APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1925 



€3588. Jtjglans sp. Juglandaceae. 



Walnut. 



From Ibarra, Ecuador. Seeds presented by 

 Jose Felix Tamayo. Received June 17, 

 1925. 



The tocte is an Ecuadorian tree which 

 closely resembles the black walnut, but the 

 leaves are somewhat larger. The nuts are 

 an inch and a half in diameter, with a 

 very thick, bony shell and a kernel of mild, 

 pleasant flavor. The wood is hard and 

 fine grained. Although the nuts are very 

 popular in parts of Ecuador, the tree is 

 not cultivated, but grows wild around cul- 

 tivated fields and dooryards. 



63589 to 63599. 



From Ayr, Scotland. Seeds purchased from 

 McGiJl & Smith. Received April 7, 1925. 



Locally grown seeds. 



63589. Anthyllis vulnerarIa L. Faba- 

 ceae. Kidney vetch. 



63590 to 63595. Teifolium pratense L. 

 Fabaceae. Red clover. 



63590. English broad leaved. 



63591. English late flowering. 



63592 and 63593. Harvested in Switzer- 

 land at an altitude of 3,000 feet. 

 (McCMll & Smith.) 



I. Mountain red clover No. 1. 

 63593. Mountain red clover No. 2. 



63594. Welsh. 



63595. Wild. 



63596 to 63599. Trifolium repens L. 

 Fabaceae. White clover. 



63596. English giant. 



63597. English. 



63598. New Zealand. 



63599. Wild. 



63600. Trifolium eepens L. Fabaceae. 



White clover. 



From Edinburgh, Scotland. Seeds pre- 

 sented by William Wright Smith, regius 

 keeper, Edinburgh Botanic Garden. Re- 

 ceived April 6, 1925. 



Mixed natural seed harvested at the 

 Edinburgh Plant-Breeding Station in 1923 

 from a large number of plants of wild 

 white clover which were originally taken 

 from Orkney, Shetland, Caithness, and the 

 north of Scotland. (Smith.) 



Sent in response to a request for mate- 

 rial of the brown-leaved strain of white 

 clover. 



63601. Passiflora edulis Sims. Passi- 

 floraceae. Purple granadilla. 



From Epping, New South Wales, Australia. 

 Seeds presented by L. P. Rosen & Son. 

 Received April 7, 1925. 



Perfecta. An improved strain of the 

 granadilla or passion fruit, (liose'n.) 



63602 to 63604. Coffea spp. Rubi- 

 aceae. Coffee. 



From Mayaguez, Porto Rico. Seeds pre- 

 sented by T. B. McClelland, horticultur- 

 ist, Porto Rico Agricultural Experiment 

 Station. Received April 1, 1925. 



63602 to 63604— Continued. 



63602. Coffea excelsa Cheval. 



According to the Philippine Review, 

 vol. 9, p. 121, this coffee thrives from 

 sea level to 700 meters, succeeds well on 

 rather stiff clayey soils, and is the most 

 resistant to blight and drought of any 

 coffee. It might be grown with an an- 

 nual rainfall of 48 inches. It is of 

 strong vigorous growth and produces 1 

 kilogram of dried coffee from 7 to 8 kilo- 

 grams of fresh berries. Coffea excelsa 

 makes an excellent stock for other cof- 

 fees. The first crop is obtained at the 

 age of 4 to 5 years and a full crop at 

 the age of 7 to 8 years. 



For previous introduction see S. P. I. 

 No. 57271. 



63603. Coffea laurentii Wildem. (C. 

 roousta Hort.). 



A white-flowered shrub, native to Bel- 

 gian Congo, with oval dark-green leaves 

 up to a foot in length and shortly ellip- 

 tic 2-seeded fruits. The roundish seeds 

 are sometimes nearly half an inch long. 



For previous introduction see S. P. I. 



No. 57272. 



63604. Coffea sp. 



Received as Coffea dyoowsM, for which 

 a place of publication has not been found. 



63605. Indigofera endecaphyixa Jacq. 

 Fabaceae. 



From Peradeniya, Ceylon. Seeds presented 

 by H. A. Deutrom, acting manager of the 

 experiment station, at the request of 

 F. A. Stockdale, Director of Agriculture. 

 Received April 4, 1925. 



An annual or biennial leguminous plant 

 which has become popular as a cover plant 

 in Ceylon, according to the Tropical Agri- 

 culturist (vol. 63, October, 1924). The 

 trailing stems are 1 to 2 feet long, and 

 the violet-purple flowers are in dense 

 racemes. 



63606. Helianthus tuberostts L. As- 

 teraceae. Jerusalem artichoke. 



From Montreal, Canada. Tubers obtained 

 from the William Ewing Co. Received 

 April 13, 1925. 



Locally grown tubers. 



63607 to 63609. Prunus armeniaca L. 

 Amygdalaceae. Apricot. 



From Yugakujo, Manchuria, Scions pre- 

 sented by Dr. R. Watanabe, director, 

 Southern Manchurian Agricultural Ex- 

 periment Station. Received April 15, 

 1925. 



Manchurian varieties. 



63607. Chin chou ta hsing. 



63608. Erh hsing mei. 



63609. Li tzu hsing. 



63610 to 63617. Sacchartjm officina- 

 rtjm L. Poaceae. Sugar cane. 



From Rio Piedras, Porto Rico. Cuttings 

 presented by the Insular Experiment Sta- 

 tion, through E. W. Brandes, Bureau of 

 Plant Industry. Received April 15, 1925. 



Locally developed strains. 



