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19500 and 19501— Continued. 



19501. Rtjbia tinctorum. Madder. 



" The madder, as you know, produces the red color used in Persia for 



dyeing the wool of which the red of the carpets is woven. I have a little 



rug in my house, upward of a hundred years old, of this dye, which is 



" as bright now as when it was first woven. The Turkey reds were 



originally dyed from this root." {Tyler.) 



19502. Asparagus schoberioides. 



From Yokohama, Japan. Received through the Yokohama Nursery Com- 

 pany December 1, 1906. 



Imported for experiments in the breeding of disease-resistant asparagus. 



19503. A VENA FATUA. 



From Ispahan, Persia. Received through Mr. John Tyler, U. S. vice consul 

 general, Teheran, November 13, 1906. 



" Seed found growing wild in the province of Ispahan, about 270 miles from 

 Teheran, Persia." (Tyler.) 



19504. Citrus decumana. Pomelo. 



From Shanghai. China. Presented by Mr. J. R. Huffaker, Brookfield, Mo. 

 Received December 10, 1906. 



" Seeds collected by Prof. W. A. Estes, IS Quinsan road, Shanghai, China." 

 (Huffaker.) 



19505. Celtis australis. Hackberry. 



From Tunis, Tunis. Presented by Mr. L. Guillochon, Director of Agricul- 

 ture. Received December 4, 1906. 



" One of the best avenue and shade trees in use in North Africa and Portugal." 

 (Fairchild.) 



19506 and 19507. Trifolium suaveolens. Clover. 



From northwestern India. Presented by Mr. Philip Parker, of the Indian 

 Irrigation Service, through Mr. C. J. Brand, December 10, 1906. 



19506. 



Daur Shaftal. " This variety comes from the Tochi Valley, where it is 

 commonly sown during the month of September and gives three cuttings 

 of hay after December. This is probably one of the upright forms of 

 Trifolium repens, similar to the one grown in the Po Valley, of northern 

 Italy." (Scofleld.) 



19507. 



Far si Shaftal (Persian clover.) "This seed was obtained from Pannu 

 (or Edwardesabad). No cultural notes accompanied this sample, but it 

 is believed to be similar to the Daur Shaftal." (Scofleld.) 



" This species has been somewhat sparingly cultivated in European gardens 

 on account of its fragrant pale-rose flowers. The seed sometimes occurs as an 

 impurity in alfalfa, and when thus sown with alfalfa in the fall has been found 

 to withstand the winters at Washington, D. C, perfectly. It is possible that 

 this clover will be found useful for sowing in the late summer or early fall, 

 after the manner of crimson clover. It shows, however, a great tendency to 

 lodge badly on account of the weak, hollow stems." (C. V. Piper.) 



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