JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1923 



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57772 and 57773. Colocasia escu- 

 lenta (L.) Schott. Aracese. Taro. 



From Honolulu, Hawaii. Seedlings presented by 

 Gen-it P. Wilder, Honolulu, through Willis T. 

 Pope, horticulturist, Hawaii Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station. Received July 20, 1923. Quoted 

 notes by R. A. Young. 



57772 . Wilder seedling No . 351 . 



"A taro with light-green petioles; the lower part 

 of the petiole is slightly shaded with greenish 

 bronze, and the sinus wing is margined with pale 

 pink." 



57773. Wilder seedling No. 354. 



" The petioles are plain light green. The plants 

 tend to flower when very young; the inflores- 

 cences of the small plants are very small, the total 

 length of the spathe being only about 2Y 2 inches 

 and that of the spadix 1H inches." 



57774 to 57780. 



From Berlin, Germany. Seeds purchased from Dr. 

 A. F. Merkel, Deutsche Landwirtschaftsgesell- 

 schaft. Received July 9, 1923. Quoted notes by 

 Doctor Merkel. 



57774. Loirs cornictjlatus L. Fabacese. 



"From Hans Kofahl, agricultural adviser, 

 Zernikow, near Glowen." 



Sent in response to a request for a variety free 

 from hydrocyanic acid. 



57775 to 57780. Trifolium pratense L- Faba- 

 cese. Bed clover. 



Locally grown seed introduced for department 

 forage-crop specialists. 



57775. "From Holstein. This Province has 

 an ocean climate, with ample rainfall." 



57776. "The Rhine country, where this clover 

 has been raised for many years, has mild 

 winters and a heavy yearly precipitation. 

 The soil conditions are favorable, sometimes 

 stony, and sometimes diluvial loam." 



57777. " This locality is in southern Germany, 

 and the clover is grown on the extensive 

 plains and slopes of the Wasgau and Oden- 

 walder forests and the northern Black Forest. 

 The precipitation is quite heavy." 



57778. "Polish red clover, grown under an 

 east-continental climate." 



57779. "From Bohemia, where there is a rather 

 dry east-continental climate with severe 

 winters." 



57780. "From Silesia, which has rather severe 

 winters. The precipitation is medium and 

 the soil conditions good, being mostl3" diluvial 

 sandy loam with a loess subsoil. Red clover 

 has been grown here for many years." 



57781 to 57794. Saccharum officina- 

 rum L. Poacese. Sugar cane. 



From Pasoeroean, Java. Cuttings presented by 

 Dr. J. Kuyper, assistant director, Sugar Experi- 

 ment Station. Received July 19, 1923. Quoted 

 notes by E. W. Brandes. 



57781. "D. I. 52. Equals cross between Chari- 

 bon and Batjan." 



57782. "E. K. 28. This variety produces nearly 

 90 per cent of the sugar cane in Java. It was 

 developed by Edward Karthouse, a private 

 grower." 



57783. "2221 P. O. J. Cross between Black 

 Cheribon and Kassoer." 



57784. "2222 P. O. J. Cross between Black 

 Cheribon and Kassoer." 



57785. "2845 P. O. J. Cross between 100 P.O.J, 

 and Kassoer." 



57781 to 57794 — Continued. 



57786. "2364 P.O. J. Cross between 100 P .0. J. 

 and Kassoer." 



57787. "2747 P. O. J. Cross between Lahaina 

 and 2628 P. O. J." 



57788. "2752 P.O. J. Cross between 2364 P.O. 

 J. and 1410 P. O. J." 



57789. " S. W. 3. Cross between Cheribon and 

 Batjan. This cane was developed at a private 

 mill, the Sempal Wadak." 



57790. "Ardjoena. This variety is also an old 

 original cane, not a hybrid." 



57791. " Batjan. This is an old standard variety 

 of Java." 



57792. " Fidji. This variety has been grown for 

 many years in Java, according to the records, 

 but probably was imported from Fiji." 



57793. " Gestreebt Preanger. Similar to Louis- 

 iana Striped and possibly identical." 



57794. "Lahaina. This variety is supposed to 

 be the old Bourbon of the West Indies. It was 

 formerly widely grown in Hawaii." 



57795. Pancratium tortuosum Her- 

 bert. Amaryllidacese. 



From Aden, Arabia. Bulbs presented by Ray- 

 mond Davis, American consul. Received July 

 19, 1923. 



"The leaves remain green throughout most of the 

 season even in the arid deserts around Aden, but 

 the flowers appear only after one of the rare rainy 

 periods, generally within four to seven days. The 

 plants grow abundantly on cliffs and rocky wastes 

 of Arabia and Egypt." (Davis.) 



A relative of the well-known American spiderlily 

 (Hymenocallis), with beautiful white flowers 3 to 6 

 inches long and a handsome toothed crown within 

 the corolla, as in Narcissus. The long linear leaves 

 are spirally twisted. 



57796. Protea argentea L. (Leu- 

 cadendron, argenteum R. Br.). Pro- 

 teaceae. 



From Pretoria, Transvaal, Union of South Africa. 

 Seeds presented by the chief conservator of forests, 

 Forest Department. Received July 20, 1923. 



Introduced for department specialists experiment- 

 ing with acid-soil plants. 



The witteboom, or silver-leaf pine, is a beautiful 

 tree found native only in the immediate vicinity of 

 Cape Town, Cape Province, where it grows up to 

 50 feet in height. The numerous white silky 

 leaves, which are lanceolate and up to 7 inches long, 

 are now an article of commerce, being used for 

 curios, mats, bookmarks, etc.; when dry they take 

 ink or paint and are then sold with texts or small 

 scenes depicted on them. (Adapted from Sim, 

 Forests and Forest Flora of Cape Colony, p. 294.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 51623. 



57797. Gladiolus psittacinus Hook. 

 Iridacese. 



From Pretoria, Transvaal, Union of South Africa. 

 Bulbs presented by E. Percy Phillips, Chief, 

 Division of Botany. Received July 20, 1923. 



A South African gladiolus with a large globose 

 corm, a stem 3 feet or more in length, and usually 

 four rigid, swordlike leaves 1 or 2 feet long. The 

 many-flowered spike is very lax, reaching a foot or 

 more in length. The upper segments of the flower 

 are dark crimson, while the much smaller lower 

 segments reflexed at the top are red and yellow 

 mixed. (Adapted from Tlxiselton-Dyer, Flora Ca- 

 pensis, vol. 6, p. 158.) 



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