﻿JANUARY 
  1 
  TO 
  MARCH 
  31, 
  1912. 
  57 
  

  

  32885. 
  Cymbopogon 
  sp. 
  Lemon 
  grass. 
  

  

  From 
  Douglas 
  Dale, 
  Jeolikote 
  Post 
  Office, 
  United 
  Provinces, 
  India. 
  Presented 
  

   by 
  the 
  Superintendent, 
  Kumaon 
  Government 
  Gardens, 
  Mr. 
  Norman 
  Gill. 
  

   Received 
  February 
  28, 
  1912. 
  

   Procured 
  for 
  the 
  experiments 
  with 
  oil-producing 
  grasses 
  being 
  carried 
  on 
  by 
  the 
  

   Office 
  of 
  Drug- 
  Plant 
  Investigations. 
  

   Plants. 
  

  

  32886. 
  Diospyros 
  sp. 
  Persimmon. 
  

  

  From 
  Yokohama, 
  Japan. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  the 
  Yokohama 
  Nursery 
  Co. 
  Received 
  

   February 
  28, 
  1912. 
  

   Cuttings. 
  

  

  32890 
  and 
  32891. 
  Glycine 
  hispida 
  (Moench) 
  Maxim. 
  

  

  Soy 
  bean. 
  

  

  From 
  Blacksburg, 
  Va. 
  Grown 
  by 
  the 
  Virginia 
  Agricultural 
  Experiment 
  Station. 
  

   Received 
  February 
  27, 
  1912. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  quoted 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  J. 
  Morse: 
  

  

  32890. 
  "Duggar. 
  Grown 
  under 
  No. 
  17268C 
  at 
  the 
  Virginia 
  Experiment 
  

   Station, 
  Blacksburg, 
  Va., 
  1911. 
  A 
  field 
  mass 
  selection 
  at 
  Arlington 
  Experi- 
  

   mental 
  Farm 
  in 
  1907 
  out 
  of 
  S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  17268, 
  Ito 
  San. 
  An 
  olive-yellow 
  seeded 
  

   variety 
  of 
  medium 
  maturity 
  found 
  especially 
  promising 
  in 
  Alabama 
  and 
  

   Virginia. 
  " 
  

  

  32891. 
  ''Austin. 
  The 
  progeny 
  of 
  S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  17263 
  grown 
  under 
  No. 
  17263 
  

   at 
  Virginia 
  Experiment 
  Station, 
  Blacksburg, 
  Va., 
  1911; 
  originally 
  from 
  

   S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  6397 
  from 
  Pingyang, 
  Korea. 
  This 
  variety 
  was 
  also 
  distributed 
  

   under 
  Agrostology 
  No. 
  1539. 
  A 
  late 
  olive-yellow 
  seeded 
  variety 
  found 
  espe- 
  

   cially 
  promising 
  in 
  Virginia, 
  Tennessee, 
  and 
  southern 
  Pennsylvania. 
  " 
  

  

  32892. 
  Carex 
  physodes 
  Bieb. 
  

  

  From 
  Peshy 
  Kara 
  Kum 
  Desert, 
  Turkestan. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  W. 
  Mackie, 
  

  

  Esperanza, 
  Sonora, 
  Mexico, 
  through 
  Mr. 
  D. 
  A. 
  Brodie, 
  Acting 
  Agriculturist 
  in 
  

  

  Charge, 
  Office 
  of 
  Farm 
  Management, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Plant 
  Industry. 
  Received 
  

  

  February 
  29, 
  1912. 
  

  

  "This 
  carex 
  grows 
  abundantly 
  on 
  the 
  loose 
  desert 
  sand 
  of 
  the 
  Peshy 
  Kara 
  Kum 
  

  

  Desert 
  of 
  southern 
  Turkestan. 
  It 
  produces 
  excellent 
  feed 
  for 
  horses, 
  camels, 
  sheep, 
  

  

  donkeys, 
  etc., 
  with 
  less 
  than 
  4 
  inches 
  of 
  rain 
  per 
  annum. 
  It 
  grows 
  only 
  on 
  the 
  loose 
  

  

  sand. 
  The 
  soil 
  expert 
  would 
  class 
  this 
  sand 
  as 
  medium. 
  To 
  protect 
  itself 
  from 
  the 
  

  

  elements 
  when 
  the 
  roots 
  are 
  exposed 
  by 
  the 
  winds 
  each 
  root 
  and 
  rootlet 
  gathers 
  about 
  

  

  itself 
  a 
  layer 
  of 
  sand 
  several 
  times 
  its 
  diameter, 
  holding 
  it 
  against 
  considerable 
  strain 
  

  

  and 
  wear 
  . 
  " 
  ( 
  Mackie 
  . 
  ) 
  

  

  32894 
  to 
  32900. 
  Phoenix 
  dactylifera 
  L. 
  Date. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  Siwa 
  Oasis. 
  Procured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  George 
  J. 
  Salem, 
  Cairo, 
  Egypt. 
  Received 
  

   February 
  26, 
  1912. 
  

   Fruits 
  of 
  the 
  following 
  varieties; 
  native 
  names 
  given 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Salem; 
  translations 
  in 
  

   parenthesis 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Alexander 
  Aaronsohn, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Plant 
  Industry: 
  

  

  32894. 
  Frihy 
  (spirited). 
  

  

  32895. 
  Gazaly 
  (antelope). 
  "This 
  variety 
  is 
  not 
  very 
  productive, 
  though 
  its 
  

   dates 
  are 
  marvelous 
  in 
  flavor, 
  appearance, 
  and 
  power 
  to 
  keep 
  long." 
  (Salem.) 
  

  

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