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ing takes place in southern France by means of whole or cut tubers in April and the 

 harvest is in October. Doctor Heckel's experiments are reported upon in the follow- 

 ing publications: Sur le Solanum commersoni Dunal, ou pomme de terre aquatique 

 de l'Uruguay, in the Revue Horticole, No. 581, December, 1902, p. 200; Contribution 

 a 1' Etude Botanique de quelques Solanum Tuberileres, par M. Edouard Heckel." 

 (Fairchild.) 



10325. Hedysarum coronarium. Sulla. 



From Malta. Received thru Dr. G. Borg, December 27, 1903. 



"Dried roots of sulla covered with the root tubercles caused by Bacillus radicicola. 

 These are imported in order to enable Doctor Moore to make cultures of the germ 

 and ultimately to enable rational experiments to be carried out with this important 

 forage plant, especially adapted to the poor soils, rich in lime, in our Southern 

 States. " " ( Fairchild. ) 



10326. Panax ginseng. Ginseng. 



From Korea. Received thru the North Pacific Trading Company, 56 Fifth 

 avenue, Chicago, 111., January 7, 1904. 



Seed guaranteed by the North Pacific Trading Company to be genuine imported 

 seed. 



10327. Andropogon sorghum. Sorghum. 



From Durban, Natal. Received thru Messrs. Lathrop and Fairchild from 

 Mr. Reuben VV. Beningfield, January 14, 1904. 



Native name Mapela. "Seed of a variety of sorghum from the east coast of Africa. 

 This variety is that upon which the natives live, and according to Mr. Claude Fuller, 

 entomologist of the Natal agricultural department, it has proved more resistant to a 

 species of aphis which attacks the sorghum in that region than others which were 

 growing side by side with it. This may prove of value in the sorghum regions of 

 this country. ' ' ( Fairchild. ) 



10328. Pistagia atlantica. Bitoom. 



From Orleansville, Algeria. Received thru Yahia ben Kassem, January 14, 1904. 

 Collected in the Sahara. 



10329. Phaseoltjs radiatus. Mung bean. 



From Cairo, Ga. Received thru Mr. J. B. Wight, January 14, 1904. 

 Grown from S. P. 1. No. 6430. 



10330. A vena sativa. Oat. 



From Agricultural College, N. Dak. Received November 30, 1903. 



Swedish Select. Grown by the North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station from 

 S. P. I. No. 9422. 



10331 to 10339. 



From Khojend, Russian Central Asia. Presented to Mr. E. A. Bessey by Mr. 

 E. Valneff. Received January 21, 1904. 



10331 to 10334. Vitis vinifera. Grape. 



Cuttings of the best varieties of grapes grown in Russian Central Asia, as 

 follows: 



10331. Tcharus, or Charas. 10333. Black Kishmish. 



10332. White Kishmish. 10334. Maizi. 



