14 SEEDS \M> PLANTS [MPORTED. 



25253— Continued. 



can horticulturists and perfumers, it would appear thai an impression prevails in 

 the United States that the rose geranium employed in the famous essence manufac- 

 tory near this city is a special variety peculiar to the district. Such, however, is 

 not the case, but the plants raised in the vicinity of Valencia have been distin- 

 guished from time immemorial by the intensity of their fragrance and the quantity of 



tial oil they yield, qualities which undoubtedly depend to s e extent on local 



climatic and soil conditions, as the same geranium transplanted to other European 

 countries, and even to other regions of Spain itself, loses considerably in this respect. 

 The plants used in the purfume distillery are grown close to the sea on soil so ex- 

 tremely light and sandy that in Borne plac< - -■■ a continuation of the sea- 

 shore." B 



25254. Stizolobh m sp. 



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

 ived April. : 

 lis is widely culti I kkaido. The Useful Plants of Japan has to say: 



; \ raku-mame, Hassho-mame; an annual legu- 



minous climber cultivated in common dry land. The yonn as are eaten 



boiled and have a - 1... but this bean contains a poisonous ingredi- 



ent in a slight quantity; bo it is advisable to eat moderately.' " | Yokohama Nursery 



. hence the description. 



25255. Phaseolus angularis (Willd.) W. Y. Wight. 



Grown at Arlington Farm, Virginia, season of 1908. Received in the fall of 1908. 

 rown from \ ived from the Tokyo Botanical 



Garden in or nearly white, much lighter than 



any other variety yet obtained." [C. V. P 



25256. Dolichos lablab L. Bonavist bean. 

 FromParis, France. Purchased from Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co. Received April 



10, I 

 ess. Mottled reddish brown. 



25257. Medicago satts \ L. Alfalfa. 

 From len, Germany. Secured from Mr. Adam Joos, Bargen, near 



Sinsheim, Baden, through Mr. Charles J. Brand. Received April 12, 1909. 



■_ own in the Bavarian Rhine Palatinate. MM.. II. 



25258. A vena satin a L. Oat. 

 From Sebenico, Dalmatia, Austria. Presented by Mr. Carlo Ruggeri. Received 



April 7. 1909. 



25259 and 25260. 



From Palestine. Presented by Air. E. F. Beaumont, Jerusalem, Palestine. 

 Received April 10, 1909. 



25259. Avena sativa L. Oat. 

 From Plain of Sharon, near Jaffa. 



25260. Hobdeum sp. Barley. 

 From mountain countrv around Jerusalem. 



