care and a special market. 



The Alexandrian clover from Egypt. 

 a late fodder crop for irrigated lands in 

 southern California and Arizona. This is 

 the principal fodder crop of Egypt. 



Some of the finest varieties of Bohemian 

 hops to replace the culture of inferior 

 sorts now almost exclusively grown in 

 America. 



Varieties of "pedigreed" barleys origin- 

 ated in Sweden and of superior value for 

 brewing purposes. Varieties which took 

 20 out of 28 prizes at the Swedish brewers' 

 exposition. 



Fine West Indian manges and superior 

 sorts of East Indian bananas for culture in 

 Porto Rico. 



An evergreen poplar from Chili for the 

 Pacific slope. 



A frost hardy aligator pear for the com- 

 ing industry of this fruit growing in 



Florida and California. 



The Lapland six-rowed barley and the 

 early ripening finish black oat for experi- 

 ments in Alaska and such short season 

 regions. 



Chilian alfalfa varieties for breeding ex- 

 periments on this most remarkable of all 

 fodder plants. 



Several novel Swedish leguminous 

 (clover-like) fodder plants lately brought 

 to the notice of the agricultural public of 

 Sweden. 



A Bohemian horse radish, superior in 

 size and flavor to any American sort. 



The " Jannovitch " Egyptian cotton 

 which is now being tested by over one 

 thousand experimenters in the upland cot- 

 ton regions of the south and regarding 

 which many encouraging reports have been 

 received. It is a stronger grower and has 

 a much longer staple than any American 

 upland cotton. It also has proven resist- 

 ant to "root rot" of cotton to a very great 

 degree which will make its culture possi- 

 ble on lands previously totally unfitted for 

 cotton growing. 



The "Algarobillo " a tannin producing 

 shrub from the Chilian deserts with most 

 remarkable desert resisting characteristics 

 and large tannin producing capacity for 

 Arizona conditions. 



A fodder bamboo for the arid regions of 

 the Southwest which forms in South Chili 

 one of the principal sources of fodder for 

 large herds of cattle. 



A variety of onion from the islands of 

 the Nile which is pronounced by our ex- 

 pert onion growers, the best pickle ever 

 grown. 



''Zuccini" from northern Italy. One of 

 the most important vegetables of the Vene- 

 tians and worthy serious consideration by 

 our truck growers. 



The seedless Sultanina grape from 

 Padua, Italy, for the seedless raisin in- 

 dustry of the Colorado desert region. 



This list might be largely extended and 

 were it possible to collate the ass c 



