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Cow-ipeix (DoUchos sinensis). 



Jackson wonder bean. 



Blue lupine (Lupinus cceruleus). 



White lupine {Lupinus alba). 



Yellow lupine {Lupinus lutens). 



Silver- hull buckwheat {Fagopyrum esculentum). 



Japanese buckwheat {Fago2)yrum esculentxim) . 



Common buckwheat {Fagoj)yru7)i esculentum). 



Artichoke, ten rows. The tubers for seed were presented 

 by Mr. J. J. H. Gregory of Marblehead, Mass., with the 

 request to ascertain the value of the plants as a forage crop. 

 They were planted May 4, two feet apart in the row. The 

 young plants appeared above the ground May 18 ; they 

 began to bloom September 23, and suffered from frost 

 October 10 (temperature 28.5° F.). The tubers w^ere dug 

 during the iirst week of November ; yield, six hundred and 

 fifty-nine pounds (rate of eight tons four hundred pounds to 

 the acre). Some of the blooming stalks with leaves were 

 cut and packed into suitable boxes, to ascertain their fitness 

 for ensilage. Analyses of tubers and ensilage wdll be pub- 

 lished later on. 



Prickley comfrey {Symjihytum officinale), one row\ The 

 roots used for seed were from last year's growth, in Field C. 

 They were planted May 4. The young plants came up May 

 18, and bloomed June 8. The plants were cut July 8, 

 when they were thirty inches high, and presented a rank 

 growth of leaf and stem. 



Forest pea {Lathyrus sylvestris), three rows. The plants 

 used were from last year's growth, in Field C. They were 

 transplanted May 4 and came up May 21 ; they reached 

 a height of fifteen inches. The roots w^ere remarkable in 

 size. They were nearly two feet in length; large tubercles 

 were quite prominent. 



Stachy's tubers (Stachys affinis), two rows. This is 

 the second year this plant has been raised on the station 

 grounds. The seed tubers of last year were obtained from 

 the United States Department of Agriculture ; those of this 

 year were from our own raising. They wintered well and 

 were vigorous in the spring. They were planted May 4. 

 May 18 the young plants appeared above ground. October 



