148 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPOETED. 



and light and at this season is quite dry and dusty. Hillsides and high-lying valleys 

 are the favorite spots for their cultivation, and the secret of their culture seems to lie 

 in the freedom from spring frosts. They flower in January and February, and even 

 about Malaga a crop is often lost by a frost at flowering time. These frosts being 

 quite local, one often hears in one valley of a total loss of the crop in a neighboring 

 one. These seeds may prove very valuable in originating later-blooming sorts of 

 good quality and in discovering valleys suited to their culture. The seed should be 

 carefully inspected and all specimens with gum adhering discarded. I recommend, 

 further, that the remaining be washed with copper sulphate or some other disinfect- 

 ant and well rinsed with fresh water. The disease called Gummosis is a troublesome 

 one and exists in all the orchards I have visited. It is important that this disease, 

 if it really is one, be not introduced into California. I am unaware if it is already 

 there and has been studied. I have seen trees that appeared to be dying of the dis- 

 ease. Nuts attacked by it are worthless. These seeds should be stratified and 

 planted without cracking in rich garden earth. Budding is done here only in April. ' ' 

 {Fair child. ) 



7518. Romneya couLTERi. Matilija poppy. 



From Los Angeles, Cal. Received through Mr. Elmer Stearns, September 20, 

 1901. 



7519. Cereus sp. (?) Pitahaya. 



From Guadalajara, Mexico. Received through Mr. Elmer Stearns, Los Angeles, 

 Cal., September 20, 1901. 



"Fruit three to four inches long and two inches in diameter. Skin reddish pink. 

 Pulp w T hite and jelly like, with the seeds distributed through it, Sweet and fine 

 eating." (Stearns.) 



7520 to 7534. 



From Paris, France. Received through Yilmorin-Andrieux & Co., September 

 21, 1901. 



A collection of agricultural seeds, as follows: 



7520. Trigonella foenum-graecum. Fenugreek. 



7521. Lathyrus cicer. Vetch. 

 Gesse jarosse. 



7522. Ervum monanthos. Lentil. 

 One-flowered lentil. 



7523. Ervum lens hiemale. Lentil. 

 Red winter lentil. 



7524. Lupinus albus. Lupine. 

 White lupine. 



7525. Lupinus luteus. Lupine. 

 Yellow lupine. 



7526. Onobrychis onobrychis. Sainfoin. 



7527. Onobrychis onobrychis. Sainfoin. 

 Sainfoin a deux coupes. 



7528. Hedysarum coronarium. Sulla. 

 Spanish. Sulla. 



7529. Trifolium incarnatum. Crimson clover. 

 Early variety. 



