﻿OCTOBER 
  1 
  TO 
  DECEMBER 
  31, 
  1909. 
  25 
  

  

  26193 
  to 
  26195— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  Seeds 
  of 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  26193 
  and 
  26194. 
  Cicer 
  arietinum 
  L. 
  Chick-pea. 
  

  

  26193. 
  Small 
  seeded. 
  26194. 
  Large 
  seeded. 
  

  

  26195. 
  Physalis 
  ixocarpa 
  Brot. 
  Husk 
  tomato. 
  

  

  "This 
  big 
  blue 
  husk 
  tomato 
  is 
  often 
  4 
  centimeters 
  in 
  diameter, 
  as 
  found 
  upon 
  

   the 
  markets 
  of 
  Oaxaca 
  and 
  Mexico 
  City 
  especially." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Found 
  wild 
  in 
  California, 
  Colorado, 
  New 
  Mexico, 
  Texas, 
  

   Mexico, 
  and 
  Cuba; 
  cultivated, 
  and 
  often 
  escaped, 
  as 
  far 
  north 
  as 
  Massachusetts, 
  

   Michigan, 
  Dakota, 
  Oregon, 
  and 
  Washington. 
  

  

  26196. 
  Saccharum 
  officinarum 
  L. 
  Sugar 
  cane. 
  

  

  From 
  Honolulu, 
  Hawaii. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Harold 
  L. 
  Lyon, 
  Experiment 
  Station 
  

   of 
  the 
  Hawaiian 
  Sugar 
  Planters' 
  Association. 
  Received 
  November 
  2, 
  1909. 
  

   Lahina. 
  "This 
  cane 
  has 
  proved 
  itself 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  best 
  money 
  maker 
  that 
  Hawaii 
  ever 
  

   saw. 
  Under 
  irrigation 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  splendid 
  cane 
  if 
  the 
  conditions 
  are 
  suited. 
  Unfortu- 
  

   nately 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  cane 
  that 
  is 
  very 
  subject 
  to 
  disease. 
  In 
  those 
  parts 
  of 
  Hawaii 
  where 
  it 
  can 
  

   still 
  be 
  used, 
  namely, 
  those 
  parts 
  where 
  the 
  sky 
  is 
  nearly 
  cloudless 
  the 
  year 
  around 
  

   and 
  the 
  rainfall 
  very 
  slight, 
  it 
  still 
  does 
  better 
  than 
  any 
  other 
  cane. 
  If 
  any 
  attempt 
  to 
  

   introduce 
  this 
  cane 
  to 
  other 
  places 
  from 
  Hawaii 
  is 
  made, 
  great 
  care 
  should 
  be 
  exercised 
  

   to 
  select 
  cuttings 
  free 
  from 
  disease." 
  (N. 
  A. 
  Cobb, 
  letter 
  of 
  May 
  22, 
  1909.) 
  (Cuttings.) 
  

  

  26197 
  and 
  26198. 
  Rubus 
  spp. 
  

  

  From 
  Enfield, 
  England. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  Messrs. 
  Stuart 
  Low 
  & 
  Co., 
  Royal 
  

   Nurseries, 
  Bush 
  Hill 
  Park, 
  at 
  the 
  request 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Walter 
  T. 
  Swingle. 
  Received 
  

   November 
  4, 
  1909. 
  

   Plants 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

   26197. 
  

  

  ' 
  ' 
  Lowberry 
  . 
  This 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  as 
  large 
  as 
  the 
  loganberry 
  and 
  to 
  be 
  as 
  strong 
  a 
  

   grower, 
  and 
  to 
  be 
  'altogether 
  the 
  most 
  valuable 
  novelty 
  in 
  the 
  fruit 
  way 
  pro- 
  

   duced 
  for 
  some 
  years.' 
  " 
  (Swingle.) 
  

   26198. 
  

  

  "Low's 
  Phenomenal. 
  A 
  raspberry-loganberry 
  hybrid, 
  'possessing 
  all 
  the 
  

   flavor 
  of 
  the 
  raspberry, 
  and 
  combining 
  the 
  free 
  fruiting 
  qualities 
  of 
  this 
  now 
  

   famous 
  berry 
  . 
  ' 
  " 
  ( 
  Swingle 
  . 
  ) 
  

  

  26199. 
  (Undetermined.) 
  

  

  From 
  Standerton, 
  Transvaal. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  O. 
  W. 
  Barrett, 
  director 
  of 
  agri- 
  

   culture, 
  Lourenco 
  Marquez, 
  Portuguese 
  East 
  Africa. 
  Received 
  November 
  8, 
  

   1909. 
  

   ' 
  ' 
  Seeds 
  of 
  a 
  striking 
  asclepiad 
  . 
  This 
  vine 
  is 
  probably 
  native 
  to 
  the 
  locality. 
  Foliage 
  

   not 
  seen. 
  Stems, 
  thickish, 
  green. 
  Fruits 
  (follicles) 
  about 
  4 
  inches 
  long, 
  opening 
  to 
  

   about 
  3 
  inches 
  wide. 
  Ornamental 
  and 
  ought 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  good 
  trellis 
  or 
  porch 
  vine 
  for 
  

   the 
  Southern 
  States 
  and 
  California." 
  (Barrett.) 
  

  

  26200. 
  Lolium 
  strictum 
  Presl. 
  

  

  From 
  Sfax, 
  Tunis. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Doctor 
  Trabut, 
  Algiers, 
  Algeria. 
  Received 
  

   November 
  8, 
  1909. 
  

   "Seed 
  of 
  ray-grass, 
  native 
  name 
  maudjour. 
  Excellent 
  forage; 
  grows 
  in 
  arid 
  regions; 
  

   annual; 
  interesting 
  to 
  cultivate 
  in 
  the 
  steppes." 
  (Trabut.) 
  

   65739°— 
  Bui. 
  205—11—4 
  

  

  