DECEMBER, 1905, TO JULY, 1906; 



17 



16985 to 17034- 



-Continued. 









17017. 



VlCIA 



DISPERMA. 



17026. 



VlCIA 



OXOBRYCHIOIDES 



17018. 



VlCIA 



FERRUGINEA. 



17027. 



VlCIA 



PANNOXICA. 



17019. 



VlCIA 



CxERARDI. 



17028. 



VlCIA 



PEREGRIN A. 



17020. 



VlCIA 



GLOBOSA. 



17029. 



VlCIA 



PICTA. 



17021. 



VlCIA 



GRANDIFLORA. 



17030. 



VlCIA 



PSEUDO-CRACCA. 



17022. 



VlCIA 



HYBRIDA. 



17031. 



VlCIA 



SYLYATICA. 



17023. 



VlCIA 



LUTE A. 



17032. 



VlCIA 



SPURIA. 



17024. 



VlCIA 



MACROCARPA. 



17033. 



VlCIA 



STRIATA. 



17025. 



VlCIA 



MULTI FLORA. 



17034. 



VlCIA 



TRICOLOR. 



17035 to 17050. 



From Sydney, New South Wales. Presented by Prof. J. H. Maiden, director 

 of Botanic Gardens. Received January 2, 1906. 



Panicum prolutum. 

 Paspalum brevifolium. 

 Penxisetum compres- 



SUM. 



Pollinia fulya. 

 Chaetochloa aurea. 

 Sporobolus lindleyi. 

 Stipa elegantissima. 

 Stipa tuckeri. 



17035. 



AXDROPOGOX BOMBYCI- 



17043. 





xus. 



17044. 



17036. 



ASTREBLA PECTIXATA. 



17045. 



17037. 



Astrebla elymoides. 





17038. 



Cexchrus australis. 



17046. 



17039. 



Chloris truncata. 



17047. 



17040. 



Chloris yextricosa. 



17048. 



17041. 



Chrysopogox gryllus. 



17049. 



17042. 



Panicum decompositum. 



17050. 



17051 and 17052. 



From Silver City, N. Mex 

 5, 1906. 



17051. BOUTELOUA CURTIPEXDULA. 



17052. BOUTELOUA OLIGOSTACHYA. 



BOUTELOUA Spp. 



Received through Mr. James K. Metcalfe, January 



Tall grama grass. 

 Blue grama grass. 



17053. Solanum commersoni. Aquatic potato. 



From Burlington, Vt. Received through Prof. William Stuart, of the Agricul- 

 tural Experiment Station, January 6, 1906. 



Tubers grown from stock obtained through Dr. Edouard Heckel, of Marseille, 

 France. • "Heckel is not at all of the opinion that ISolanum commersonii should replace 

 our common potato; but if it is adapted to swampy locations it would become very 

 valuable to us, and possibly nonbitter hybrids might be produced for poorly 

 drained soils by cross fertilization." (L. Wittmack, Gartenflora, 54: 4o2, 1905.) 

 (See note to No. 10324.) 



17054. SOLAXUM COMMERSONI. 



Aquatic potato. 



Luther Burbank, November 28, 



From Santa Rosa, Cai. Received through Mr. 

 1905, and February 10, 1906. 



Tubers grown from No. 10324. "Has rather small vines, produces an enormous 

 amount of flowers all summer and a reasonable amount of seed balls, which, how- 

 ever, unless pollenized from some other variety never produce a seed. Owing to its 

 wandering disposition, not extra quality, and not being very productive it will never 

 become popular. I judge from what I have read in the French papers that the bluish 

 variety is better." {Burbank.) 



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