42 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPOETED. 



24763. Indigofera subulata Vahl. 



From Kingston, Jamaica. Presented by Mr. William Harris, superintendent 

 of public gardens, Department of Agriculture, Hope Gardens. Received 

 February 23, 1909. 

 Seeds. 



Distribution. — Found in both the East and West Indies, in Mexico, and on the 

 Florida keys; in Upper Guinea and Senegambia, in Africa; and on the plains of the 

 western peninsula of India and in Ceylon. 



24766. Sttzolobittm sp. Florida velvet bean. 



From Biloxi, Miss. Grown by Prof. S. M. Tracy, special agent. Received 

 February 25, 1909. 

 White. "A variety of the Florida velvet bean with white or nearly white seeds. 

 Limited experience with it indicates that it is more prolific than the ordinary velvet 

 bean. Grown from S. P. I. No. 22923." (C. V. Piper.) 



24767. Medicago sativa L. Alfalfa. 



From Tauberbischofsheim, Baden, Germany. Secured from Landwirtschaftliches 



Lagerhaus fiir das Frankenland, through Mr. Charles J. Brand. Received 



February 11, 1909. 



" Alt-Deutsche Franlcische lucern. The chief area of production of this strain of 



alfalfa is the district known as the Taubergrund, in northern Baden and Wurttemberg 



and western Bavaria. The Taubergrund includes practically the whole drainage 



basin of the Tauber, a short stream that rises in the heights of Franconia and empties 



into the Main near Wertheim. The seed is also produced to some extent in the 



Neckarthal of Baden and Wurttemberg. 



"Tauberbischofsheim, the source of the present sample, is only about six miles dis- 

 tant from Kulsheim, the original home of Wendelin Grimm, who brought the now 

 well-known Grimm alfalfa to Minnesota in 1857. At the request of the writer, Mr. 

 Luclwig Keller, of Oberschupf, Baden, made some inquiries into the history of Old 

 German Franconian alfalfa. The following, in free translation, is quoted from his 

 report: 'This lucern was probably introduced into this country (Germany) at a very 

 early time; it has adapted itself to the existing local conditions and has developed 

 into a special strain of a certain constancy. Doubtless it is the same alfalfa that 

 Farmer Grimm took with him to America. No other form is cultivated in our section 

 on account of the superiority of this one.' (P. L. H. No. 3385.) " (Brand.) 



24768 and 24769. Gaecinia spp. 



From Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by Dr. M. Treub, director, Department of 

 Agriculture. Received February 27, 1909. 

 Seeds of the following: 



24768. Garcinia mangostana L. 



Distribution. — A small native tree of southern Tenasserim and the Malay 

 Peninsula, in India, and of the Malay Archipelago. Cultivated in Ceylon and 

 in the Madras Presidency and in Trinidad and Jamaica in the West Indies. 



24769. Garcinia cow a Roxb. (?) 



For experiments in grafting the mangosteen. 



Distribution. — A native tree of India, extending from the hills of eastern 

 Bengal, through Assam and Burma, and to the Andaman Islands. 

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