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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



37395 to 37404— Contd. (Quoted notes by Rev. W. C. Swearer.) 



37399. "No. 5. Black-Eyed bean. Small, yellowish, green bean, with 

 bhick eye. Can be sown in drills ; beans 2 or 3 inches apart. The 

 Koreans take these beans after they are dried and place them 

 In water in the house and eat them after they have sprouted, 

 sprout and all, as a vegetable." 



37400. " No. 6. Rat's-Eye bean. Small, round, black bean. Sown 

 the last part of April, in hills several inches apart, they gi'ow 

 1 foot high. There are four or five beans in a pod. The people 

 sometimes eat them raw, claiming that they have medicinal prop- 

 erties. Usually they are sprouted and eaten as a vegetable." 



87401. "No. 7. Black Chestnut bean. Round, flat, black bean. 

 Sown either in April or in June, they are fed to animals or are 

 eaten. This bean is much smaller than usual, owing to the fact 

 that last summer there was very little rain." 



37402. " No. 8. Cantor-Oil bean. So named because the Koreans 

 think it resembles the bean of that plant. Black, with the skin 

 cracked and white streaks showing through. This is also a favorite 

 with the Koreans, both for animal food and for man. This bean 

 is much smaller than usual, owing to the fact that last summer 

 there was very little rain." 



37403. "No. 9. Large Black-Green bean. Round, dark-green and 

 black. Sown in the middle of May. Cultivation similar to that 

 of the Date hean [S. P. I. No. 37396]. This bean is much smaller 

 than u.sual, on account of lack of rain the past summer." 



37404. "No. 10. Pheasant-Leg bean. So named because the mark- 

 ing on it resembles those on the leg of a Mongolian pheasant. 

 Small, round, brown bean. Sown the last part of May, not too close 

 together. People eat them usually after they have sprouted them 

 in the house." 



37405. AvEXA sTERiLis L. Oat. 

 From Algiers, Algeria. Presented by Dr. L. Trabut, Government Botanic 

 Service. Received March 5, 1914, as A. sterilis segetalis forma nigra 

 Trabut, 



For a full discussion of these interesting Algerian oats, see L. Trabut, The 

 Origin of Cultivated Oats, Journal of Heredity, vol. 5, p. 74-85, 1914. 



37406 to 37420. Trifolium pkatexse L. Red clover. 



Seed from individual selections grown at the Indiana Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station, La Fayette, Ind., in the clover nursery ; seeded in the 

 spring of 1912, the seed being gathered in the fall of 1913. Selections 

 were made for hardiness, drought resistance, and desirable forage and 

 seed habits. 



37406. Riga, Russia, red clover grown from S. P. I. No. 18394, plant 5; 

 total seed yield of plant, 1.75 grams. 



37407. Riga, Russia, Jeletz red clover, grown from S. P. I. No. 18511. 

 plant 12 ; total seed yield of plant, 1.5 grams. 



37408. Old Swedish red clover, grown from S. P. I. No. 20468, plant 7; 

 total seed yield of plant, 1 gram. 



