JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 195 8 321 



253196. Poa peatensis L. Poaceae. Kentucky bluegrass. 

 Col. No. 17282. Chakor Mountains, Montenegro. Elevation 6,400 feet. 



253197. Sporobolus sp. Poaceae. 



Col. No. 17388. Twelve miles east of Sarajevo, Bosnia. Elevation 3,000 

 feet. Tall, leafy. 



253198 and 253199. Trifolium hybridum L. Fabaceae. Alsike clover. 



253198. Col. No. 17324. South of Shavnick, Montenegro. Elevation 3,900 

 feet. Slender perennial to two feet high. 



253199. Col No. 17394. Romanian Mountains, east of Sarajevo, Bosnia. 

 Elevation 3,800 feet. 



253200. Trifolium medium Huds. Fabaceae. Zig-zag clover. 



Col. No. 17377. Rocky mountain road east of Kupres, Bosnia. 

 Elevation 3,800 feet. Perennial to two feet high. 



253201. Trifolium alexandrinum L. Berseem clover. 



Col. No. 17195. Clay soil, State Farm, Macedonia, Elevation 1,200 feet, 

 Vigorous annual. 



253202. Trifolium montanum L. Clover. 



Col. No. 17261. North slope of Shar Plannina. Elevation 4,200 feet. 

 Perennial to one foot high ; stems slender, nearly leafless. 



253203 to 253206. 



From Greece. Seeds presented by the Experiment Station of the University of 

 Salonica, Salonica. Received Oct. 23, 1958. 



253203. Prunus avium L. Amygdalaceae. Sweet cherry. 



Trees vigorous, heavy bearers; fruits small, dark-red, fine-flavored. Said 

 to come true from seed. 



253204. Prunus cerasifera Ehrh. Myrobalan plum. 



Fruits fine flavored ; comes true from seed. Said to be rootstock for all 

 varieties of plums and peaches, especially in wet soils. 



253205. Prunus mahaleb L. Mahaleb cherry. 



Used as a dwarfing rootstock for cherries ; said to induce early fruiting and 

 shorten tree life to eight or nine years. 



253206. Pyrus communis L. Malaceae. Common pear. 



253207 to 253221. 



From Mexico. Tubers presented by J. G. Hawkes, Birmingham University, 

 England. Received Oct. 24, 1958. 



253207 and 253208. Solanum bulbocastanum Dun. Solanaceae. 



253207. Col. No. 1617. Shady, grassy banks, Parque Nacional de "Tepe- 

 yac", seven kms. north of Mexico City. Elevation 2,350 meters. 



253208. Col. No. 1627. El Parque, Morelos, 95 km. from Mexico City, rail- 

 way from Mexico City to Cuernavaca. Elevation 2,250 meters. 



253209 to 253211. Solanum bulbocastanum var. dolichophyllum Bitt. 



253209. Col. No. 1628. Morelos, 93 km. from Mexico City, railway from 

 Mexico City to Cuernavaca. Elevation 2,250 meters. 



253210. Col. No. 1632. Half km. above El Parque, Morelos, railway from 

 Mexico City to Cuernavaca. Elevation 2,300 meters. 



253211. Col. No. 1637. Morelos, sixty-five km. from Mexico City, old high- 

 way from Mexico City to Cuernavaca. Elevation 2,100 meters. Open 

 pine wood, partial shade. 



253212. Solanum cardiophyllum Lindl. 



Col. No. 1598. Villa Guerrero, Mexico, Tenancingo-Istapan de la Sal road. 

 Elevation 1,800 meters. 



