10 SEEDS AM' PLANTS IMPORTED. 



25725 to 25728 Continued. 

 Seeds of the following: 



25725. Stizolobium sp 



25726 to 25728. D IHOB LABLA.B I. Bonavist bean. 



25726. Black. 25728. Small red. 



25727. Largered. 



25729. I'm w:«»i i - u n vi US L. 



Prom Antigua, [reward [slands, Wesl Indies. Presented by Mr. s. Jackson, 

 curator, Governmenl Botanic Station. Received July 3, L909. 

 ■■ Barbuda b 



25730 and 25731. A.vena spp. Oat. 



From Jerusalem, Palestine. Presented bj Mr. E. F. Beaumont. Received 



July 6, ! ■•■ 

 of the following 



25730. AVENA -n Ml i- I 



25731. \ \ I -. \ SATIVA I. 

 < rrown from Jaffa seed. 



25732. >i [zolobh m Bp. 



From Lawai I Presented by Mr. M. Buysman. Received July L0, L909. 



Black seeded. 



25733. Medicago sattva L. Alfalfa. 

 From Bridgeport, Kan-. Grown on Hie farm of Mr. Carl Wheeler. Numbered 



for convenience in recording distribution, July L2, L909. 

 " A plant selected for leanness and seed production from Bame li<'ld which produced 

 S P I No. 19508. Grown a< the Department greenhouse under Agros. No. 20." 

 ./. 1/ Westgate.) 



25736. Zia mays L. Corn. 



From Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa Presented by Prof. J. Burtt Davy, gov- 

 ernment agrostologisl and botanist, Transvaal Department of Agriculture. 

 Received July 16, 1909. 

 " Hickory King. A strain now being developed in South Africa." {Davy.) 



25738. Sacciiakim officinabum L. Sugarcane. 



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

 Agriculture. Received July 2, 1909. 

 "Arrows of one of our besl varieties of sugar cane (G. Z. No. 247). Rather a large 

 percentage of these seeds do not germinate." ( Treub.) 



25740. Panicum pat.maefolium Koen. 



From Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. Presented by Prof. J. Burtt Davy, 

 government agrostologist and botanist, Transvaal Department of Agriculture. 

 Received July 19, 1909. 

 "I do not consider this one of our best grasses, but it is a useful sort in shady places, 

 in comparatively warm districts, and in forest glades." (Davy.) 

 Distribution. — A native of tropical Africa, and extending to the Cape. 



