172 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



21616 to 21639— Continued. 



aese as a land improver when the soil is heavily charged with alkali, 

 growing from five 1«> seven years on the land before it is tit again for 

 sorghum, wheat, or beans. It is not liked by cattle, although it is occa- 

 sionally fed. When killed by the frost, the stems are cut off. dried and 

 bunched, and utilized as fuel. It is also sometimes grown in pear 

 orchards as a cover crop. May be of extreme value to the arid alkaline 

 regions of the United states." < Meyer.) 



21637. Anthistir] \ cilia r.\. 



From Lung-tung, Shantung, China. "(No. 763a, Sept. 25, 1907.) A 

 tall-growing grass, covering here and there large areas on Chinese burial 

 grounds. It is carefully CUt down in autumn, bunched up, and sold for 

 fuel; is probably too coarse for food, bul might be grown for paper man- 

 ufacture in arid regions of the 1'nitod states." i Meyer.) 



21638. Agboptbon sp. 



Iron, Tsingtau, Shantung, China. "(X". TCla. .Inly 31, 1907.) A 

 grass found growing along banks and along roads exposed to the sea 

 wind. It seems to be somewhal soil binding." (Meyer.) 



21639. Spoeoboi i s II 0NG \i i 3. 



From Laushan Mountains, Shantung, china. "(No. 762a, Aug. 3, 

 L907.) A grass growing here and there In clumps between boulders and 

 along trails." < M< y< r. i 



21641 and 21642. Phoenix dactylifera. Date. 



From New York. N. V. Received from Hills Brothers, December 5, 1907. 



21641. iiaiiiiri (?). From Bassorah, Arabia. 



21642. Ford. From Muscat, Arabia. 



•■ These dates were used by Hills I '.rot hers in the manufacture of the so-called 

 stuffed dates, and were secured for the purpose of originating varieties adapted 

 to the Southwest." i Fairchild. i 



21643. Lagenabia vulgaris. Gourd. 



From Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. Presented by Prof. J. Burtt Davy, 

 Department of Agriculture. Received December 6, 1907. 



Ptp< calabash. (For description see S. P. I. No. 19616.) 



21644 to 21656. 



From Yokohama. Japan. Received from Yokohama Nursery Company 

 (Limited), December 9, 1907. 



The following collection of tubers is for experiments with wet-land crops in 

 the South : 



21644. Colocasia sp. 

 Hasu-imo. 



21645. Colocasia antiquobum esculenta. 

 Sato-imo. 



21646. Colocasia antiquobum esculenta. 

 Yegu-imo. 



21647. Colocasia antiquobum. 

 Hizu-imo. 



21648. Colocasia antiquobum. 

 Tono-imo. 



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