SEPTEMBER, 1900, TO DECEMBER, 1903. 315 



9887. Secale cereale. Rye, 



From North Watergap, Pa. Received through Mr. M. L. Michael, November 

 14, 1903. 



Winter Ivanof. Grown in 1903 from S. P. I. No. 1342. 



9888. Tricholaena rosea. 



From Honolulu, Hawaii. Presented by Mr. Jared G. Smith, special agent in 

 charge of the Hawaiian agricultural experiment station. Received November 

 23, 1903. 



9889 and 9890. Phaseolus viridissimus. Bean. 



Grown from S. P. I. No. 6430, in 1903. 



9889. Received through Mrs. Hattie L. Asseltine, Fruithurst, Ala., Novem- 

 ber 28, 1903. 



9890. Received through Mr. John J. Dean, Moneta, Cal., December 4, 1903. 

 The California grown seed is noticeably larger than that grown in Alabama. 



9891. Eutrema wasabi. Japanese horse-radish. 



From Yokohama, Japan. Presented by Mr. H. Suzuki, of the Yokohama 

 Nursery Company, through Messrs. Lathrop and Fairchild. Received Decem- 

 ber 7, 1903. 



"Described in B. P. I. Bulletin No. 42. The Japanese horse-radish, which is eaten 

 with raw fish as commonly in Japan as ordinary horse-radish is eaten in America 

 with raw oysters." (Fairchild. ) 



9892. Atriplex leptocarpa. Saltbush. 



From Sydney, Australia. Received through Anderson & Co., December 5, 1903. 



9893. Desmodium triflora. 



From Mayaguez, Porto Rico. Sent by Mr. G. N. Collins, of the Department of 

 Agriculture, through Mr. D. G. Fairchild. Received December 14, 1903. 



This plant is used as a soil covering on the coffee plantations in Porto Rico. 



9894 to 9896. 



From Tanegashima, Japan. Presented by Mr. R. Chester, through Mr. R. B. 

 Handy, of this Department. Received December 12, 1903. 



Native Japanese seeds, as follows: 



9894. Red jessamine. 

 One-half ounce of seed that looks like four-o' clocks. 



9895. Lily. 

 Very decorative. 



9896. 



A few seeds, without name or other data. 



