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  character 
  of 
  the 
  crab-grass 
  and 
  of 
  possible 
  value 
  for 
  the 
  same 
  purposes, 
  

   from 
  Kirki, 
  India; 
  No. 
  32436, 
  Heylandia 
  latebrosa, 
  from 
  Kirki, 
  a 
  

   prostrate 
  legume 
  abundant 
  in 
  the 
  Dekkan 
  and 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  good 
  

   forage 
  species; 
  No. 
  32440, 
  Andropogon 
  caricosus, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  hay- 
  

   producing 
  grasses 
  of 
  central 
  India, 
  considered 
  as 
  excellent 
  forage, 
  

   from 
  Kirki, 
  India; 
  Nos. 
  32443 
  to 
  32448, 
  6 
  species 
  of 
  forage 
  grasses 
  

   from 
  the 
  Nilgiri 
  Hills 
  (which 
  have 
  a 
  climate 
  similar 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  

   coastal 
  region 
  of 
  California), 
  among 
  them 
  bemg 
  included 
  the 
  most 
  

   nutritious 
  grasses 
  for 
  hay 
  and 
  pasture 
  known 
  in 
  southern 
  India; 
  Nos. 
  

   32491 
  to 
  32598, 
  108 
  varieties 
  of 
  soy 
  beans 
  from 
  different 
  parts 
  of 
  India; 
  

   Nos. 
  32450 
  and 
  32453 
  ; 
  2 
  species 
  of 
  Indian 
  raspberries 
  from 
  the 
  Nilgiri 
  

   Hills, 
  considered 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Piper 
  as 
  promising 
  for 
  the 
  Southern 
  States; 
  

   Nos. 
  32777 
  and 
  32778, 
  2 
  subspecies 
  of 
  Cracca 
  villosa 
  that 
  are 
  being 
  

   tested 
  in 
  Java 
  as 
  green-manure 
  crops; 
  Nos. 
  32431 
  and 
  32782, 
  Indi- 
  

   gofera 
  linifolia, 
  from 
  India, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  considered 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  very 
  

   best 
  native 
  pasture 
  legumes, 
  promising 
  for 
  southern 
  California; 
  Nos. 
  

   32799 
  and 
  32800, 
  two 
  species 
  of 
  wild 
  persimmons 
  from 
  Seharunpur 
  

   for 
  the 
  persimmon 
  breeders 
  of 
  the 
  Southern 
  States; 
  No. 
  32808, 
  a 
  

   new 
  shade 
  tree, 
  Gmelina 
  arbor 
  ea, 
  grown 
  in 
  the 
  upper 
  Ganges 
  Valley 
  

   and 
  likely 
  to 
  succeed 
  well 
  in 
  southern 
  California; 
  No. 
  32454, 
  seeds 
  

   from 
  an 
  unusually 
  good 
  cherimoya, 
  produced 
  by 
  trees 
  descended 
  from 
  

   the 
  original 
  introduction 
  of 
  this 
  fruit 
  made 
  by 
  Markham 
  into 
  India 
  

   from 
  Peru; 
  and 
  No. 
  32429, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  pasture 
  grasses 
  in 
  India, 
  

   BracJiiaria 
  eruciformis, 
  which 
  forms 
  dense 
  masses 
  of 
  fine 
  stems 
  and 
  

   appears 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  good 
  seeder. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Gustav 
  Eisen, 
  of 
  the 
  California 
  Academy 
  of 
  Sciences, 
  during 
  his 
  

   work 
  for 
  the 
  academy 
  in 
  Spam, 
  called 
  attention 
  to 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  varie- 
  

   ties 
  of 
  fruits 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  secured 
  through 
  the 
  British 
  vice 
  consul 
  

   at 
  Granada. 
  These 
  should 
  recommend 
  themselves 
  especially 
  to 
  Cali- 
  

   fornians 
  as 
  being 
  selected 
  by 
  one 
  familiar 
  with 
  California 
  conditions. 
  

   Dr. 
  Eisen's 
  studies 
  have 
  convinced 
  him 
  that 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  valu- 
  

   able 
  California 
  fruit 
  varieties, 
  such 
  as 
  the 
  mission 
  fig, 
  came 
  from 
  the 
  

   region 
  of 
  Granada 
  and 
  were 
  introduced 
  into 
  California 
  in 
  the 
  early 
  

   days 
  by 
  the 
  Spanish 
  padres. 
  Among 
  the 
  fruit 
  varieties 
  which 
  he 
  

   believes 
  are 
  new 
  to 
  California 
  are 
  the 
  Isabella 
  fig 
  (No. 
  32878), 
  one 
  of 
  

   the 
  best 
  varieties 
  he 
  has 
  ever 
  tasted; 
  No. 
  32879, 
  the 
  Jeresiana 
  table 
  

   grape, 
  which 
  resembles 
  the 
  Verdal 
  but 
  is 
  sweeter 
  and 
  an 
  excellent 
  

   shipper; 
  the 
  Cuatro 
  Hermanos 
  olive 
  from 
  Canales 
  (No. 
  32880), 
  which 
  

   comes 
  from 
  an 
  altitude 
  of 
  6,000 
  feet 
  where 
  heavy 
  frosts 
  and 
  snows 
  

   occur 
  and 
  which 
  may 
  prove 
  an 
  excellent 
  variety 
  for 
  cultivation 
  on 
  

   the 
  northern 
  limits 
  of 
  olive 
  culture; 
  and 
  No. 
  32883, 
  the 
  San 
  Martin 
  

   autumn 
  melon, 
  related 
  to 
  the 
  Casaba 
  but 
  considered 
  superior 
  in 
  

   quality. 
  

  

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