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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED, 



4843. (Blank.) 



4844-4854. Trifolium pratense. Red clover. 



From Hamburg, Germany. Received March 17, 1900. 



This collection of seed of various red clovers was imported for use in a series of 

 cooperative experiments conducted by the agricultural experiment stations of 

 Minnesota and Wisconsin. It is often claimed that the American strains of red clover 

 are of less value for forage than the European. It is also stated by various agri- 

 culturists that the cause of this inferiority is the greater narrowness of the leaves and 

 the coarser and more weedy habit of growth of the stems. However, the amount 

 of foraee per acre is said to be greater in the case of the American than of the 

 European forms. The experiments at the above-mentioned stations are being con- 

 nected in order to determine whether such differences as are claimed really exist 

 between the best American and the European varieties or forms. They are as 

 follows: 



4844. 



Hungarian. 



4845. 



Italian. 



4846. 



French. 



4847. 



Galician. 



4848. 



Russian. 



4849. 



Transylvanian. 



4850. 



Steiermark. 



4851. 



Leitmeritz. 



4852. 



Norwegian. Distributed 



4853. 



German. 



4854. 



English. 



4855. Triticum vulgare. Wheat 



From German East Africa. Received March 20, 1900. Presented by Dr. Witt- 

 mack, of the Agricultural High School, Berlin, Germany. 



Tabora. A rust-proof winter wheat of excellent yield and quality. 



4856-4905. 



A collection of seeds and plants from Wuchang, China. Received March 20, 1900. 

 Presented by Messrs. G. D. Brill and J. W. Gilmore. 



4856. Sesamum indicum. Sesame. 



Heh-scz-ma; black sesame. (No. 27.) "This is not so extensively grown 

 here as the white sesame, No. 4857. ' ' ( Gilmore. ) 



4857. Seasamum indicum. 

 Beh-scz-ma; white sesame. (No. 25.) 



4858. Phaseolus vulgaris. 



Ni-do. (No. 13.) 



Sesame. 



Bean. 



4859. Cucurbita. 



Langgua. (No. 4.) 



4860. Beta vulgaris. 



"A large gourd or pumpkin." (Gilmore.) 



Chard. 



Tien beh tsai. (No. 24. ) "A sweet, white vegetable. This is the popular 

 summer salad here. It grows larger than either No. 4874 or No. 4896. 

 Several crops of this are taken from the same piece of ground during 

 the course of the summer." (Gilmore.) 



