APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1909. 11 



25221. Medicago sativa L. Alfalfa. 



From Eocky Ford, Colo. Grown by Mr. P. K. Blinn in 1907. Received 

 through Mr. J. M. Westgate, fall of 1908. 

 Guaranda. "Grown from No. 14972. Seventeen ounces of seed was secured from 

 50 individual plants, 6 months old, grown in cultivated rows 20 inches apart with 

 the plants 20 inches apart in the rows." ( Westgate. ) 



25222 and 25223. Medicago sativa L. Alfalfa. 



From Chillicothe, Tex. Grown by Mr. A. B. Conner, season of 1908. Received 

 through Mr. J. M. Westgate, fall of 1908. 



25222. "Grown from No. 12549. This alfalfa while not quite so hardy as 

 ordinary western-grown alfalfa produces excellent yields of hay and seed 

 in places where it does not winterkill." ( Westgate. ) 



25223. Guaranda. " Grown from No. 14972. The heaviest seeding strain 

 of any under test in the alfalfa nursery at Chillicothe." ( Westgate. ) 



25224. Hippeastrum vittatum (L'Her.) Herbert. 



From Washington, D. C. Transferred to the Office of Foreign Seed and Plant 



Introduction by Mr. E. M. Byrnes, superintendent of Gardens and Grounds, 



United States Department of Agriculture, April 1, 1909. 



"Two-year-old hybrids, the result of crosses made by Mr. Byrnes in the spring of 



1907 between a few unnamed varieties of different shades of color and markings. 



The bulbs are regarded by Mr. Byrnes as exceptionally large sized for their age and 



those which have bloomed so far as a decided improvement over the parents." 



(W. Fischer.) 



25225 to 25242. Saccharum officinarum L. Sugar cane. 



From Central Soledad, Cienfuegos, Cuba. Presented by Mr. Robert M. Grey, 

 Harvard Botanical Experiment Station. Received at the South Texas Gar- 

 den, Brownsville, Tex., February 18, 1909. Numbered April 7, 1909. 

 Descriptive notes on the following by Mr. E. C. Green: 



25225. Barbados 'No. 109 9 X Ribbon $. 



(Harvard No. 1.) (S. T. G. No. 2005.) Dark cream to brown; average 

 length of joints 3 inches; average length of canes 4 feet 3 inches, diameter 

 1 inch. 



25226. Barbados No. 109 9 X Ribbon $ . 



(Harvard No. 5.) (S. T. G. No. 2006.) Dark cream to brown; average 

 length of joints 3J inches; average length of canes 3 feet 6 inches, diameter \\ 

 inches. 



25227. Barbados No. 109 9 X Ribbon $. 



(Harvard No. 12.) (S. T. G. No. 2007.) Dark cream to brown; average 

 length of joints 3J inches; average length of canes 4 feet, diameter 1\ inches. 



25228. Demarara No. 95 9 X Crystallina. 



(Harvard No. 15.) (S. T. G. No. 2008.) Yellow to dark green; average 

 length of joints 2| inches; length of canes 4 feet, diameter 1 inch. 



25229. Demarara No. 95 9 X Crystallina. 



(Harvard No. 16.) (S. T. G. No. 2009.) Dark red; very stout; average 

 length of joints 4 inches; average length of canes 4 feet 6 inches, diameter 1|- 

 inches. 



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