APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1914. 



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38194 to 38205. Holcus sorghum L. Poaceae. Sorghum. 



{Sorghum vulgare Pers.) 

 From Sapporo, Japan. Presented by Mr. T. l^inami, College of Agricul- 

 ture, Tohoku Imperial University. Received May 13, 1914. Seeds pro- 

 duced in Manchuria last year ; quoted notes by Mr. Minami. 



38194. "(No. 1.) Kokkoku kinsui (means red glume and thick ear)." 



38195. "(No. 2.) Eonen-koryo (means red glutinous sorghum)." 



38196. "(No. 3.) Gai-hansaku (meaning is not clear)." 



38197. "(No. 4.) Shokoioaishin-han-koryo (means small yellow 

 dwarf)." 



38198. "(No. 5.) Nen-koryo-ko (means glutinous sorghum which is 

 red)." 



38199. "(No. 6.) Shokokoku-han-koryo (small yellow glume)." 



38200. "(No. 7.) Kokkoku dagan-kohan-koryo (means black glume and 

 red grain, looks like snake's eye)." 



38201. "(No. 8.) Kokkoku sasui (means black glume and loose ear)." 



38202. "(No. 9.) Chikuyo-seihan-koryd (means bamboo leaf and green 

 grain)." 



38203. "(No. 10.) Kokkoku hakunen-kSryo (means black glume and 

 white glutinous grain)." 



38204. "(No. 11.) Kokoku waishin-Mn^koryo (means black glume 

 and dwarf)." 



38205. "(No. 12.) Kijakii-haku-han-koryo (means white grain which is 

 very much liked by swallows)." 



38206 and 38207. 



From Tokyo, Japan. Procured from the Tokyo Plant, Seed & Implement 

 Co. Received May 14, 1914. 



38206. Pbunus seerulata Lindl. Amygdalaceae. Flowering cherry. 

 " Young shoots slightly hairy. Leaves broadly ovate or obovate, 2 to 



4i inches long to li to 21 inches wide ; wedge shaped or almost rounded 

 at the base, the apex abrupt narrowed to a long point, margins doubly 

 toothed, both surfaces, but especially the lower one, hairy on the midrib 

 and veins; stalk one-fourth to half an inch long; hairy. Flowers in 

 short racemes, sometimes reduced to a fascicle of usually four blos- 

 soms ; each flower three-fourths of an inch across, the five petals jagged 

 at the apex, borne on a bristly hairy stalk one-half to three-fourths of 

 an inch long ; calyx tube hairy ; the lobes ovate triangular ; glabrous." 

 (TF. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, under P. 

 pseudocerasus.) 



Introduced for use as a stock on which to test both the fruiting cher- 

 ries and the Japanese double-flowered forms. 



37207. PisuM SATIVUM L. Fabaceae. Pea. 



38208. Medicago sativa L. Fabaceae. Alfalfa. 

 From Batum, Russia. Presented by Mr. Leslie A. Davis, American consul. 

 Received May 16, 1914. 

 " Grown in the Caucasus. I think a better quality is grown in Turkestan 

 and that the Turkestan seed is planted in the Caucasus to some extent." 

 {Davis.) 



