OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31^ 1912. 



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34643 to 34654— Continued. 



34649. PisuM SATIVUM L. Pea, 

 "Aio endo. Toasted in a com popper and sometimes sugared in different 



colors." 



34650. PisuM ARVENSE L. ' Pea. 

 '^Aha endo. Toasted in a com popper and boiled with sugar; used for orna- 

 menting balls of white bean paste." 



34661. Phaseolus vulgaris L. Bean. 



' ' Toroku mame (meaning that 10 of these beans equal 6 sun , or inches > . Boiled 

 with sugar, dried, and eaten as a confection," 



34652. Phaseolus vulgaris L. Bean. 

 " Naga uzura mame. Boiled and dipped in hot sirup (long quail).'' 



34653. Phaseolus vulgaris L. Bean. 

 ''Kintohu mame. Boiled and dipped in sirup and dried as candy." 



84654. SojA MAX (L.) Piper. Soy bean. 



{Glycine hispida Moench.) 

 ^^Shiroi dqiozu. Used for making tofu or bean curd." 



34655. Ilex paraguariensis St. Hilaire. Yerba mate. 



From Buenos Aires, Argentina. Presented by Dr. Carlos Thays. director, Jardin 

 Botanico. Received November 14, 1912. 

 See S. P. I. No. 29097 for description. 



34656. Trifolium angustifolium L. Clover. 



Grown in the United States Department of Agriculture greenhouses at Washing- 

 ton, D. C, by Mr. G. W. Oliver, who collected the original seed 10 miles from 

 Algiers. Numbered December 3, 1912. 



34657. Osterdamia matrella (L.) Kuntze. Manila grass. 



(Zoysia pungens Willd.) 

 From the PhiHppirie Islands. Secured by Mr. C. V. Piper, of the Bureau of 

 Plant Industry. Numbered December 4, 1912. 

 "This grass is abundant on or near the seashore in the Philippine Islands. Where 

 closely clipped it makes a beautiful lawn. The Luneta in Manila some years ago was 

 planted to Bermuda grass, but at the present time more than 90 per cent of the grass 

 is the Osterdamia, which has gradually displaced the Bermuda, which it closely 

 resembles in habit and appearance. During the past season it has been grown under 

 temporary No. 01643. The grass has unusual promise as a lawn grass, especially near 

 the Gulf coast and the Atlantic coast of Florida." (Piper.) 



34658. Paeonia sp. Peony. 

 From Mongolia. Presented by Mr. William R. Maxon, United States National 



Museum, who procured them through Dr. A. Hrdlicka. Received December 13, 

 1912. 



"Locality, Mongolia, about 80 miles south of the Siberian boundary-, between 

 Kiakhta and Urga, altitude 2,800 feet, occupying a narrow strip 200 to 400 feet wide 

 on each side of the extreme summit of the ridges trending east and west; collected 

 August, 1912." (Maxon.) 



