﻿JULY 
  1 
  TO 
  SEPTEMBER 
  30, 
  1910. 
  57 
  

  

  28826— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  of 
  bone 
  dust, 
  5 
  hundredweight 
  of 
  superphosphate, 
  and 
  3 
  hundredweight 
  of 
  potash, 
  

   making 
  15 
  hundredweight 
  to 
  an 
  acre. 
  If 
  the 
  winter 
  is 
  fairly 
  warm 
  a 
  winter 
  crop 
  can 
  

   be 
  grown 
  by 
  cutting 
  off 
  the 
  lateral 
  growth 
  a 
  foot 
  below 
  the 
  wires 
  in 
  the 
  late 
  spring 
  or 
  

   early 
  summer 
  and 
  then 
  manuring, 
  but 
  if 
  the 
  winter 
  is 
  not 
  mild 
  I 
  would 
  simply 
  go 
  in 
  

   for 
  the 
  natural 
  summer 
  crop 
  — 
  prune 
  as 
  above 
  late 
  in 
  winter 
  and 
  manure 
  early 
  in 
  spring. 
  

   The 
  vines 
  are 
  raised 
  in 
  seed 
  boxes 
  from 
  the 
  seed. 
  Simply 
  wash 
  the 
  pulp 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  

   fruit 
  and 
  dry 
  the 
  seed; 
  plant 
  out 
  when 
  about 
  6 
  inches 
  high. 
  Do 
  not 
  allow 
  any 
  lateral 
  

   growth 
  until 
  the 
  wires 
  are 
  reached. 
  We 
  plant 
  in 
  Australia 
  about 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  Septem- 
  

   ber 
  or 
  the 
  beginning 
  of 
  October. 
  Shelter 
  young 
  plants 
  until 
  they 
  get 
  started. 
  Some 
  

   fruit 
  will 
  be 
  obtained 
  the 
  first 
  season 
  and 
  a 
  full 
  crop 
  the 
  second 
  season. 
  The 
  vines 
  

   are 
  about 
  done 
  in 
  four 
  years. 
  The 
  passion 
  flower 
  does 
  wonderfully 
  well 
  in 
  the 
  sandstone 
  

   country 
  around 
  Sydney, 
  yet 
  it 
  grows 
  almost 
  wild 
  in 
  the 
  semitropical 
  climate 
  of 
  the 
  

   northern 
  rivers 
  of 
  New 
  South 
  Wales." 
  {James 
  Moody, 
  Toomuc 
  Valley 
  Orchards, 
  Mel- 
  

   bourne, 
  Australia.) 
  

   See 
  Nos. 
  1906 
  and 
  12899 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  28827 
  and 
  28828. 
  

  

  From 
  Puerto 
  de 
  Orotava, 
  Teneriffe, 
  Canary 
  Islands. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  George 
  

   V. 
  Perez. 
  Received 
  September 
  16, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  28827. 
  Cytisus 
  proliferus 
  L. 
  Tagasaste. 
  

  

  Variety 
  palmensis. 
  "This 
  is 
  a 
  splendid 
  forage 
  plant 
  and 
  very 
  drought 
  

   resisting. 
  The 
  failures 
  with 
  it 
  are 
  due 
  to 
  ignorance 
  of 
  farmers 
  and 
  to 
  not 
  cut- 
  

   ting 
  back 
  the 
  plant. 
  Cattle 
  and 
  horses 
  have 
  to 
  learn 
  to 
  eat 
  it; 
  they 
  relish 
  it 
  

   ever 
  after. 
  In 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  Palma 
  (Canary 
  Islands), 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  native 
  from 
  

   time 
  immemorial, 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  used 
  with 
  the 
  greatest 
  success 
  possible. 
  It 
  is 
  

   quite 
  as 
  nutritious 
  as 
  lucern 
  and 
  does 
  not 
  want 
  irrigation. 
  I 
  know 
  of 
  nothing 
  

   that 
  will 
  fatten 
  cattle 
  and 
  horses 
  so 
  much. 
  In 
  Palma 
  there 
  are 
  large 
  districts 
  

   planted 
  with 
  it 
  where 
  cattle 
  and 
  even 
  pigs 
  eat 
  it 
  at 
  liberty. 
  Chaffed 
  and 
  

   mixed 
  with 
  straw 
  it 
  is 
  excellent. 
  The 
  seed 
  must 
  be 
  scalded 
  in 
  boiling 
  water 
  

   before 
  sowing." 
  (Perez.) 
  

  

  28828. 
  Echium 
  simplex 
  DC. 
  

  

  "The 
  so-called 
  Pride 
  of 
  Teneriffe, 
  & 
  lovely, 
  showy, 
  native 
  plant, 
  remarkable 
  

   for 
  its 
  single 
  tall 
  spike 
  of 
  white 
  flowers 
  reaching 
  from 
  2 
  to 
  3 
  yards 
  high. 
  From 
  

   what 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  and 
  observed 
  I 
  have 
  come 
  to 
  the 
  conclusion 
  that 
  besides 
  

   being 
  a 
  very 
  ornamental 
  plant 
  it 
  could 
  be 
  turned 
  into 
  a 
  most 
  valuable 
  fodder, 
  

   beating 
  the 
  prickly 
  comfrey, 
  over 
  which 
  it 
  has 
  the 
  advantage, 
  like 
  all 
  plants 
  

   of 
  the 
  Canary 
  flora, 
  of 
  being 
  drought 
  resistant. 
  The 
  idea 
  is 
  entirely 
  my 
  own 
  

   after 
  watching 
  in 
  one 
  of 
  my 
  properties 
  how 
  greedily 
  my 
  cows 
  eat 
  it." 
  (Perez.) 
  

  

  28829 
  to 
  28832. 
  

  

  From 
  Togo, 
  Africa. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  H. 
  Pape, 
  through 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  B. 
  Conner, 
  

   scientific 
  assistant, 
  Chillicothe, 
  Tex. 
  Received 
  September 
  29, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  28829. 
  Vigna 
  unguiculata 
  (L.) 
  Walp. 
  Cowpea. 
  

   Tan. 
  

  

  28830 
  to 
  28832. 
  Voandzeia 
  subterranea 
  (L.) 
  Thouars. 
  Woandsu. 
  

  

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