2 PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



Through the kindness of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 

 a special collection of tubers of South American species of Solarium 

 (nos. 103028-103038) was received that will be of great value to 

 pathologists working with potato diseases. By this same coopera- 

 tion the Botanic Garden at Leningrad sent in 44 lots of seeds of 

 little-known hardy perennials and bulbous plants adapted for grow- 

 ing in the colder parts of the United States. 



The north-central Plains region of the United States should bene- 

 fit from a shipment of seeds of very hardy vegetables grown between 

 40° and 45° north latitude in central Asia (nos. 102699-102727). In- 

 cluded in this lot of seed are onions, carrots, tomatoes, eggplants, 

 and redpeppers. 



The botanical determinations were made and the nomenclature 

 determined by the late H. C. Skeels, 1 who had general supervision of 

 this inventory. 



B. Y. Morrison, 

 Principal Horticulturist, in Charge. 



Division of Plant Exploration and Introduction, 

 'Washington, D. C, February IS, 1935. 



* Died Jan. 3, 1934. 



