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55031 to 55039— Continued. 



it can not compete with later varieties, such as the Guldregn. It 

 does not appear to thrive well in dry places, but it yields well in 

 swampy lands. It is especially suitable for cultivation on swampy 

 lands on account of its maturing so early and because of its strong 

 stalks. This oat must be sown profusely, owing to the large size of 

 its kernel." 



55035. " Osmo 1 (0537). This variety was obtained by crossing Kuopio 

 091 with the Guldregn variety. The kernel is full, dark brown, and of 

 the size of the Guldregn. The panicle is straight and the straw strong. 

 The straw is not quite so hard as that of the Guldregn, but stands up 

 about as well. It is a little earlier than the first variety here men- 

 tioned. It ripens a week before the Guldregn, so that it can well be 

 cultivated in central and northern Finland. It also grows well in 

 swamps." 



55036. " Osmo 2." 



55037. " Tuotto (101). This variety comes from the foreign Clydesdale 

 oat. It has a large, full kernel. The color of the kernel, however, is 

 not satisfactory, since it is brownish gray. The panicle is not thick, 

 but is stiff, and the stalk is somewhat short and strong. The Tuotto 

 variety is a late one and ripens four or five days later than the Guld- 

 regn variety. It gives good crops and has given better ones than the 

 Guldregn and Veikko varieties. It can be grown profitably only in 

 southern Finland." 



55038. " Veikko (052). This variety has descended in a direct line from 

 the Pfiffelbacher variety. Its kernel is large, white, and full and has 

 quite a thin hull. Its panicle is straight, and its stalk is strong and of 

 average length. It ripens at the same time as the Guldregn and in 

 experiments has sometimes given better and sometimes poorer crops 

 than the latter, so that it may be considered of about the same value 

 as the Guldregn. It requires perhaps a somewhat better quality of 

 soil than the Guldregn." 



55039. " Voitto (Seger). This variety from southern Finland thrives in 

 northern Finland only in high warm places." 



55040. Erythrina poeppigiana (Walp.) O. F. Cook. Fabacese. 



(E. micropteryx Poepp. ) 



From Mayaguez, Porto Rico. Seeds presented by T. B. McClelland, horticul- 

 turist, Porto Rico Agricultural Experiment Station. Received April 17, 

 1922. 



An ornamental red-flowered leguminous tree, 40 to 50 feet in height and 

 covered with short, conical spines. It is a native of the lower Andes of Peru, 

 but is cultivated as a shade tree on coffee plantations in Porto Rico, where it is 

 known as bucare and also as polo de boyo. (Adapted from Cook and Collins, 

 Economic Plants of Porto Rico, Contributions from the National Herbarium, 

 vol. 8, p. 139.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 43049. 



55041. Sabinea carinalis Griseb. Fabaceae. 



From Dominica, British West Indies. Seeds presented by Joseph Jones, 

 curator, Botanic Gardens. Received April 19, 1922. 



" This tree is known locally as Bois Charibe and is one of the most showy of 

 our native plants. It is a very fine flowering tree, and I have seen nothing in 

 the Tropics to surpass it as a mass of color. If grown on fairly good land, it 

 will not make a good show; but if planted on a dry, rocky hillside, where it 

 will be scorched by the sun for a period of three or four months each year, it 

 makes a marvelous display of flowers." (Jones.) 



" Mr. Jones's description of the marvelous color of the Bois Charibe and of 

 the rocky hillsides where it grew attracted my attention at once, and I planted 

 a few young seedlings on a dry coral reef in front of my house at Coconut 

 Grove, Fla. They have grown unusually well, and during the first week of 



