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from the Argentine Andes, south of Lago Nahuel Huapi. According 

 to Dr. Wilhs these are mostly pasture grasses of which stock are fond, 

 and as they come from regions where heavy summer frosts occur 

 they may fit into northwestern conditions. 



The quandong-nut tree of Austraha, No. 35323; the evergreen oak 

 tree (Pasania cornea) of Hongkong, having edible acorns. No. 35320; 

 local Nigeria varieties of cotton, Nos. 35315 to 35317; a western 

 Siberian form of sainfoin which has promise as a late fodder crop in 

 dry regions with a short growing season, No. 35313; a strain of the 

 yellow-flowered alfalfa (Medicago falcata), peculiar to the region 

 about Omsk, Siberia, No. 35312; a low-spreading hardy juniper from 

 Transbaikalia, Siberia, No. 35310; the Berna Late orange, exported 

 in quantity from Murcia, Spain, No. 35247; the Medjoul, or Tafilet, 

 date from Morocco, No. 35161; a new species of raspberry from 

 western Szechwan, China, with golden-yellow fruit of good flavor 

 and stems of unusual vigor. No. 35197; a tropical melon (Sicana 

 odorifera) with scented flesh which makes excellent preserves. No. 

 35136; and a honeysuckle from Tibet which has proved hardy in 

 the Arnold Arboretum, No. 35188, are additions to the experimental 

 plant material which this inventory records as now being ready or 

 soon to be at the disposal of the plant specialists of the country. 



As heretofore, the inventory has been prepared by Miss May Riley, 

 the botanical determinations of seeds introduced have been made 

 and the notes on geographic distribution compiled by Mr. H. C. 

 Skeels, and the descriptive notes arranged by Mr. S. C. Stuntz, 

 who has also had general supervision of this inventory, as of all the 

 pubhcations of this oflace. 



David Fairchild, 

 Agricultural Explorer in Charge, 



Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction, 



Washington, D. C, June 15, 1915. 



