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  to 
  27462— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  27435. 
  Lolium 
  multiflorum 
  Lam. 
  Italian 
  rye-grass. 
  

   ''Probably 
  Chile's 
  best 
  all-round 
  wild 
  pasture 
  grass. 
  May 
  be 
  classed 
  as 
  

  

  equal 
  to 
  timothy. 
  Annual. 
  ' 
  ' 
  

  

  27436. 
  Maytenus 
  magellanicus 
  (Lam.) 
  Hook. 
  f. 
  

   " 
  Maiten." 
  

  

  27437. 
  Medicago 
  lupulina 
  L. 
  

  

  "Gualputa. 
  A 
  new 
  sort 
  from 
  the 
  highlands 
  of 
  the 
  Cordilleras." 
  

  

  27438. 
  Medicago 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Alfalfa. 
  

   "Seed 
  from 
  a 
  wild 
  alfalfa 
  plant 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  virgin 
  forest 
  of 
  the 
  inner 
  Cor- 
  

   dilleras 
  at 
  a 
  high 
  altitude." 
  

  

  27439. 
  Melilotus 
  indica 
  (L.) 
  All. 
  

  

  "A 
  wild 
  sweet 
  clover, 
  yellow 
  flowered, 
  highly 
  esteemed 
  for 
  fodder; 
  eaten 
  

   by 
  all 
  animals." 
  

  

  27440. 
  Nothofagus 
  sp. 
  "White 
  oak." 
  

   "A 
  fine 
  timber 
  tree 
  for 
  any 
  industrial 
  use." 
  

  

  27441 
  to 
  27450. 
  Rubus 
  fruticosus 
  L. 
  Blackberry. 
  

  

  "The 
  fruits 
  of 
  these 
  are 
  round, 
  uniform 
  size, 
  from 
  five-eighths 
  to 
  three-fourths 
  

   of 
  an 
  inch 
  in 
  diameter; 
  they 
  are 
  all 
  sweet 
  and 
  good 
  flavored, 
  some 
  especially 
  so. 
  

   All 
  of 
  them 
  may 
  be 
  considered 
  as 
  early 
  sorts. 
  The 
  later 
  kinds 
  are 
  the 
  same, 
  

   except 
  as 
  to 
  their 
  fruiting 
  time. 
  The 
  fruits 
  are 
  good 
  and 
  not 
  overseeded, 
  and 
  

   have 
  an 
  abundance 
  of 
  sweet, 
  agreeably 
  flavored 
  flesh 
  and 
  juice. 
  In 
  their 
  wild 
  

   state 
  they 
  would 
  serve 
  well 
  for 
  commercial 
  and 
  domestic 
  uses 
  if 
  the 
  people 
  had 
  

   learned 
  to 
  esteem 
  them. 
  The 
  only 
  objection 
  is 
  their 
  excessive 
  plant 
  growth, 
  

   for 
  they 
  are 
  extra 
  productive. 
  The 
  plant 
  growth 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  strains 
  is 
  about 
  

   equal; 
  15 
  feet 
  would 
  be 
  an 
  average 
  height; 
  they 
  spread 
  quickly, 
  birds 
  eat 
  the 
  

   fruit 
  and 
  sow 
  the 
  seeds, 
  or 
  if 
  a 
  tiny 
  bit 
  of 
  root 
  be 
  left 
  in 
  the 
  ground 
  they 
  soon 
  

   thrive 
  again 
  under 
  any 
  conditions. 
  They 
  make 
  an 
  effective 
  hedge 
  or 
  impass- 
  

   able 
  barricade, 
  but 
  need 
  annual 
  pruning 
  to 
  keep 
  them 
  in 
  their 
  required 
  place, 
  

   or 
  they 
  will 
  spread, 
  fill 
  irrigating 
  canals, 
  usurp 
  adjoining 
  land, 
  and 
  become 
  a 
  

   pest. 
  The 
  southern 
  classes 
  have 
  less 
  plant 
  growth, 
  different-shaped 
  fruit, 
  and 
  

   smaller 
  bunches, 
  with 
  flavors 
  of 
  their 
  own. 
  I 
  consider 
  the 
  blackberries 
  of 
  the 
  

   south 
  as 
  superior 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  central 
  Chile 
  (Nos. 
  27442, 
  27443, 
  and 
  27446), 
  but 
  

   incomparably 
  less 
  productive. 
  If 
  by 
  crossing 
  you 
  can 
  obtain 
  their 
  flavors 
  and 
  

   great 
  productiveness 
  upon 
  dwarf 
  plants, 
  you 
  have 
  made 
  a 
  progressive 
  advance. 
  " 
  

   27451. 
  Spartium 
  junceum 
  L. 
  

  

  "Retama. 
  A 
  beautiful 
  leafless 
  bush 
  or 
  treelet, 
  6 
  to 
  8 
  feet 
  high, 
  with 
  large, 
  

   yellow, 
  delightfully 
  fragrant 
  flowers, 
  which 
  remain 
  in 
  bloom 
  a 
  long 
  time." 
  

   27452 
  and 
  27453. 
  Solanum 
  sp. 
  Potato. 
  

  

  27452. 
  "From 
  the 
  far 
  South." 
  27453. 
  (No 
  note.) 
  

  

  27454. 
  Sophora 
  macrocarpa 
  Smith. 
  

  

  "A 
  beautiful 
  tree, 
  whose 
  fruit 
  is 
  comestible." 
  

  

  27455. 
  Strychnos 
  sp. 
  

  

  "A 
  beautiful 
  dwarf 
  ornamental 
  tree, 
  from 
  the 
  innermost 
  Cordilleras 
  near 
  the 
  

   perpetual-snow 
  line." 
  

  

  27456. 
  Trachycarpus 
  excelsus 
  (Thumb.) 
  Wendl. 
  

  

  "A 
  dwarf 
  palm, 
  trunk 
  covered 
  with 
  hair. 
  For 
  lawn 
  decoration 
  or 
  garden." 
  

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