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  SEEDS 
  ANT> 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  33071. 
  Ficus 
  macrophylla 
  Desf. 
  Moreton 
  Bay 
  fig. 
  

  

  From 
  Sydney, 
  New 
  South 
  Wales, 
  Australia. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Prof. 
  J. 
  H. 
  Maiden, 
  

   Director 
  and 
  Government 
  Botanist, 
  Royal 
  Botanic 
  Garden. 
  Received 
  March 
  

   7, 
  1912. 
  

   "This 
  only 
  grows 
  in 
  the 
  well- 
  watered 
  coastal 
  district, 
  and 
  experiments 
  with 
  the 
  

   view 
  to 
  introduce 
  it 
  into 
  drier 
  localities 
  have 
  almost 
  invariably 
  resulted 
  in 
  failure." 
  

   (Maiden.) 
  

   See 
  No. 
  3494 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  A 
  large 
  tree 
  found 
  near 
  streams 
  in 
  Queensland 
  and 
  New 
  South 
  Wales 
  

   in 
  Australia. 
  

  

  33073. 
  Hedysarum 
  coronarium 
  L. 
  Sulla. 
  

  

  From 
  Jerez 
  de 
  la 
  Frontera, 
  Spain. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Percival 
  Gassett, 
  American 
  

   consul. 
  Received 
  March 
  7 
  and 
  19, 
  1912. 
  

  

  "The 
  sulla 
  plant, 
  or 
  Spanish 
  wild 
  clover, 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  Spain 
  only 
  in 
  southern 
  Anda- 
  

   lusia, 
  province 
  of 
  Cadiz, 
  where 
  it 
  grows 
  wild 
  and 
  with 
  most 
  luxuriance 
  in 
  abandoned 
  

   vineyards. 
  The 
  Spaniards 
  are 
  well 
  aware 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  value 
  of 
  this 
  plant 
  as 
  a 
  rich 
  

   forage 
  for 
  stock, 
  especially 
  for 
  horses, 
  to 
  whom 
  it 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  give 
  endurance; 
  and 
  not 
  

   enough 
  sulla 
  can 
  be 
  produced 
  in 
  Jerez 
  to 
  supply 
  the 
  demand, 
  for, 
  after 
  the 
  stock 
  raisers 
  

   and 
  farmers 
  who 
  grow 
  it 
  have 
  supplied 
  themselves, 
  any 
  surplus 
  is 
  eagerly 
  purchased 
  

   by 
  the 
  military 
  officers 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  Jerez 
  Deposito 
  Semental 
  or 
  depot 
  for 
  breeding 
  

   horses 
  for 
  the 
  Spanish 
  army. 
  So 
  far, 
  all 
  efforts 
  to 
  make 
  it 
  grow 
  in 
  other 
  parts 
  of 
  Spain, 
  

   even 
  at 
  Seville, 
  90 
  miles 
  from 
  Jerez, 
  have 
  been 
  unsuccessful. 
  

  

  "'Practically, 
  then, 
  sulla 
  needs 
  the 
  same 
  climate 
  and 
  soil 
  that 
  produce 
  the 
  famous 
  

   Jerez, 
  or 
  sherry, 
  grape, 
  unique 
  of 
  its 
  kind 
  in 
  the 
  world. 
  The 
  climate 
  should 
  be 
  sunny, 
  

   hot, 
  and 
  dry 
  in 
  the 
  summer, 
  with 
  plenty 
  of 
  rain 
  in 
  the 
  fall, 
  and 
  a 
  low 
  temperature 
  

   that 
  does 
  not 
  reach 
  freezing, 
  although 
  occasional 
  frosts 
  during 
  the 
  winter 
  nights 
  are 
  

   not 
  unknown 
  in 
  Jerez. 
  When 
  there 
  has 
  been 
  plenty 
  of 
  rain 
  in 
  the 
  fall 
  there 
  has 
  

   usually 
  been 
  an 
  abundant 
  crop 
  of 
  sulla 
  the 
  next 
  spring. 
  

  

  "Now 
  as 
  to 
  soil. 
  Jerez 
  has 
  three 
  soils, 
  each 
  of 
  which 
  produces 
  a 
  distinct 
  type 
  of 
  

   wine; 
  the 
  best 
  is 
  known 
  as 
  'albariza' 
  (lime), 
  the 
  second 
  best 
  as 
  'barro' 
  (clay), 
  and 
  the 
  

   least 
  desirable 
  as 
  'arena' 
  (sand). 
  As 
  a 
  general 
  rule 
  the 
  soil 
  of 
  Jerez 
  vineyards 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  

   porous 
  character, 
  light, 
  and 
  of 
  a 
  grayish 
  color, 
  the 
  composition 
  of 
  which, 
  according 
  to 
  

   an 
  analysis 
  made 
  in 
  1898 
  in 
  the 
  laboratory 
  of 
  the 
  London 
  Lancet 
  is 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  Per 
  cent. 
  

  

  Calcium 
  carbonate 
  29. 
  12 
  

  

  Oxide 
  of 
  iron 
  4. 
  08 
  

  

  Sand, 
  etc 
  45. 
  80 
  

  

  Soluble 
  salts 
  , 
  .50 
  

  

  Moisture 
  16. 
  70 
  

  

  Loss 
  on 
  ignition 
  3. 
  80 
  

  

  100. 
  00 
  

  

  "Practically 
  a 
  third 
  part 
  of 
  this 
  soil 
  consists 
  of 
  carbonate 
  of 
  lime 
  and 
  if 
  the 
  fact 
  of 
  

   producing 
  the 
  nearest 
  imitation 
  of 
  Jerez 
  wine 
  is 
  any 
  indication, 
  it 
  would 
  seem 
  as 
  if 
  sulla 
  

   might 
  grow 
  in 
  parts 
  of 
  California. 
  

  

  "Although 
  the 
  general 
  belief, 
  which 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  supported 
  by 
  all 
  other 
  unsuccessful 
  

   experiments, 
  is 
  that 
  this 
  soil 
  is 
  indispensable 
  for 
  the 
  successful 
  growth 
  of 
  sulla, 
  yet 
  

   the 
  writer 
  has 
  within 
  a 
  month 
  or 
  so 
  seen 
  an 
  entire 
  field 
  of 
  sulla, 
  a 
  foot 
  or 
  more 
  in 
  height, 
  

   growing 
  in 
  ordinary 
  black 
  soil, 
  without 
  irrigation, 
  at 
  the 
  Jerez 
  Agricultural 
  Experi- 
  

   ment 
  Station, 
  La 
  Granja. 
  

  

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