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24368— Continued. 



"This plant does exceedingly well here, and it has recently occurred to me that it 

 would be a successful and cheap substitute for palms for decorative purposes in the 

 North." (Wester.) 



"Thi^ is extensively grown in gardens in Mexico as an- ornamental under the name 

 of 'Hoja de vandera.' " (Frederic Chisolm.) 



24369. Vigna msTGUicuLATA (L.) Walp. Cowpea. 



From Biloxi, Miss. Procured by Prof. S. M. Tracy. Received November 25, 

 1908. 

 "A variety of cowpea, the vines of which were 50 feet long, and it was stated by 

 the owner to grow 100 feet long. The plants were dead when I saw them, but the 

 owner states that the plant is perennial. The pods are very large, measuring 10 inches 

 in length and J inch in width, while the seeds closely resemble those of the ordinary 

 i Whippoorwill variety." ( Tracy.) 



24370 to 24401. 



From Russia. Received through Prof. N. E. Hansen, director, Agricultural 

 Experiment Station, Brookings, S. Dak., December, 1908, while traveling as 

 an agricultural explorer for this Department. 

 The following seeds and cuttings: 



24370. RlBES NIGRUM L. 



24371. Ribes sp. 



"(No. 5.) A wild black currant from near village Mali Ssusum, steamer 

 landing place on the Obi River, a short distance north of Barnaul, Tomsk, 

 western Siberia." (Hansen.) 



24372. Ribes sp. 

 (Stat. Baljatakaija.) 



24373. Ribes sp. 



24374. Ribes sp. 



"(No. 96.) A wild black currant from Taischet, between Krasnojarsk. 

 central Siberia, and Irkutsk, on Lake Baikal, Siberian railway. For fruit 

 breeding." (Hansen.) 



24375. Rubus sp. 



"(No. 1.) A red wild raspberry as found native at Besentsug, near Samara, 

 Volga River region, Russia. For fruit breeding." (Hansen.) 



24376. Rubus fruticosus L. 



"(No. 6.) A wild raspberry gathered near Gorodische, on Obi River, a few 

 miles north of Barnaul, Tomsk, western Siberia. Fruit much gathered by 

 peasants and sold at steamer landings." (Hansen.) 



24377. Rubus fruticosus L. 



"(Nos. 30 and 31.) A wild raspberry much gathered by peasants in western 

 Siberia; this was procured at steamer landing Katschiskaya. For fruit breed- 

 ing." (Hansen.) 



24378. Rubus sp. 



"(No. 34.) Wild red raspberry from station Tiaschet, between Krasnojarsk, 

 central Siberia, and Irkutsk, on Lake Baikal, Siberian railway. For fruit 

 breeding." (Hansen.) 

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