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60287. Pruntts sp. Amygdalaceae. 



From Germany. Plants sent at the request of 

 Omar E. Mueller, Clifton Park, Lakewood, Ohio. 

 Received May 19, 1924. 



Weichsel. This hardy flowering cherry is exceed- 

 ingly fragrant, with aromatic bark. {Mueller.) 



60288. Soja max (L.) Piper (Glycine 

 hispida Maxim.). Fabacese. 



Soy bean. 



From Fukuoka, Japan. Seeds presented by 

 Tyozaburo Tanaka, Kyushu Imperial Univer- 

 sity, through Dr. Mitsunaga Fujioka, Division of 

 Forestry, Kyushu Imperial University. Re- 

 ceived May 20, 1924. 



Shimabara Wasa. From the Kumamoto Agricul- 

 tural Experiment Station. ( Tanaka.) 



Introduced for cultural and comparison tests. 



60289 and 60290. 



From Burringbar, New South Wales, Australia. 

 Seeds presented by B. Harrison. Received May 

 21, 1924. Notes by Mr. Harrison. 



60289. CucuMis melo L. Cucurbitacese. Melon. 



Thome's Monster muskmelon. A variety of 

 delicious flavor which attains a weight of 24 

 pounds and a diameter of about 3 feet. Grown 

 on reclaimed swamp land. From L. G. Thome, 

 Murwillumbah, New South Wales. 



60290. Elichrysum sp. Asteracese. 



A very rare native double white "aster." It 

 is a shrub about 3 feet high; the flowers are borne 

 in large clusters. 



60291. Rubus sp. Rosaceae. 



Raspberry. 



From Bolivia. Seeds collected by A. S. Hitch- 

 cock, Bureau of Plant Industry. Received May 

 21, 1924. 



An enormous pale-rose raspberry, an inch long, 

 from Yungas, Bolivia. I saw only one or two 

 fruits. (Hitchcock.) 



60292 and 60293. Cinchona spp. Ru- 

 biaceae. 



From Tjinjiroean, Dutch East Indies. Seeds pre- 

 sented by the director of the Government Cin- 

 chona Plantations. Received May 22, 1924. 

 Notes by G. A. Russell, Bureau of Plant Industry. 



Introduced for specialists experimenting with 

 drug plants. 



60292. Cinchona ledgeriana Moens. 



Yields a bark remarkably rich in quinine 

 which crystallizes readily as quinine sulphate. 

 The percentage of cinchonine and other alka- 

 loids present is relatively small. The bark of 

 this species matures in the fifth or sixth year 

 and does not increase in quinine after that. 

 Suitable for cultivation only on hillsides in frost- 

 free regions. 



60293. Cinchona sttccirubra Pavon. 



Yields a bark containing a large amount of 

 alkaloids, of which a relatively large percentage 

 is cinchonidine which retards the separation of 

 the quinine as sulphate. The bark of this species 

 matures in the fourth or fifth year and does not 

 increase in quinine thereafter. Suitable for culti- 

 vation only on hillsides in frost-free regions. 



60294 to 60300. 



From Shaoking, Chekiang China. Seeds presented 

 by Rev. A. F. Ufford, American Baptist Foreign 

 Mission Society. Received June 9, 1924. Notes 

 by Mr. Ufford. 



Introduced for forage-crop specialists. 



60294 to 60299. Soja max (L.) Piper (Glycine 

 hispida Maxim.) . Fabacese. Soybean. 



60294. A mixture of Wu Mao deo (Black Hairy 

 bean) and Do Kying deo (Big Green bean). 

 The black beans are not used for bean curd, 

 but are used as a tonic food. 



60295. Fifth Month White. Planted in April 

 and matures in two months. Grows well in 

 dry places with no fertilizer. 



60296. Loh Yuih bah (Sixth Month White). 

 Planted in April; matures in about 80 days. 



60297. Eighth Month White. Planted in May; 

 matures in about 90 days. 



60298. Ninth Month White. Planted early in 

 June; matures in about 100 days. 



60299. Tenth Month White. Planted early in 

 June; matures in 120 days. 



60300. Vigna sesquipedalis (L.) Fruwirth. 

 Fabacese. Yard Long bean. 



Planted in April; matures in about 80 days. 

 The culture is the same as that for soy beans. 

 The pods, a foot or more long, are eaten green, 

 like string beans. 



60301 to 60306. Crotalaria spp. 

 baceae. 



Fa- 



From Salisbury, Rhodesia, Africa. Seeds pre- 

 sented by H. G. Mundy, chief agriculturist, 

 Department of Agriculture. Received May 26, 

 1924. Notes by Mr. Mundy. 



These crotalarias appear promising to us as green 

 manure and may be of interest for trial for a similar 

 purpose in the United States. 



60301. Crotalaria intermedia Kotschy. 



Plant 2 to 3 feet high, branching less than 6 

 inches above ground; leaflets long and narrow. 

 Flowers creamy yellow with purple veins. Ma- 

 tures in four months. 



60302. Crotalaria maxillaris Klotzsch. 



Plant \\i to 2 l A feet high; branching along 

 entire main stem; leaflets broad. Flowers bright 

 yellow. Matures in four months. 



60303. Crotalaria sphaerocarpa Perr. 



Plant 1 to l l A feet high, of bushy habit. Flowers 

 yellow. Matures in three and one-half months. 



60304. Crotalaria sp. 



Plant 3 to 5 feet high, branching on upper part 

 of stem. Flowers small, yellow. Matures in 

 five months. 



60305. Crotalaria sp. 



Plant 2 to 2H feet high. Similar to Crotalaria 

 intermedia [S. P. I. No. 60301], but has smaller 

 flowers. 



60306. Crotalaria sp. 



Similar to Crotalaria maxillaris [S. P. I. No. 

 60302], but takes two or three weeks longer to 

 mature, and does not seed as freely. 



