

3 A.XD PLANT- IMPORTED 



62765 to 62769. 



_. m<l. Pi. ted by 



Dr. A. W. Hill, dii B 



B -ived March C«. I _" 



62765. A ■ 8 C V I- D s. CHINKXSIS Bunge. 



A - • 



times 60 feet hisrh. with finely toothed. 

 short-sralked leaflets and elongated cylin- 



drk - 3 of small, white dower-. 



- proved hardy at the Arnold Arbo re- 

 turn. Jamaica Plain. Mass. 



62766. GLEDITSIA 1 



alpiniaceae. Honey locust. 



fusttgimtm. A fastigiate 



: the honey locust. 



62767 ' - 



dala 



62755. ROBDflA PSKUDACACU L. Pal 



Common locust. 



Var. fastigiata. stigiate variety 



of the black loc 



62769. Ttula intohsa Wilson. Tili 



Linden. 



An Asiatic linden, closely related to 

 nd dee id I Planrae 

 Wils : :.: n e. v 1 _. : ".-;"■ - j Is rge 



tree, up to 75 feet in 

 commonly in the forests of western S 

 wan. China. The bark is brownish gray, 

 and the Qy oval, membranous 



leaves, about 5 inches long, are light yel- 

 - ----. we, with ashy green 



■ - surfaces. 



62770 and 62771. Tbifolium pratense 

 L. Fabaoeae. Red clover. 



From Danzig. Danzig Free State Seeds 

 purchased from John Qnssey Schwed- 

 isch-Danxiger Saathandela Gesells I ft 

 "SatiYa." Received March 2, 1925. 



L ally grown Polish strains. 



62770. A. . 62771. B. 



62772 to 62774. Soja max (L. j Piper 

 Maxim.'. Faba- 

 ceae. Sov bean. 



From Kayin~. via Swatow, China. Seeds 

 presented by Miss Louise Campbell. Re- 

 ceived March 6, 1925. 



62772. Big yellow bean. 



62773. Small black : 



62774. Small yellow bean. 



62775 and 62776. Heliaxthv- tube- 

 BOBue L. Asteraceae. 



Jerusalem artichoke. 



From Reading. England. Tubers purchased 



!::•— Sutton oc Si-ns Re:eived i. 

 12, 1925. 



English-g: prn t ibers. 



62775. Purple. S2776. White 



62777 to 62780. Ficrs caeica L. Mo- 

 raeeae. Fig. 



From Granads S ain Cuttings presented 

 by Sehor Juan Leyvs through Austin 

 Brady, American consul. Malaga. Re 

 :.-: ■-'". March 13. 1925. Notes by Ira J. 

 Condit, t the University of California. 



62777. Brebal, A black fig v r 

 to our Missi d 



62777 to 62780—' >' tinned". 



teUama. A black fig simiJ 

 Brebal but having - aer pulp 



which is of better quality. 



79. IsabeUe. This is a common . 

 Granada. It is used 



- and in the Turon dis- 

 Irying. The trees u 

 productive, producing thin-skinn i 

 which are borne on stems of medium 

 _rh. 



780. Partrid common y 



around Turon. The tre - - rous. 



ins dark figs which turn to 

 Eat drying. 



62781. SORBU8 HYBRIDA L. {Pyru* 

 atifida Ebrh. I. Malaeeae. 



From Edinburgh, Scotland. Seeds pr 



m Wright Smith, regius keeper. 

 1 Botanic Garden. Received March, 

 6, I ■_" 



It is generally believed that this tree, 

 which - wild in central and north- 



ern Europe, is a natural hybrid between 

 Sorbin aucuparin and 8. intermedia. It 

 becomes 4n feet or more in height, with 

 :ins branches and handsome, nar- 

 rowly "va' leaves. The white flowers, half 

 an inch wide, are produced in May in co- 

 rymbs 3 to 5 inches across, and the round- 

 ish, brisnt-red fruits are nearly half an 

 inch in length. 



82782 to 62788. Musa textilis Nfee. 

 Musaceae. Abaca, 



Chilipoine Island-. Sc - 

 -ented by P. J. fleeter, Bureau of 

 . iculture. Received March 13. 1925. 



Uection :: Philippine : ieties. 



52788 



62733. Jusa. 



S27S4. I ■■.-,. O, A. : 



S2785. Libvton C. A. 100. 



62736. homo. 



627 5" I ; | 



3B78S S onto Cruz. 



62789 and 62790. 



From Oaxaca de Juarez. Oaxaca. Me 



3ented by Prof. C. Conzatti. Re- 

 - - - 21, 1925. 



From the canyon of Tomellin. ab-v [ 

 miles north of this citv. [Conzatti.) 



62739, Gosstpotm sp. Malvaceae 



Cotton. 



62790. Sklkra GOSSTPioiDKS Ulbrich. Mal- 

 vaceae. 



A shrub, native to Oaxaca. wit 

 shaped. 3-lobed leaves and purplish fiow- 



:-rs. 



62791. Saccharum 

 oeae. 



OFTICIXARUM L. 



Sugar cane. 



1\ m M jragues, P. R. Cuttings presented 

 >y the agricultural experiment station, 

 through E. W. Brandes, Bureau of Plant 

 Industry. Received March 14. 1025. 



Java Unknown. This variety was located 

 in a held of sugar cane near Mayaguez. 

 P. R.. in 1919. It was apparently a 

 it I by the Federal experiment station 

 there, but the label was lost, and it 

 since been known in literature by the 



