﻿OCTOBER 
  1 
  TO 
  DECEMBER 
  31, 
  1909. 
  13 
  

  

  26062 
  to 
  26065— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  Seeds 
  of 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  26062. 
  Tanguyon 
  (also 
  spelled 
  Tangouan 
  and 
  Tongongon). 
  

  

  26063. 
  Libuton. 
  

  

  26064. 
  Puteean. 
  

  

  26065. 
  Arupan. 
  

  

  "Mr. 
  Saleeby, 
  who 
  is 
  making 
  a 
  careful 
  study 
  of 
  abaca 
  (Manila 
  hemp), 
  writes 
  that 
  

   although 
  abaca 
  seedlings 
  are 
  often 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  fields 
  in 
  well-shaded 
  moist 
  places, 
  

   he 
  has 
  never 
  found 
  good 
  plants 
  growing 
  directly 
  from 
  the 
  seeds. 
  He 
  suggests 
  trying 
  

   to 
  grow 
  plants 
  from 
  root 
  cuttings 
  or 
  suckers 
  from 
  the 
  seedlings 
  that 
  we 
  may 
  secure. 
  

   He 
  also 
  states 
  that 
  he 
  finds 
  seedlings 
  only 
  in 
  soil 
  well 
  drained 
  yet 
  constantly 
  moist 
  

   and 
  constantly 
  shaded. 
  I 
  would 
  suggest 
  that 
  these 
  seeds 
  be 
  grown 
  with 
  a 
  view 
  to 
  

   sending 
  the 
  young 
  plants 
  to 
  Porto 
  Rico." 
  (Dewey.) 
  

  

  26067. 
  Beta 
  vulgaris 
  L. 
  Beet. 
  

  

  From 
  Sicily. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Carl 
  Sprenger, 
  Hortus 
  Botanicus 
  Vomerensis, 
  

   Vomero, 
  Naples, 
  Italy. 
  Received 
  October 
  5, 
  1909. 
  

   Seed 
  collected 
  in 
  a 
  wild 
  state. 
  

  

  26068. 
  Apium 
  graveolens 
  L. 
  Celery. 
  

  

  From 
  France. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mrs. 
  E. 
  M. 
  Sheridan, 
  2300 
  G 
  street 
  NW., 
  Washing- 
  

   ton, 
  D. 
  C.j 
  who 
  procured 
  the 
  seed 
  from 
  Vilmorin-Andrieux 
  & 
  Co., 
  Paris, 
  France. 
  

   Received 
  October 
  5, 
  1909. 
  

  

  Improved 
  Paris 
  celeri-rave 
  (Falaise) 
  . 
  ' 
  ' 
  The 
  taste 
  of 
  this 
  is 
  similar 
  to 
  the 
  meat 
  of 
  the 
  

   large 
  artichoke 
  and 
  only 
  requires 
  boiling 
  and 
  a 
  dressing 
  of 
  drawn 
  butter 
  gravy 
  after 
  

   it 
  is 
  cut 
  in 
  slices 
  or 
  small 
  chunks." 
  (Sheridan.) 
  

  

  "Sow 
  in 
  February 
  or 
  March 
  in 
  a 
  bed 
  under 
  glass; 
  set 
  out 
  in 
  well-manured 
  ground 
  at 
  

   a 
  distance 
  of 
  30 
  to 
  40 
  centimeters 
  (12 
  to 
  16 
  inches). 
  Harvest 
  in 
  August 
  and 
  September. 
  

  

  "Plant 
  in 
  nursery 
  beds 
  in 
  April 
  or 
  May; 
  set 
  out 
  in 
  May 
  or 
  June. 
  Gather 
  in 
  October 
  

   or 
  November 
  and 
  keep 
  during 
  the 
  winter. 
  

  

  "A 
  variety 
  obtained 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Falaise 
  and 
  distinguished 
  from 
  the 
  common 
  celeri-rave 
  

   by 
  a 
  much 
  greater 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  root. 
  Foliage 
  tolerably 
  high 
  with 
  slender 
  

   petioles, 
  dark 
  green, 
  strongly 
  tinted 
  with 
  red; 
  the 
  leaves 
  themselves 
  are 
  large, 
  tolerably 
  

   serrate, 
  of 
  a 
  dark 
  and 
  shining 
  green, 
  especially 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  stalk. 
  It 
  is 
  the 
  

   race 
  most 
  liked 
  by 
  the 
  Parisian 
  market 
  gardeners; 
  it 
  is 
  an 
  improvement 
  on 
  Large 
  

   Smooth 
  Paris 
  celeri-rave, 
  which 
  it 
  has 
  replaced 
  and 
  which 
  was 
  itself 
  a 
  good 
  selection 
  

   from 
  Common 
  celeri-rave." 
  (Vilmorin-Andrieux 
  & 
  Co.) 
  

  

  26069. 
  Aralia 
  cordata 
  Thunb. 
  Udo. 
  

  

  From 
  New 
  York, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  J. 
  M. 
  Thorbum 
  & 
  Co. 
  Received 
  

   October 
  7, 
  1909. 
  

   Kan. 
  See 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Plant 
  Industry 
  Bulletin 
  42 
  for 
  description; 
  also 
  S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  

   9166. 
  

  

  26070 
  to 
  26077. 
  Medicago 
  spp. 
  

  

  From 
  Chico, 
  Cal. 
  Grown 
  at 
  the 
  Plant 
  Introduction 
  Garden 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Roland 
  

   McKee. 
  Received 
  September 
  22, 
  1909. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  descriptive 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  McKee: 
  

   26070. 
  Medicago 
  hispida 
  confinis 
  (Koch) 
  Burnat. 
  

  

  "This 
  is 
  a 
  selection 
  from 
  S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  16771 
  made 
  at 
  Chico, 
  Cal., 
  in 
  1906. 
  It 
  

   is 
  a 
  prickleless 
  form 
  of 
  bur 
  clover 
  and 
  well 
  adapted 
  for 
  pasturage, 
  especially 
  for 
  

   sheep. 
  It 
  should 
  be 
  tested 
  throughout 
  the 
  southern 
  and 
  southwestern 
  United 
  

   States. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  grown 
  for 
  the 
  increase 
  of 
  seed." 
  

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