﻿JULY 
  1 
  TO 
  SEPTEMBEE 
  30, 
  1911. 
  39 
  

  

  31688 
  to 
  31697— 
  Continued 
  

  

  31697— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  that 
  the 
  Chinese 
  say 
  that 
  a 
  man 
  selling 
  sliced 
  Ching 
  lobas 
  near 
  a 
  boarding 
  house 
  

   ruins 
  the 
  boarding-house 
  keeper. 
  People 
  doing 
  much 
  manual 
  labor 
  especially 
  

   seem 
  to 
  be 
  benefited 
  by 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  them. 
  

  

  "As 
  these 
  roots 
  stand 
  long 
  transportation 
  very 
  well, 
  they 
  will 
  be 
  useful 
  in 
  

   supplying 
  mining 
  camps 
  and 
  sailors 
  with 
  the 
  necessary 
  fresh 
  vegetables. 
  From 
  

   the 
  nature 
  of 
  the 
  plants 
  they 
  will 
  thrive 
  especially 
  well 
  in 
  the 
  western 
  United 
  

   States. 
  Seeds 
  formerly 
  sent 
  under 
  Nos. 
  17932, 
  17935 
  to 
  17937, 
  21623, 
  23968, 
  

   and 
  23969." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  31698. 
  Melilotus 
  alba 
  Desr. 
  Sweet 
  clover. 
  

  

  From 
  Nice, 
  France. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  A. 
  Robertson 
  Proschowsky. 
  Received 
  

   August 
  22, 
  1911. 
  

   "This 
  clover 
  grows 
  2 
  meters 
  [6 
  \ 
  ft.] 
  or 
  more 
  high. 
  It 
  has 
  small 
  white 
  flowers 
  and 
  

   tiny 
  reniform 
  fruits. 
  The 
  general 
  aspect 
  is 
  much 
  like 
  Medicago 
  sativa, 
  but 
  the 
  flowers 
  

   are 
  white 
  and 
  much 
  smaller, 
  fruits 
  quite 
  different. 
  It 
  is 
  perennial, 
  grows 
  on 
  the 
  very 
  

   worst 
  soil, 
  consisting 
  of 
  gravel, 
  and 
  looks 
  quite 
  fresh 
  and 
  green 
  amidst 
  its 
  withered 
  

   surroundings 
  (no 
  rain 
  for 
  last 
  seven 
  months). 
  It 
  seems 
  to 
  me 
  that 
  this 
  might 
  prove 
  

   of 
  interest 
  to 
  the 
  specialists 
  looking 
  for 
  forage 
  plants 
  for 
  arid 
  regions." 
  (Proschowsky.) 
  

  

  31699 
  to 
  31701. 
  

  

  From 
  China. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  N. 
  Gist 
  Gee, 
  Soochow 
  University, 
  Soochow, 
  

   China. 
  Received 
  July 
  31, 
  1911. 
  

  

  31699. 
  Litchi 
  chinensis 
  Sonner. 
  Lych.ee. 
  

   See 
  Nos. 
  10670 
  to 
  10673, 
  14888, 
  and 
  16237 
  to 
  16243 
  for 
  descriptions. 
  

  

  Seeds. 
  

  

  31700. 
  Eriobotrya 
  japonica 
  (Thunb.) 
  Lindl. 
  Loquat. 
  

   "BUo." 
  

  

  Seeds. 
  

  

  31701. 
  Zinziber 
  officinale 
  Rose. 
  Ginger. 
  

   Roots. 
  

  

  31702. 
  Solanum 
  nigrum 
  L. 
  Nightshade. 
  

  

  From 
  Nice, 
  France. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  A. 
  Robertson 
  Proschowsky. 
  Received 
  

   August 
  16, 
  1911. 
  

   Variety 
  miniatura. 
  

  

  31703. 
  Medicago 
  falcata 
  L. 
  (?) 
  

  

  From 
  Gilgit, 
  Kashmir, 
  British 
  India. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  Booth 
  Tucker, 
  Sal- 
  

   vafion 
  Army, 
  Simla, 
  British 
  India. 
  Received 
  August 
  8, 
  1911. 
  

  

  31704 
  to 
  31707. 
  

  

  From 
  Manila, 
  Philippine 
  Islands. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  P. 
  J. 
  Wester, 
  horticulturist, 
  

   Bureau 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  Received 
  August 
  21, 
  1911. 
  

  

  Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  quoted 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Wester: 
  

   31704. 
  Trichosanthes 
  quinquangulata 
  A. 
  Gray. 
  

  

  "A 
  cucurbitaceous 
  vine 
  of 
  vigorous 
  growth 
  indigenous 
  to 
  the 
  Philippines. 
  

   The 
  fruit 
  is 
  globose 
  and 
  somewhat 
  larger 
  tha*n 
  an 
  apple, 
  the 
  surface 
  being 
  a 
  

   brilliant 
  red. 
  As 
  the 
  fruit 
  keeps 
  for 
  many 
  weeks 
  after 
  maturity, 
  retaining 
  its 
  

   color, 
  I 
  believe 
  that 
  it 
  mightbe 
  used 
  to 
  great 
  advantage 
  for 
  decorative 
  purposes." 
  

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