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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED 



56536. Trifolium pratense L. Fa- 

 bacese. Red clover. 



From Paris, France. Seeds purchased from 

 Messrs. Rouget & Van der Walle. Received 

 March 16, 1923. 



Locally grown seed from central France, intro- 

 duced for specialists in the department engaged in 

 clover breeding. 



56537 to 56549. 



From Shantung, China. Scions sent in by 

 K. M. Gordon, South Shantung Industrial 

 and Agricultural School of the American 

 Presbvterian Mission (North), at the reauest 

 of C. A. Reed, Bureau of Plant Industrv. 

 Received February 12; 1923. 



56537 to 56541 . C astaxe a mollissima Blume, 

 Fagaceae. Chestnut. 



565S7. No.l. 56540. No. 4. 



56538. No. 2. 



56539. No. 3. 



56541. No. 5. 



56542. Diospyeos kaet L. f. Diospvraoeae. 



Kaki. 



"This persimmon is extensively used for 

 drying." (Gordon.) 



56543 to 56549. 

 ceae. 



Juglaxs regia L. Juglanda- 

 Walnut. 



56543. No. 1. 



56544. No. 2. 



56545. No. 3. 



56546. No. 4. 



56547. No. 5. 



56548. No. 6. 



56549. No. 7. 



56550. Spergtjla arvensis L. Sile- 

 nacese. Spurry. 



From Paris, France. Seeds purchased from 

 Messrs. Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co. Re- 

 ceived February 15, 1923. 



Seeds of common spurry, introduced for depart- 

 ment forage-crop specialists. 



For pre vious introduction, see S. P. I. No. 1494. 



56551. Trifolium fragiferum L. 

 Fabaceae. Strawberry clover. 



From Melbourne, Victoria. Seeds purchased 

 from F. H. P. r unn ing. Received February 

 15, 1923. 



"Strawberry clover is a perennial suitable as a 

 pasture plant for wet, marshy ground. It bas 

 spreading stems, pink flowers, and foliage very simi- 

 lar to that of White Dutch clover. Tbe name is 

 derived from the fact that the seed heads resemble 

 the strawberry in appearance." (Briuming.) 



56552 to 56557. Oryza satiya L. 

 Poaceae. Rice. 



From Manila, Philippine Islands. Seeds 

 presented by Adn. Hernandez, director, 

 Bureau of Agriculture. Received February 

 19, 1923. Quoted notes by Mr. Hernandez. 



" The following are white, nonglutinous varieties 

 and have been tested under lowland conditions. 

 Tbey were grown at the Rosales Rice Station, 

 Rosales, Pangasinan." 



56552. "(No. 1.) Apostol. A nonbearded 

 variety tested two years under lowland con- 

 ditions; matures usually in 144 days. 

 Average yield per hectare, 2.2S3 kilograms 

 (approximately 2,000 pounds per acre)." 



56553. "(No. 6.) Carctima J. A bearded 

 variety tested three years under lowland 

 conditions; matures usually in 154 days. 

 Average yield per hectare, 2,014 kilograms 

 (approximately 1 ,800 pounds per acre)." 



56552 tog56557— Contin ued.? 



56554. -'(No. 5.) Cayading a Xalabaga. "A 

 bearded variety tested four years under 

 lowland conditions; matures usually in 187 

 days. Average yield per hectare, 2.502 

 kilograms (approximately 2,200 pounds per 

 acre)." 



56555. "(No. 4.) Macanining. A bearded 

 variety tested three years under lowland 

 conditions; matures usually in 169 days. 

 Average yield per hectare, 2,349 kilograms 

 (approximately 2,100 pounds per aare 



56556. "(No. 3.) Mimis a Xalala.gc. A 

 nonbearded variety; matures usually in 184 ■ 

 days. The value of this variety has not 

 yet been fully determined." 



56557. "(No. 2.) Mimis a Purac. A non- 

 bearded variety tested four years under 

 lowland conditions; matures usually in 188 

 days. Average yield per hectare, 3.245 

 kilograms (approximately 2,900 pounds per 

 acre)." 



56558. PlSTACIA VERA L. 



ceae. 



Anacardia- 

 Pistache. 



From Palermo. Italy. Plants presented by 

 Antonio D'Alia, Casa Agricola. Plana dei 

 Greci. Received February 23, 1923. 

 A locally grown variety introduced for depart- 

 ment specialists engaged in pistache investigations. 



56559 to 56570. 



From Hobart, Tasmania. Seeds presented by 

 L. A. Evans, Secretary of Agriculture, Agri- 

 cultural and Stock Department. Received 

 February 16, 1923. 



56559 to 56561. Acacia spp. Mimosacese. 



56559. Acacia elata A. Cunn. 



A handsome unarmed tree 60 feet or 

 more in height, with the young shoots 

 often tinged with a golden yellow pubes- 

 cence. The globular yellow flower heads 

 are in clusters often 6 inches long. The 

 tree is native to New South Wales. 

 (Adapted from Bentham, Flora Austra- 

 liensis, rol. S, p. 413.) 



56560. Acacia unifolia PBOMiXEys a. 

 Cunn.) Moore. 



An unarmed shrub 12 to 18 feet high, 

 with angular branchlets and very nar- 

 row phyllodia (leaflike stems). The 

 very small globular yellow flower heads 

 are borne in racemes about as long as 

 the phvllodia. Native to New South 

 Wales. 



56561. Acacia saligna (Labill.) Wendl. 



The "weeping wattle," an ornamental 

 acacia found in West Australia, is a tall 

 shrub or small tree. 10 to 30 feet in height, 

 with long thick phyllodia (leaflike stems) 

 and short clusters of rather large globular 

 flower heads. This is said to be the 

 principal source of tan bark in south- 

 western Australia. 



56562. BlLLARDIERA LONGIFLOBA Labill. Pit- 



tosporaceae. 



A twining shrub sometimes many feet in 

 length, with leaves varying in shape from 

 oval to linear and solitary flowers which are 

 greenish yellow, often changing to purple. 

 It is found in thickets and alor- 

 courses in New South Wales. Victoria, and 

 Tasmania. (Adapted from Bt 

 AustToliemis. rol. 1, p. 1*3.) 



56563. Caxdollea gramixifoua 

 F. Muell. Candolle;v 



(Slylidium graminifolv.. - 



An ornamental Australian pi - 

 ke leaves, sometimes 9 u 



