12 SEEDS \M> PLANTS [MPORTED. 



21737 to 21749— Continued. 



21741. Rosa spinosissima L. 



21742. Rosa sp. 



21743. Rosa si bic] a Lindl. 



21744. Rtjbus lasiostyltjs Focke. 



21745. Rubi s mii Koi'iiYi.us L. f. 



21746. Rna s < i;i i mi.m Ciwne, 

 Seeds of the following : 



21747. Rosa sotjlieana Crepin, 



21748. RtTBl s ( RATAEGIFOLIUS Bunge. 



21749. Ribes woi.iii Rothr. 



21750. AjJBIZZIA ADIANTHIFOLIA (Schum.) (MlMOSA ADTANTHI- 



i ou \ Schum.) 



From Thornwood Estate, M'lanje, British Central Africa, Received from' 

 Mi-. Henry Brown, through Mr. < '. J. Petherick, No. 4 Trafalgar Square] 

 London. England, January 6, 1908. 



"A rery fast gi'owing, leguminous tree ; table-topped, feathery leaved, and vers 

 suitable for shade for coffee, cocoa, tea, and other productions which may grow 

 in America. The tree yields an excellent timber very like satin wood in the 

 grain." i Brown. > 



21751. A vena sterilis L. Oat. 



Prom the Provin f ispahan, Persia. Presented by Mr. John Tyler] 



American consular agent, Teheran, Persia. Received September, 1907. 



Porringe. ••Seed of a wild oal they call Porringe. I should think the 

 original of our ' porridge.' it is used the same as oatmeal." (Tyler.) 



21752. (tit mis bativus L. Cucumber. 



From Korea. Presented t>y the Yokohama Nursery Company, Yokohama, 

 Japan. Received January 2, 1908. 



••Said to be different from our variety." {Yokohama Nursery Company.) 



21753. Phoenix ouseleyana Griff. (Phoenix humilis 



Royle.) Date. 



From Sibpur, Calcutta, India. Presented by Capt. A. T. Gage, superin- 

 tendent. Royal Botanic Garden. Received October 3, 1907. 



"The Phoenix humilis above is the P. humilis of Royle (see Royle, Illust. 

 Bot. Him. i. and not P. humilis Cav. Ic, which is equivalent to Chamaerops 

 humilis of the Mediterranean region." (IE. 11". Smith.) 



21754 to 21757. Glycine hispida (Moench) Maxim. Soy bean. 



From Paris. France. Purchased from Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co. Received 

 January 3, 1908. 



21754. Yellow seeded. 



21755. Ogemaw. Extra early, brown seeded. 



21756. Black seeded. 



21757. Extra early, black seeded. 

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