36 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



22051 to 22055— Continued. 



22052. Black Crowder. 



"(S. L;il>. No. 52460.) Original seed procured from Mr. Simeon Fippin, 

 R. F. D. No. 4, Cookville, Term., through the Seed Laboratory, spring of 

 1907." (Nielsen.) 



22053. Near Michigan Favorite. 



"(S. Lab. No. 51580. 1 original seed procured from Mr. T. M. Marshall, 

 R. F. I). No. 4. Walnut Cove. N. ('., through the Seed Laboratory, season 

 of 1907." i A ielst n.) 



22054. Volunteer. 



••Original seed grown by Mr. J. P. Hogan, Robinsonville, Miss. Pre- 

 sented to the Department by Mr. Joseph Vaulx, Nashville, Tens., who 

 procured the seed April L6, 1907. 



"This pea lias been grown near the mouth of the Arkansas River in 

 Arkansas and across the Mississippi River in Mississippi for at leasl 

 forty years, having volunteered from year to year in all that time. It 

 is apparently very prolific." {Nielsen.) 



22055. Volunteering Iron. 



"Originally planted on Arlington Experimental Farm for seed in 1904, 

 and has volunteered from year to year, this seed being saved in the fall 

 of 1.907. This is the only cowpea which has been known to volunteer at 

 Arlington Farm, and may prove of value on that account." (Nielsen.) 



22058 and 22059. Hordeum spp. Barley. 



From Madison. Wis. Presented by Prof. R. A. Moore, Agricultural Fxperi- 

 meiit Station. Received March 2, 1908. 



22058. HoRDEUii nisi i.n Miii'ii'M Schubl. 



Primus. Grown from No. 1'.»77'.>. 



22059. HORDEUM DISTICHON NUTANS Schubl. 



Prinsess. Grown from No. 19780. 



22060. Zea mays L. Corn. 



From the Esperanza district, Puebla, Mexico. Secured by Prof. H. Pittier, 

 of the Bionomic Investigations, Bureau of Plant Industry. Received 

 February. 1908. 



Drought-Resisting. "A variety cultivated on the high plateau between 

 Mexico City and Orizaba, in a very dry climate, with little rain and subject to 

 strongly marked extremes of temperature. An excellent type, producing me- 

 dium-sized ears with very small cobs. Should be well adapted for the seini- 

 aiid districts of the Southwest." (Pittier.) 



22061 to 22075. 



From Hilo, Hawaii. Presented by Mr. L. C. Lyman, principal, Hilo Board 

 ing School, through Mr. O. W. Barrett. Received March 4, 1908. 



The following rhizomes : 



22061 to 22065. Mtjsa spp. 



22061. Elcele. 



22062. Hanaiula or Malaiula. 



22063. Bolaoola or Eusai. 

 22066 to 22075. Colocasia spp. 



22066. Ulaula Eumu. 



22067. Makaua. 

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Banana. 



22064. 



Iholena. 



22065. 



Aeae or Striped. 





Taro. 



22068. 



Ohe. 



22069. 



Ulaula palili. 



