INVENTORY 



134736 to 134743. Gossypium. Malvaceae. Cotton. 



Prom the British West Indies. Seeds presented by Dr. R. A. Silow, Genetics Depart- 

 ment, Cotton Research Station, Empire Cotton Growing Corp., Trinidad. Re- 

 ceived January 4, 1940. 



134736. ATB. 1 a. 134740. H.T. 12 a. 



134737. ATB. 1 b. 134741. H.T. 12 b. 



134738. ATI. 2 a. 134742. H.T. 15 a. 



134739. ATI. 2 b. 134743. H.T. 15 b. 



134744. Croton sp. Euphorbiaceae. 



From Mexico. Seeds collected by Cornelius H. Muller, Bureau of Plant Industry, 

 United States Department of Agriculture. Received January 8, 1940. 



No. 3248. September 10, 1939. From Sierra de la Madera, Canon del Agua, 

 Coahuila. A shrub up to 2 feet high, found on open rocky ridges. 



134745. Tarchonanthus minor Less. Asteraceae. 



From the Union of South Africa. Seeds presented by the McGregor Museum, Kim- 

 berly. Received January 8, 1940. 



A resin-scented shrub up to 7 feet high, with attractive woolly flower heads. It is 

 drought-resistant and is excellent stock feed. 



134746. Triticum aestivum L. Poaceae. Common wheat. 



From Colombia. Seeds presented by Gervasio Obregon, Departamento de Agri- 

 cultura, Estacion Agricola Experimental Nacional de ''La Picota," Bogotd. 

 Received January 3, 1940. 



Bola. One of the best Colombian varieties; it is grown throughout the whole 

 wheat zone of the country. 



134747 and 134748. Arachis hypogaea L. Fabaceae. Peanut. 



From China. Seeds collected by W. W. Moss, National Agricultural Research Bu- 

 reau, Yunnan Province, and presented through L. A. Wheeler, Director of 

 Foreign Agricultural Relations, United States Department of Agriculture. Re- 

 ceived January 4, 1940. 



134747. A large peanut of unknown origin. Its protein yield is high, but the oil 

 content is low. 



134748. A small native peanut with a high oil content, but a low yield. 



134749. Juglans regia L. Juglandaceae. Persian walnut. 



From Czechoslovakia. Seeds presented by A. Spaldak, Olomouc-Nova. Received 

 January 4, 1940. 



134750 to 134752. 



From Afghanistan. Material collected by "Walter Koelz, Bureau of Plant Industry, 

 United States Department of Agriculture. Received January 2, 1940. 



134750. Ficus sp. Moraceae. Fig. 



No. 4173. From Kabul, 6,000 feet altitude, November 21, 1939. Cuttings from 

 vines on which the fruit does not develop because the summers are too cool. The 

 plant, however, survives below-zero temperatures; some winters are said to be 

 -30°F. 



134751. Gladiolus sp. Iridaceae. 



No. 4888. Corms collected in the Burchao Pass at 9,000 feet altitude, October 

 16, 1939. Found on a dry shale slope. 



134752. VlTis sp. Vitaceae. Grape. 

 No. 5073. From Kandahar, November 23, 1939. Apparently a cultivated plant. 



