﻿OCTOBER 
  1 
  TO 
  DECEMBER 
  31, 
  1910. 
  15 
  

  

  28918 
  to 
  28922. 
  

  

  From 
  Christiania, 
  Norway. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Prof. 
  Dr. 
  Wille, 
  director, 
  Botanic 
  

   Garden. 
  Received 
  October 
  24 
  and 
  25, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  28918. 
  Medicago 
  falcata 
  L. 
  

  

  28919. 
  Medicago 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Alfalfa. 
  

   Variety 
  malthei. 
  "This 
  is 
  a 
  new 
  variety 
  which 
  has 
  not 
  yet 
  been 
  described 
  

  

  and 
  which 
  is 
  larger 
  and 
  much 
  hardier 
  than 
  the 
  main 
  variety. 
  Medicago 
  sativa 
  

   is 
  used 
  very 
  little 
  in 
  Norway 
  for 
  its 
  economic 
  importance, 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  very 
  

   hardy. 
  A 
  dealer 
  in 
  dyestuffs, 
  0. 
  Malthe, 
  was 
  very 
  much 
  interested 
  in 
  this 
  

   question. 
  He 
  experimented 
  and 
  finally 
  succeeded 
  in 
  discovering 
  this 
  variety 
  

   and 
  endeavored 
  to 
  disseminate 
  it. 
  The 
  farmers, 
  however, 
  did 
  not 
  want 
  to 
  

   cultivate 
  lucern 
  because 
  they 
  find 
  Trifolium 
  pratense 
  and 
  Phleum 
  pratense 
  more 
  

   profitable. 
  

  

  "I 
  wish 
  to 
  call 
  your 
  attention 
  to 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  seed 
  of 
  M. 
  sativa 
  var. 
  

   malthei 
  may 
  possibly 
  represent 
  crosses 
  with 
  the 
  closely 
  related 
  main 
  variety; 
  

   however, 
  only 
  to 
  a 
  limited 
  extent. 
  If 
  all 
  the 
  seeds 
  are 
  planted 
  some 
  plants 
  of 
  

   the 
  pure 
  variety 
  will 
  likely 
  be 
  obtained." 
  (Wille.) 
  

  

  28920. 
  Medicago 
  sativa 
  varia 
  (Mart.) 
  Urb. 
  Sand 
  lucern. 
  

  

  28921. 
  Melilotus 
  sulcata 
  Desf. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Throughout 
  the 
  Mediterranean 
  region 
  from 
  Portugal 
  and 
  the 
  

   Canary 
  Islands 
  to 
  Palestine, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  oases 
  of 
  the 
  Libyan 
  Desert. 
  

  

  28922. 
  Trigonedla 
  caerulea 
  (L.) 
  Ser. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  27146 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  28923 
  to 
  28925. 
  Asparagus 
  spp. 
  Asparagus. 
  

  

  From 
  Tunis, 
  northern 
  Africa. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  L. 
  Guillochon, 
  Jardin 
  d'Essais 
  de 
  

   Tunis. 
  Received 
  October 
  27, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  28923. 
  Asparagus 
  crispus 
  Lam. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  In 
  the 
  coast 
  region 
  of 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  in 
  the 
  vicinities 
  of 
  Hope- 
  

   field, 
  Table 
  Mountain, 
  Simons 
  Bay, 
  and 
  in 
  British 
  Kaffraria. 
  

  

  28924. 
  Asparagus 
  officinalis 
  L. 
  

  

  28925. 
  Asparagus 
  sprengeri 
  Regel. 
  

  

  Distribution.— 
  -The 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Port 
  Natal 
  in 
  Natal, 
  South 
  Africa. 
  Com- 
  

   monly 
  cultivated 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  as 
  an 
  ornamental 
  house 
  plant. 
  

  

  28928 
  to 
  28928. 
  

  

  From 
  China. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  T. 
  J. 
  League, 
  Tsingtau, 
  China, 
  who 
  obtained 
  

   them 
  through 
  Rev. 
  G. 
  E. 
  Baker, 
  English 
  Baptist 
  Mission, 
  Tsingchowfu, 
  Shan- 
  

   tung, 
  China. 
  Received 
  October 
  27, 
  1910. 
  

   Cuttings. 
  

  

  Note. 
  — 
  -Three 
  tubes 
  were 
  received 
  in 
  this 
  shipment, 
  although 
  from 
  Mr. 
  League's 
  

   lettei 
  it 
  would 
  appear 
  that 
  four 
  different 
  lots 
  of 
  material 
  were 
  sent. 
  There 
  were 
  

   apparently 
  no 
  markings 
  on 
  either 
  tubes 
  or 
  cuttings, 
  so 
  S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  numbers 
  could 
  be 
  

   assigned 
  only 
  to 
  the 
  three 
  bundles. 
  The 
  notes 
  on 
  this 
  material, 
  furnished 
  by 
  Mr. 
  

   League, 
  appear 
  on 
  the 
  following 
  page. 
  

   1933°— 
  Bui. 
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