JULY, 1906, TO DECEMBER, 1907. 



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19958. Chloris gayana. 



From Auckland, New Zealand. 

 March 12, 1907. 



19959. Chloris gayana. 



From Sydney, New South Wales. 

 12, 1907. 



Rhodes-grass. 



Received through E. C. Pilkington & Co., 



Rhodes-grass. 



Received through Anderson & Co., March 



19960 to 19967. 



From Aburi, Gold Coast. Presented by Prof. A. E. Evans, Acting Director 

 of Agriculture, through Mr. O. W. Barrett. Received March 16, 1907. 



19960. Euphorbia sp. 



19961. KlGELIA AFKICANA. 



19962. Garcinia hanburyi. 



19963. Cardiospermum barbicaule. 



19964. slderoxylon dulcificum. 



19965. monodora myristica. 



19966. Telfairia occidentalis. 



19967. Butyrospermum parkii. 



19970. Trifolium pratense. 



Red clover. 



From Chile. Presented by the Courteen Seed Company, Milwaukee, Wis., 

 through Prof. C. V. Piper. Received March 2, 1907. 



Chilean. 



19972 to 19977. Medicago sativa. 



Alfalfa. 



From Rocky Ford, Colo. Received through Mr. P. K. Blinn, March 15, 

 1907. 



Seed from individual plants selected by Mr. Blinn. 



19972. 



Turkestan. Yield, 66 grams. Fine stems ; thick leaf system, but seeds 

 ripened very irregularly; lot of green heads. (No. 1.) 



19973. 



Turkestan. Yield, 40 grams. Very uniform in ripening seed ; no after- 

 growth. (No. 9.) 



19974. 



Turkestan. 

 19975. 



Turkestan. Yield, 54 grams, 

 uniform in ripening. (No. 12.) 



19976. 



TurTcestan. Yield, 55 grams. Stems fine; leaves well retained; no 

 rust; seed ripened up well, while stem and leaves remained green. (No. 

 16.) 



19977. 



Native. Plant found on railroad right of way under perfect " dry- 

 farming conditions " ; no irrigation within 75 to 100 feet ; soil water at 

 level 16 feet deep ; sand-clay loam ; yield of this plant, 49 grams ; other 

 plants near it failed entirely to seed ; this plant had a fine large flower 

 and head of rather light blue color. 

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Yield, 30 grams. No rust; seed uniformly ripe. (No. 11.) 



Large heads; uniform set of seed; fairly 



