38 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



tive plants I have ever seen. The immense flower spikes, of which there are many- 

 branches, remain covered with blossoms for more than a month. Caution should be 

 taken with it as, like others of the same genus, it may prove a weed. Professor 

 Wittrock says it is very easily rooted out and will probably never be a bad weed." 

 {Fairchild.) 



5834. Trifolium pannonicum. 



From Stockholm, Sweden. Presented by Prof. V. Wittrock. Received Febru- 

 ary 5, 1901. 



5835. Festuca arundinacea. 



From Stockholm, Sweden. Presented by Dr. V. Wittrock. Received Febru- 

 ary 3, 1901. 



5836. Humulus lupulus. Hop. 



From Polepp, Bohemia. Received through Mr. D. G. Fairchild (No. 470a), 1901. 

 Red Semsch. Same as No. 5758. 



5837. Cochlearia armoracea. Horse-radish. 



From Polepp, Bohemia. Received through Mr. D. G. Fairchild, January, 1901. 



5838. Eleusine coracana. Ragi millet. 



From Rhodesia, South Africa. Presented by Dr. Wm. L. Thompson, of Oberlin, 

 Ohio. 



Upoka or Ngoza. l ' This is the most important food plant of the natives of Rhodesia 

 and its yield of seed is said to be something phenomenal." {Fairchild. ) 



5839. Cucumis sativus. Cucumber. 



From Znaim, Austria. Received through Mr. D. G. Fairchild (No. 480), Jan- 

 uary 10, 1901. 



Znaim. "A variety largely grown for salting and pickling. Said by Mr. W. W. 

 Tracy, sr., to be a mixture of strains probably deriving its name merely from the 

 noted locality where cucumber growing is largely practiced." {Fairchild.) 



5840. Actinidia. ' 



From Ichang, China. Received through Mr. G. D. Brill (No. 1), December, 

 1900. 



' ' Large fruited. Chinese name Yang Tao. ' ' ( Brill. ) 



5841. Astragalus cicer. 



From Stockholm, Sweden. Presented by Dr. V. Wittrock through Messrs. 

 Lathrop and Fairchild (No. 444, August 10, 1900). Received February 6, 1901. 



"Considered by Doctor Wittrock to be a very important forage plant. It spreads 

 with great rapidity and should be watched as it may become a weed. Suited to both 

 sandy and clay soils. A true Steppe plant. Better for prairies than for cultivated 

 lands. ' ' ( Fairchild. ) 



5842. Hordeum distichum. Barley. 



From Binsbach, Bavaria. Received from Mr. D. G. Fairchild, through the kind- 

 ness of Hon. James H. Worman, United States Consul at Munich, 1901. 



Chevalier. 



5843. Hordeum vulgare. Barley. 

 From Binsbach, Bavaria. Received from Mr. D. G. Fairchild, through the kind- 

 ness of Hon. James H. Worman, United States Consul at Munich, 1901. 



Webs. 



