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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



37937 to 37938— Continued. (Quoted notes by Prof. G. Martinet.) 



visiting our establishment saw several bees getting honey from this 

 ^ clover, although he had declared himself to be skeptical before seeing 

 this. As this selection is also one of our best as regards the crop, 

 farmers and beekeepers will find it useful." 



37938. " No. 943. This is a perennial clover with numerous fine stocks 

 and many leaves. It develops daughter plants beside the parent stock. 

 This will last for four years and more. The seeds are uniformly 

 yellow, so that it is easy to verify their identity." 



37939. " No. 950. Perennial clover higher than the preceding, but not 

 lasting for so long a time. Most of the seeds are dark violet." 



37940. Asparagus tenuifolius Lam. Convallariaceae. 



Asparagus. 



From Chene, Geneva, Switzerland. Plant presented by Mr. Henri Corre- 

 von. Received May 7, 1914. 

 " This asparagus I found in the Alps of Como, Lombardy." ( Correvon. ) 



37941 and 37942. Medicago sativa L. Fabacese. 



Provence alfalfa. 



From Paris, France. Presented by Mr. A. M. Thackara, American consul, 

 who obtained it from Mr. A. Rousset, Paris. Received April 24, 1914. 

 Quoted notes by Mr. Thackara. 



37941. " Ordinary Provence alfalfa recleaned against dodder. Mr. 

 Rousset states his belief that this newly harvested seed is desired by 

 the United States Department of Agriculture to distinguish the place 

 of growth in France, but adds that, as he explained to the Chief of the 

 Seed Laboratory, the climate of France is, in his opinion, too even to 

 justify such a theory. He declares that alfalfa seed grown in the 

 Provence district would not, when newly harvested, be any different or 

 contain other varieties of foreign seed than alfalfa grown in other 

 parts of France." 



37942. " Extra Provence alfalfa recleaned." 



37943. DioscoREA alata L. Dioscoreacese. Yam. 

 From Santa Rosa, Fla. Received February 17, 1913, from Mr. William M. 

 Wilson, who obtained them from Dr. E. K. Neal, of the same place. 

 Dr. Neal secured the original material from Mr. J. De Hoff, Arch 

 Creek, Fla. Additional material received from Mr. J. J. Chapman, 

 March 9, 1915. 



"The tubers received were rather small and resembled the Jamaica yampee 

 in both form and quality. Judging from these specimens the variety is well 

 worth cultivating in Florida." {R. A. Young.) 



" I got one seed tuber in 1893, when I first came to Avon Park, De Soto County, 

 Fla., from a neighbor, H. G. Burnett, who had a few in his garden ; he got them 

 from his father-in-law, at Fort Myers, where they have been grown, I under- 

 stand, for 50 years ; not in large quantity, however. I have kept seed from year 

 to year since that time, no more, though, than I wanted myself, until year before 

 last, when somehow they made several times more seed tubers than I ever saw 

 before. This last year they again made only a very few seed tubers. I re- 

 ceived them under the name of White Jamaica yam, but do not know whether 



