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  to 
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  four 
  or 
  five 
  days, 
  which 
  results 
  in 
  uniform 
  maturing 
  of 
  the 
  crop. 
  Mr. 
  Rood- 
  

   zinski 
  stated 
  that 
  this 
  variety 
  is 
  65 
  per 
  cent 
  more 
  productive 
  than 
  the 
  ordinary 
  

   varieties 
  of 
  garden 
  peas. 
  Will 
  apparently 
  be 
  of 
  special 
  value 
  for 
  the 
  more 
  

   northern 
  regions 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  Mr. 
  Roodzinski's 
  number 
  for 
  this 
  variety 
  

   is 
  576." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  32773. 
  Linum 
  usitatissimum 
  L. 
  Flax. 
  

   From 
  Moscow, 
  Russia. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  1743a, 
  January 
  4, 
  1912.) 
  A 
  variety 
  of 
  flax 
  selected 
  by 
  Mr. 
  D. 
  von 
  

   Roodzinski 
  at 
  Moscow 
  for 
  four 
  years. 
  A 
  very 
  tall, 
  erect 
  grower 
  reaching 
  a 
  

   height 
  of 
  105 
  centimeters 
  [41 
  inches] 
  in 
  height. 
  Called 
  Psowski 
  flax 
  No. 
  802. 
  

   Obtained 
  from 
  the 
  originator. 
  " 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  32774. 
  Citrullus 
  vulgaris 
  Schrad. 
  Watermelon. 
  

   From 
  Moscow, 
  Russia. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  1744a, 
  January 
  10, 
  1912.) 
  A 
  watermelon 
  called 
  Monastirski 
  arboos 
  

   said 
  to 
  be 
  much 
  grown 
  in 
  southern 
  Russia 
  as 
  a 
  market 
  variety. 
  Is 
  round 
  in 
  

   shape 
  and 
  of 
  medium 
  size; 
  has 
  thin 
  skin, 
  light 
  green 
  in 
  color, 
  with 
  dark 
  encir- 
  

   cling 
  bands; 
  the 
  flesh 
  is 
  red 
  and 
  of 
  very 
  sweet 
  taste; 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  medium-early 
  

   ripener. 
  Purchased 
  in 
  Moscow. 
  " 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  32775 
  and 
  32776. 
  Populus 
  spp. 
  Poplar. 
  

  

  From 
  Slottsskogen, 
  Gothenburg, 
  Sweden. 
  Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Stuart 
  J. 
  

   Fuller, 
  American 
  consul, 
  February 
  17, 
  1912. 
  

   Cuttings 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  32775. 
  Populus 
  tremula 
  L. 
  

  

  See 
  No. 
  30577 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  32776. 
  Populus 
  nigra 
  L. 
  

  

  See 
  No. 
  30055 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  32777 
  to 
  32783. 
  

  

  Procured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  V. 
  Piper, 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Plant 
  Industry. 
  Received 
  Feb- 
  

   ruary 
  16, 
  1912. 
  

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

  

  32777. 
  Cracca 
  villosa 
  purpurea 
  (L.) 
  Kuntze. 
  

  

  "From 
  the 
  botanical 
  gardens, 
  Buitenzorg, 
  Java. 
  A 
  legume 
  that 
  is 
  being 
  

   experimented 
  with 
  at 
  the 
  Buitenzorg 
  garden 
  as 
  a 
  green-manure 
  crop. 
  It 
  pos- 
  

   sesses 
  considerable 
  promise 
  for 
  this 
  purpose. 
  " 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Throughout 
  the 
  plains 
  of 
  India, 
  and 
  generally 
  scattered 
  in 
  the 
  

   Tropics. 
  

  

  32778. 
  Cracca 
  villosa 
  argentea 
  (Lam.) 
  Kuntze. 
  

  

  "A 
  large, 
  half-shrubby 
  species, 
  which 
  is 
  being 
  experimented 
  with 
  at 
  the 
  

   Buitenzorg 
  Botanic 
  Garden, 
  as 
  a 
  green-manure 
  crop." 
  

  

  32779. 
  Meibomia 
  parvifolia 
  (DC.) 
  Kuntze. 
  

   From 
  Buitenzorg, 
  Java. 
  

  

  "A 
  legume, 
  which 
  closely 
  resembles 
  in 
  appearance 
  the 
  Florida 
  beggarweed 
  

   and 
  is 
  probably 
  of 
  similar 
  value." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Throughout 
  the 
  plains 
  of 
  India 
  from 
  the 
  Himalayas, 
  where 
  it 
  

   ascends 
  to 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  7,000 
  feet, 
  to 
  Ceylon, 
  and 
  eastward 
  to 
  China 
  and 
  

   Japan, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  Malay 
  Archipelago, 
  

   282 
  

  

  