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90094 to 90106— Continued. 



90097. Variety Glitter. Yellow. 



90098. Variety Grand Pyramid. 



90099. Variety Mount Etna, also called 

 The Rocket. Intense scarlet, flowering 

 in August and September. 



90100. Variety Mrs. Walker Munro. Tall 

 with extra fine large flowers. 



90101. Variety Mrs. Wynne Hood. Deep 

 red. 



90102. Variety Ruby. 



90103. Variety R. Wilson Kerr. 



90104. Variety Sir C. K. Butler. Stout 

 spikes 5 feet high of sulphur and light- 

 red flowers which appear in July and 

 August. 



90105. Variety Sunset. Red. 



90106. Variety Triumph. Golden apricot, 

 height 3 feet, flowering in September 

 and October. 



90107 to 90110. 



Prom Japan. Seeds presented by K. Yashi- 

 roda, Tonosho-Kyoku, Kagawaken. Re- 

 ceived November 19, 1930. 



90107. Astragalus sinicus L. Fabaceae. 



A red-flowered variety, quite common 

 in the farming area about Tokyo, wbere 

 it is said to be used for green manure 

 and forage. It is a winter crop, being 

 planted early in the fall. 



For previous introduction see 81727. 



90108. Buxus microphylla Sieb. and 

 Zucc. Buxaceae. Box. 



An evergreen shrub up to 3 feet high 

 or often prostrate. The stems are 

 sharply quadrangular, and the obovate 

 leaves are less than an inch long. It is 

 native to Japan. 



90109. Magnolia parviflora Sieb. and 

 Zucc. Magnoliaceae. Oyama magnolia. 



A small Japanese magnolia with ob- 

 long leaves 4 to 6 inches long and fra- 

 grant white cup-shaped flowers 3 to 4 

 inches across, with large pink sepals and 

 crimson stamens. 



For previous introduction see 66584. 



90110. OSTERDAMIA JAPONIC A (Steud.) 



Hitchc. Poaceae. Japanese lawngrass. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 89387. 



90111. Solanum ciLioLATUM Mart, and 

 Gal. Solanaceae. 



From Mexico. Seeds collected by Dr. 

 Donald Reddick, Cornell University, in 

 collaboration with Paul Russell and Max 

 Souviron, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received November 18, 1930. 



No. 230. From Cerro San Felipe, Oaxa- 

 ca, September 26, 1930. A low perennial 

 herb with a thick root, like manioc, and 

 large white fragrant night-blooming flow- 

 ers. It is native to Mexico. 



For previous introduction see 41487. 



90112 to 90119. Erica spp. Ericaceae. 



From Dedemsvaart, Netherlands. Plants 

 purchased from B. Ruys (Ltd.), Royal 

 Moerheim Nurseries. Received Novem- 

 ber 20, 1930. 



90112 to 90119 — Continued. 



90112 and 90113. Erica carnba L. 



Spring heath. 



For previous introduction see 80913. 



A variety 4 to 5 feet high, with soft 

 green asparaguslike foliage and sweet- 

 scented flowers which appear between 

 March and May. 



90112. Variety Vivelli. A red-flowered 

 variety. 



90113. Variety Winter Beauty. A va- 

 riety bearing rosy pink flowers dur- 

 ing midwinter. 



90114. Erica ciliaris L. Fringed heath. 



Variety Mrs. O. H. Gill. 



For previous introduction see 80922. 



90115 and 90116. Erica darleyensis Bean. 

 Darley heath. 



90115. Variety Stuartii. 



90116. Variety Dawn. 



90117 to 90119. Erica vagans L. 



Cornish heath. 



For previous introduction see 85856. 



A low shrub, native to Europe, a foot 

 or more high, with the leaves in whorls 

 of four or five and pale purplish-red 

 flowers. 



90117. Variety Lyonesse. 



90118. Variety Mrs. B. F. Maxwell. 



90119. Variety St. Keverne. 

 90120 to 90297. 



From Manchu: ;i and Chosen. Seeds col- 

 lected by P. H. Dorsett and W. J. Morse, 

 agricultural explorers, Bureau of Plant 

 Industry. Received November 21, 1930. 



Maple. 



From the forestry garden of the Agri- 

 cultural School, Shariin, Chosen, Septem- 

 ber 10, 1930. Said to be a native of 

 Chosen. 



90121 to 90123. Aeschynomene indica L. 

 Fabaceae. 



For previous introduction see 82103. 



90121. No. 6245. From plants along 

 the road about 2 miles north of 

 Chuwa, Chosen, August 27, 1930. 

 This species was seen in the green- 

 manure experiments at the Kotoni 

 Experiment Station, Kokushu, last 

 year and looked very promising. It 

 looks as though it may have great 

 value as a summer green manure 

 either on wet or dry lands. 



90122. No. 6311. From a soybean and 

 millet field on a farm west of Sha- 

 riin, Chosen, September 11, 1930. 

 This species grew very abundantly in 

 the field and should make an excel- 

 lent summer green manure. 



90123. No. 6403. From a field near 

 Makaton, Manchuria, October 7, 1930. 

 In Manchuria this species is smaller 

 than in Chosen. It may be of value 

 for green manure. 



90124 to 90126. Agropyron spp. Poaceae. 



Received through M. Kosai, forage-crop 

 expert, South Manchurian Railway Exper- 

 iment Station, Kungchuling, Manchuria, 

 October 2, 1930. 



90120. Acer sp. Aceraceae. 



