10 SEEDS AXD PLANTS IMPORTED. 



23750— Continued. 



"A dense, spiny shrub or sometimes a small tree, flowering from February to 

 April (in India) and bearing a small fruit which is grape-green when young, chang- 

 ing to white and pink as it approaches maturity, and black when fully ripe. The 

 fruit ripens from July to August. 



"In India the fruit is made into pickle just before it is ripe, and is also employed 

 in tarts and puddings. For these purposes it is said to be superior to any other In- 

 dian fruit. When ripe it makes a very good jelly equal to the red currant, for which 

 purpose it is cultivated in the gardens owned by Europeans. The shrubs are also 

 grown for hedges." (Watt, Dictionary of Economic Products of India, 2 : 165. 1SS9.) 



' : This ought to be of value in southern California where the red currant does not 

 thrive." (W..F. Wight. 



23751. Stizolobium sp. 



From Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Presented by Prof. J. William Hart, director, 

 Agricultural College. Received September 14, 1908. 

 "I think this will prove one of our best legumes for green manuring." (Hart.) 

 Grown from No. 21094. Sec this number for description. 



23752 and 23753. Medicago sativa L. Alfalfa. 



From Australia. Presented by Mr. Elwood Mead, The State River and Water 

 Supply Commission, Treasury Gardens, Melbourne, Australia, who procured 

 the seed from F. II. Brunning, Pty. Ltd., Melbourne, Australia, at the re- 

 quest of Mr. Charles J. Brand. Received August, 1908. 

 'Seed of each of the following: 



23752. Hunter River ox Tamworth. " This comes from the chief alfalfa-grow- 

 ing district in Australia." (Mead.) 



23753. Queensland. "This alfalfa was grown at Clifton on the Downs by a man 

 who is well up in the saving of a good strain of broadleaf alfalfa." (Brun- 

 ning.) 



23754. Edgeworthia gardneri (Wall.) Meism. Mitsumata. 



From Yokohama, Japan. Procured from the Yokohama Nursery Company. 

 Received October 12, 1908. 

 See No. 9162 for description. 



23755 to 23869. 



From Chile. Received from Mr. Jose D. Husbands, Limavida, Chile, October 

 7, 1908. 

 The following seeds and plants, descriptive notes by Mr. Husbands; native names 

 quoted: 



23755 to 23759. Phaseolus vulgaris L. Bean. 



23755. Extra fine. Grown dry in sandy soil, coast. 



23756. "Amidon" (starch). Extra good. 



23757. " Coscorones Baya Pintado." Extra good class for any use. 

 Good land. 



23758. "Bayas Chico" (small bay). 



23759. " Mendez." Grown in black clay; irrigated. 



23760. Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. Cowpea. 



" Correguela" Very good and extra prolific at the tops or points. 

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