32 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPOETED. 



5780. LlBOCEDRUS CHILENSIS. 



From La Plata, Argentina. Presented bv Dr. Carlos Spegazzini. Eeceived Jan- 

 uary 8, 1901. 



Cipres de Patagonia. 



5781. Aspidosperma quebracho blanco. Quebracho bianco. 



From La Plata, Argentina, Presented by Dr. Carlos Spegazzini. Received Jan- 

 nary 8, 1901. 



"A very rapidly growing tree, with medicinal properties." (Spegazzini.) 



5781a. Gomphocarpus sp. Buluba. 



From La Plata, Argentina. Presented by Dr. Carlos Spegazzini. Eeceived 

 December, 1900. 



5782. Lathyrus magellanicus. 



From La Plata, Argentina. Presented by Dr. Carlos Spegazzini. Eeceived Jan- 

 uary, 1901. 



Mixed seeds of this and Vicia macraei. 



5783. Prosopis denudans. 



From La Plata, Argentina. Presented by Dr. Carlos Spegazzini. Eeceived 

 January 5, 1901. 



Algarroba ovoziif 



5784. Berberis dulcis. 



From La Plata, Argentina. Presented by Dr. Carlos Spegazzini. Eeceived 

 January 5, 1901. 



Calafata parra. From Chubut, 



5785. Physalis francheti (?). 



From Tokyo, Japan. Presented by Mr. T. Watase, of Tokyo Plant and Seed Co. 

 A variety with very large fine fruits. 



5786. Goxphocarpus sp. Buluba. 



From the Soudan, Africa. Presented by Doctor Trabut, Government Botanist of 

 Algeria, through Mr. Lyster H. Dewey, Assistant Botanist, U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture. 



"I have cultivated this species of gomphocarpus for several years under the name 

 ' Buluba. ' It attains a large growth, and yields a beautiful fiber closely resembling 

 silk." [Trabut.) 



5787. Humulus lupulus. Hop. 



From Bohemia, Austria-Hungary. Eeceived through Mr. D. G. Fairchild (No. 

 483), January, 1901. 



Semsch. ' ' Cuttings of this noted hop, from the neighborhood of the most famous 

 locality of the Platte, where it is known to yield almost as fine hops as the best Saaz 

 variety and in much larger quantity. It is this variety which the growers of the 

 Saaz variety have imported in large quantities into Saaz to replace the old Bohemian 

 variety, which has so fallen off in yield that its culture no longer pays, unless a 

 fancy price can be secured. These hops possess an aroma that is really fine. Pro- 

 fessor Chodounsky, of the Experiment Station for Brewing Industries in Prague, 

 one of the best-known and most careful judges of hop varieties, says of this Semsch 

 hop: 



" 'This red hop, which gives a much larger yield than the old Bohemian red 

 hop (Saaz variety), is to be reckoned among the very good hops. It has an oval 

 form, a well-shaped spindle, and an agreeable aroma, It is considered as an inter- 

 mediate type approaching the Eakonitz-Saaz hop, standing next to it as regards 

 worth. This is probably the best yielder of all the really fine European varieties.' 



