22 SEEDS \M» PL \Nh I M PORTED. 



25466 -Continued. 



"A rather promising and prolific wild red raspberry. It was in fully ripe fruit 

 March I and found at 3,700 feet altitude on dry, rocky, sterile ridges. Should prove 

 hardy. A little dry (not offensively bo) and quite a- showy as the besl garden 

 Cuthbert I ever recall seeing." t Lj 



25467. Solani m /i i oagni wi m Dunal. 



Grown at .Miami, Fla., by Mr. 1'. .1. Wester, in charge, Subtropical Garden. 

 Numbered for convenience in recording distribution, May 8, 1909. 

 An herbaceous plant, growing about ~ feet high, with smooth, ovate, wavy- 

 margined leaves on long petioles. The flowers are \\ hite, borne in clusters of I t<> •"• 

 or more, on short, drooping stems. The fruit is round, about •' inch in diameter, 

 roughened and furrowed, becoming red when ripe. 



25468. Glycine hispida (Moench) Maxim. Soybean. 

 Prom Madison, Wis. Purchased from the L. L. Olds Seed Company. Received 



-. 1909. 



it cousin /.'/<"■/.. " This variety has proved t" I ne of the earliest growing in 



Wisconsin, but gives a relatively i r yield of seed and forage. While the records 



mewhat incomplete, it is almosl certainly the direct descendenl of s. I'. 1. 



25469. ( )i:w\ - \n \ \ L. Rice. 

 From Canton, China. Presented by Mr. Leo Bergholz, American consul- 

 general, at the request of Mr. Amos I'. Wilder, American consul-general, 

 Hongkong, china. I: .. I Max 8, 1909. 



§ :<"'". " This is absolutely the best rice grown within this province." ( Bergholz.) 



25470 to 25504. 



From Chile. Received through Mr. Jose' l». Husbands, Limavida, ('Idle, April 

 27, L909. 



Seed of each of the following. Quoted note- by Mr. Husbands. 



25470. Lapageria rosea R. & i'. 



•• ' oigvu . A ci imestible fruitand handsome evergreen vine, very like< 'opigue; 

 strange flowers, medicinal; thrives in the shade "ii damp soil." 



Distribution.— An evergreen vine, found climbing over trees and shrubs in 

 the woods aboul ( loncepciori and in the valley of the Rio Itata, in ( 'Idle. 



25471. Acaena sp. 

 "CadiUo." 



25472. Rumex romassa Remy. 



" A pest plant that will grow dry anywhere; the leaves are eaten like spinach; 

 animals eat the leaves of this class from the south of Puerto Montt. Might 

 serve to start vegetation in some barren place. Medicinal." 



Distribution. — An herbaceous plant, found growing around the villages and 

 along the roadsides in the provinces of Chiloe and Valdivia, in Chile. 



25473. Greigia laxdbecki (Lechl. i Philippi. 

 " Chupones from Chiloe." 



Distribution. — A native of the mountainous coast of Chile, in the province of 

 Valdivia. 



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