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  APRIL 
  1 
  TO 
  JUNE 
  30, 
  1910. 
  23 
  

  

  27580— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  The 
  whole 
  plant 
  has 
  mild 
  purgative 
  properties 
  and 
  the 
  vegetable 
  preparations 
  

   above 
  described 
  are 
  not 
  much 
  indulged 
  in. 
  (Kanetkar.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Plains 
  of 
  the 
  western 
  peninsula 
  of 
  India 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  

   Mauritius 
  eastward 
  to 
  the 
  northern 
  part 
  of 
  Australia. 
  

  

  27586. 
  Vigna 
  unguiculata 
  (L.) 
  Walp. 
  Cowpea. 
  

  

  From 
  Honolulu, 
  Hawaii. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  G. 
  Krauss, 
  agronomist, 
  Hawaii 
  

   Experiment 
  Station. 
  Received 
  April 
  20, 
  1910. 
  

   " 
  Wilcox. 
  A 
  cowpea 
  which, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  determine, 
  originated 
  

   in 
  our 
  trials 
  of 
  1907, 
  either 
  as 
  a 
  mutant 
  or 
  rogue. 
  As 
  it 
  does 
  not 
  resemble 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  

   half 
  dozen 
  varieties 
  we 
  have 
  been 
  growing 
  in 
  recent 
  years, 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  think 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  hybrid. 
  

   It 
  is 
  far 
  ahead 
  of 
  anything 
  we 
  have 
  grown 
  in 
  cowpeas. 
  In 
  the 
  fully 
  developed 
  form, 
  

   before 
  drying, 
  the 
  pods 
  are 
  a 
  beautiful 
  deep 
  crimson." 
  (Krauss.) 
  

  

  27587. 
  Castanea 
  sp. 
  Chestnut. 
  

  

  From 
  Yokohama, 
  Japan. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  the 
  Yokohama 
  Nursery 
  Co. 
  Re- 
  

   ceived 
  April 
  11, 
  1910. 
  

   Korean. 
  

  

  27598 
  and 
  27599. 
  Zea 
  mays 
  L. 
  Corn. 
  

  

  From 
  Mexico. 
  Procured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Sam 
  E. 
  Magill, 
  American 
  consul, 
  from 
  Jose' 
  

   Maria 
  M. 
  Sotomayor. 
  Received 
  April 
  13, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  27598. 
  " 
  Apepitillado" 
  produced 
  near 
  Ocatlan. 
  

  

  27599. 
  "Apepitillado" 
  produced 
  near 
  Ocatlan 
  by 
  Vidal 
  Gutierrez. 
  

   Note. 
  — 
  These 
  packages 
  were 
  broken 
  open 
  and 
  the 
  seed 
  probably 
  mixed. 
  

  

  27600 
  to 
  27602. 
  Trifolium 
  pratense 
  L. 
  Red 
  clover. 
  

  

  From 
  Roikenvik, 
  Norway. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Lars 
  Hvinden. 
  Received 
  April 
  

   13, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  27600. 
  Molstad. 
  27601. 
  Toten. 
  

  

  "These 
  two 
  clovers 
  are 
  late 
  varieties 
  and 
  should 
  not 
  be 
  grown 
  on 
  marshy 
  

   soil, 
  but 
  they 
  stand 
  the 
  severest 
  cold 
  for 
  three 
  and 
  four 
  years 
  in 
  Norway." 
  

   (Hvinden.) 
  

  

  27602. 
  Hvinden' 
  s. 
  "A 
  red 
  clover 
  which 
  I 
  by 
  chance 
  have 
  discovered. 
  

  

  It 
  has 
  grown 
  on 
  my 
  farm 
  for 
  years 
  and 
  gave 
  the 
  richest 
  crops 
  I 
  ever 
  saw. 
  

   It 
  is 
  earlier 
  than 
  Molstad 
  and 
  Toten 
  clover 
  and 
  can 
  be 
  cut 
  twice 
  in 
  the 
  sum- 
  

   mer." 
  (Hvinden.) 
  

  

  27603 
  to 
  27608. 
  Melilotus 
  spp. 
  

  

  From 
  St. 
  Petersburg, 
  Russia. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  A. 
  Fischer 
  v. 
  Waldheim, 
  director, 
  

   Royal 
  Botanic 
  Gardens. 
  Received 
  April 
  4, 
  1910. 
  

   Seed 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  27603. 
  Melilotus 
  dentata 
  (Waldst. 
  & 
  Kit.) 
  Pers. 
  

   27604 
  to 
  27606. 
  Melilotus 
  indica 
  (L.) 
  All. 
  

  

  27607. 
  Melilotus 
  italica 
  (L.) 
  Lam. 
  

  

  27608. 
  Melilotus 
  messanensis 
  (L.) 
  All. 
  

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