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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



122630 to 122742— Continued 



122737. SlLENB NOCTIFLORA L. 



No. 1954. From Birejik, July 22. A 

 tall plant. 



122738. Scorzonera sp. Cichoriaceae. 



No. 3312. From 20 km. south of Narle, 

 May 4. 



122739. Verbascum speciosum Schrad. 

 Scropbulariaceae. Mullein. 



No. 2293. From 34 km. east of Erzin- 

 jan, August 9. A tall biennial mullein 

 with pale-green, oblong-lanceolate leaves 

 more than a foot long at the base of the 

 stem, becoming much smaller toward the 

 top. The yellow flowers are in a large 

 panicled raceme. Native to eastern Europe. 



For previous introduction see 108778. 



122740. Verbascum sp. Scrophulariaceae. 



Mullein. 



No. 1637. From 47 km. south of Diyar- 

 bekir, July 9. Not the common mullein, 

 flowers more handsome. 



122741. Vio t a villosa Roth. Fabaceae. 



Hairy vetch. 



No. 3496. From the ruins of Philippi, 

 Greece, November 11. 



122742. Vitex sp. Verbenaceae. 



No. 2931. From Ephesus, September 25. 



122743. Solanum tuberosum L. Sola- 

 naceae. Potato. 



From Canada. Tubers presented by M. B. 

 Davis, Central Experiment Farm, Ottawa. 

 Received March 26, 1937. 



Early St. George. 



122744 to 122752. Vitis spp. Vitaceae. 



Grape. 



From Austria. Cuttings presented by Prof. 

 .Andre Teleki, Vienna. Received March 26, 

 1937. 



122744. Chasselas Tompa. 



122745. Ezerevesand. 



122746. Madam Johanna Mathiass. 



122747. Memory of Queen Elizabeth. 



122748. Neuberger. 



122749. Beine des Vignes. 



122750. Riesling of the Rhine. 



122751. Veltliner (red). 



122752. Veltliner (red and white). 



122753 to 122757. Ficus spp. Mora- 

 ceae. Fig. 



From Japan. Cuttings presented by Dr. T. 

 Tanikawa, Acting Director, Imperial Hor- 

 ticultural Experiment Station, Okitsu. 

 Received March 27, 1937. 



122753. No. 9. Native d'argenteuil X (H. 

 d'arg. X Roeding No. 2). 



122754. No. 32. Hative d'argenteuil X 

 (H. d'arg. X Roeding No. 2). 



122755. No. 45. Hative d'argenteuil X 

 (H. d'arg. X Roeding No. 2). 



122756. Horaigaki. A fig, native to Japan. 



122757. No. 60. Violet Dauphine X Roed- 

 ing No. 2. 



122758 and 122759. Erica spp. Erica- 

 ceae. Heath. 



From England. Seeds presented by Sir 

 Lionel de Rothschild, St. Swithin's Lane, 

 London. Received March 18, 1937. 



122758. Erica sp. 



Received under the name "mimosa," for 

 which a place of publication has not been 

 found. Described as a red heather. 



122759. Erica pillansii Bolus. 



An evergreen shrub with ascending 

 branches, small imbricate linear leaves, 

 and scarlet flowers about one-half inch 

 long. It is related to Erica mertensiana. 

 Native to South Africa. 



122760. Indigofeea tinctoria L. Faba- 

 ceae. True indigo. 



From France. Seeds presented by Vilmorin- 

 Andrieux & Cie., Paris. Received March 

 18, 1937. 



French-grown seed. 



122761 and 122762. Lycopersicon escu- 

 lentum Mill. Solanaceae. Tomato. 



From Peru. Seeds presented by A. Martin 

 Lynch, Chief, Estaciojn Agronomica de 

 Lambayeque. Received March 19, 1937. 



' 122761. No. 1. Wild tomato. 



122762. No. 2. Wild tomato. 



122763. Medicago sativa L. Fabaceae. 



Alfalfa. 



From the Npfherlands. Seeds presented by 

 Zwaan & Van Der Molen, Plant Breeding & 

 Seed Growing Co., Voorburg. Received 

 March 22, 1937. 



Giant alfalfa. A strain said to produce 

 °0 percent more than any other European 

 stock. 



122764 and 122765. Prunus spp. Amyg- 

 dalaceae. 



From New Zealand. Seeds presented by W. 

 Meikle & Sons, New Lynn Nurseries, Auck- 

 land. Received March 30, 1937. 



122764. Prunus sp. 



George Wilson. A blood plum which 

 has no bitterness or sourness near the 

 seed. It' will keep 6 to 8 weeks after pick- 

 ing, and if kept long enough will dry like 

 a prune, but will not rot. The tree is 

 immune to brown rot. 



122765. Prunus sp. 



Victory plum. A freestone with dark 

 red skin and orange flesh wh'ch will keep 

 from 6 to 8 weeks after picking. 



122766 to 122984. 



From India. Seeds collected by Walter Koelz, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry. Received March 

 1, 1937. 



122766. Abies pindrow Spach. Pinaceae. 



Fir. 



No. 1666. Tos. From above Bandrole, 

 Kulu, Punjab, at 8,000 feet altitude, No- 

 vember 14, 1936. A tall fir with short 

 branches forming a narrow pyramid and 

 lustrous, dark-green, slender leaves 1 to 2 

 inches long. Native to the Himalayan 

 region. 



