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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



52498 to 52502. Triticuivi aestivum L. Poaceae. 



(T. vuigare Vili.) Common wheat. ; 



From Cambridge, England. Seeds presented by Prof. H. R. Biffen, De- 1 

 partment of Agriculture, Cambridge University. Received February 11, | 

 1921. Quoted notes by Prof. Biffen. | 

 " Pure lines of Yeortiwn wheat which, I believe, are better in quality than the 

 ordinary stocks in cultivation here, because the total nitrogen content is dis- 

 tinctly higher than that of ordinary stocks." 

 For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 46797. 



52498. " Yeoman C." 52501. " Yeoman 8." 



52499. " Ycmnan Fr 52502. " Yeoman Y." 



52500. " Yeoman H." 



52503. Triticum turgidum L. Poacese. Poulard wheat. 



From Haifa, Syria. Seeds presented by Dr. A. Khazanoff, Jewish Coloniza- 

 tion Association. Received February 11, 1921. 

 " Wheat of the Hati variety, which I secured from the Jewish colony of 

 Yabniel in the district of Tiberias, Lower Galilee, Syria. This is the principal 

 variety grown there and in the neighboring valleys. It does very well in the 

 hot dry climate which characterizes that region, and may be of service in your 

 hot and arid Southwest." {Khazanoff.) 



52504 and 52505. 



From Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Seeds presented by 

 Herman Meschurtz. Received February 14, 1921. 



52504. PiPTADENiA CEBIT Griseb. Mimosacese. 



''Currehau-sevil, which we are using for tanning, and by the use of 

 which I tanned a bull hide in three months. The t]^ee grows in the poor- 

 est soil, also in stiff clay, and needs little water; it may be very useful 

 in the Southern States." {Meschurtz.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 48074. 



52505. Peosopis sp. Mimosacese. 



" Cuperi algaroba. A handsome shade tree which grows rapidly, yields 

 fine wood for furniture, and bears large pods, 12 inches long and 

 three-fourths of an inch in diameter, of which all live stock are fond." 

 (Meschurtz.) 



52506. QuERcus ilex L. Fagacese. Oak. 



From Thrace, Turkey. Seeds presented by Stephen R. Capps, United States 

 Geological Survey, through T. H. Kearney, United States Department of 

 Agriculture. Received February 19, 1921. 

 "An evergreen live oak, desirable as an ornamental and hedge plant, with a 

 hollylike, usually crinkly leaf, ranging in shade in different individuals from 

 yellow-green to dark green. The leaves are very dense, so that the bush looks 

 solid, and about like holly leaves in that they are prickly enough to dis- 

 courn^^e animals and children but not spiny enough to be really objectionable. 

 The tough gnarled stems are very strong, and the smooth mottled gray bark is 

 about like holly bark. 



" The plant takes kindly to pruning, as witnessed by those bushes growing 

 along trails where sheep and goats have kept them trimmed back. It is hardy 



