JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1923 



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57855. Trifolium medium Huds. 

 Fabacese. Clover. 



From Waver ley, New Zealand. Seeds presented 

 by the manager, Moumahaki Experimental 

 Farm. Received August 17, 1923. 



Seeds of a type of clover which is said to spread 

 by means of underground stolons. Introduced for 

 department clover specialists. 



57856. Quercus discocarpa Hance. 

 Fagacese. 



From Buitenzorg, Java. Feeds presented by the 

 director, Botanic Garden. Received August 3, 

 1923. 



A lofty tree, 100 to 130 feet in height, with leathery 

 narrowly oval leaves about 5 inches in length and 

 small spiny hemispherical or roundish acorns about 

 half an inch long. The tree is native to the Feder- 

 ated Malay States. (Adapted from Annals of the 

 Ecyal Botanic Garden, Calcutta, vol. 2, p. 76.) 



57857 to 57860. 



From Nice, France. Seeds presented by Dr. A. Rob- 

 ertson Proschowsky. Received August 22, 1923. 



57857. Berberis bealei Fortune. Berberidaceae. 



Barberry. 



For previous introduction and description, see 

 S. P. I. No. 57704. 



57858. Gladiolus segettjm Ker. Iridacese. 



" One of the most beautiful wild flowers around 

 here; it might be very valuable for hybridizing." 

 (Proschowsky.) 



A European gladiolus of free habit, fond of 

 warm dry soil and a sunny situation, with rather 

 small rose-purple flowers. It is an admirable 

 species for mixed borders. (Adapted from Rob- 

 inson, English Flower Garden, p. 577.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 56629. 



57859. MUSA PARADISIACA SEMINIFERA (Lour.) 



Baker. Musaceae. Plantain. 



A wild seed-bearing form of the plantain, with 

 small oblong greenish fruits full of seeds. These 

 fruits are about a third of the size of the common 

 banana and are of pleasant taste, although en- 

 cumbered by numerous seeds . The plant is quite 

 ornamental and hardier than the common ba- 

 nana, so that it may be possible, by selection or 

 hybridization, to extend the range of banana cul- 

 ture into cooler regions. (Adapted from Bailey, 

 Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 4, P- 2079, 

 and letter of Doctor Proschowsky, June SO, 1917.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 45007 



57860. Veronica hulke ana F. Muell. Scroph- 

 ulariaceae. 



One of the handsomest and most graceful of all 

 the New Zealand veronicas. It is easily dis- 

 tinguished from others of the group by its shining 

 dark-green, coarsely toothed leaves about 3 inches 

 long and its long sprays of lilac-colored flowers 

 which are in panicles sometimes a foot in length. 



57861 to 57867. 



From Ekaterinoslav, Russia. Seeds presented by 

 the Russian Bureau of Applied Botany, through 

 D. Borodin, New York, N. Y. Received June 

 14, 1923. Numbered July, 1923. Quoted notes 

 by Mr. Borodin. 



From the Ekaterinoslav Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station; introduced for department agrostolo- 

 gists. 



57861 to 57866. Bromus spp. Poacese. 



Bromegrass. 

 57861. Bromus hordeaceus L. Soft chess. 



kof. 



! No. 412. 1915 crop. Originally from Khar- 



57861 to 57867— Continued, 

 57862 to 57865. Bromus inermis Leyss. "* 



57862. "1918 crop." 



57863. "No. 190. 1916 crop." 



57864. "No. 193. 1916 crop." 



57865. "No. 814. 1918 crop. Originally from 

 Amur, Siberia." 



57866. Bromus sterilis L. 



"No. 444. 1917 crop. Originally from Turke- 

 stan." 



57867. Echinochloa crusgalli (L.) Beauv. 

 Poaceae. Barnyard millet. 



"No. 214. 1916 crop. Originally from Bakh- 

 mut." 



57868 to 57881. Oryza sativa L. 

 Poacese. Rice. 



From Manila, Philippine Islands. Seeds presented 

 by Adn. Hernandez, director, Bureau of Agricul- 

 ture. Received August 21, 1923. Quoted notes 

 by S. Youngberg, acting director, Bureau of 

 Agriculture. 



" The following were grown at the Lamao Experi- 

 ment Station, Lamao, Bataan." 



57868. "(No. 2.) Bincol I. Tested eight years 

 under upland conditions; matures usually in 



140 days. Average yield per hectare 1,662 kilo- 

 grams (approximately 1,480 pounds per acre)." 



57869. "(No. 5.) Calonod. Tested seven years 

 under upland conditions; matures usually in 

 143 days. Average yield per hectare 1,835 

 kilograms (approximately 1,635 pounds per 

 acre)." 



57870. "(No. 6.) Pileng Baybay. Tested one 

 year under upland conditions; matures usually 

 in 139 days. Average yield per hectare 1,780 

 kilograms (approximately 1,560 pounds per 

 acre)." 



57871. "(No. 14.) Saguboy. Tested one year un- 

 der upland conditions; matures usually in 129 

 days. Average yield per hectare 1,000 kilo- 

 grams (approximately 890 pounds per acre)." 



57872. "(No. 11.) Bonguet. Tested six years un- 

 der upland conditions; matures usually in 127 

 days. Average yield per hectare 2,062 kilo- 

 grams (approximately 1,840 pounds per acre)." 



57873. "(No. 10.) Catalong. Tested six years 

 under upland conditions; matures usually in 



141 days. Average yield per hectare 2,176 kilo- 

 grams (approximately 1,940 pounds per acre)." 



57874. "(No. 1.) Inantipolo II. Tested six years 

 under upland conditions; matures usually in 

 137 days. Average yield per hectare 2,184 kilo- 

 grams (approximately 1,950 pounds per acre)." 



57875. "(No. 3.) Kinastila IV. Tested five years 

 under upland conditions; matures usually in 



129 days. Average yield per hectare 1,939 kilo- 

 grams (approximately 1,730 pounds per acre)." 



57876. "(No. 12.) Hinirang. Tested six years 

 under upland conditions; matures usually in 



130 days. Average yield per hectare 3,496 kilo- 

 grams (approximately 3,100 pounds per acre)." 



57877. "(No. 4.) Calibug. Tested four years un- 

 der upland conditions; matures usually in 133 

 days. Average yield per hectare 2,010 kilo- 

 grams (approximately 1,800 pounds per acre)." 



57878. "(No. 8.) Casulig. Tested three years 

 under upland conditions; matures usually in 



142 days. Average yield per hectare 1,714 kilo- 

 grams (approximately 1,500 pounds per acre)." 



57879. "(No. 13.) Kinandang Kumpol. Tested 

 three years under upland conditions; matures 

 usually in 132 days.. Average yield per hectare 

 1,853 kilograms (approximately 1,650 pounds 

 per acre)." 



