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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



53944 to 53946— Continued. 



53945. RuBUS sp. Rosaceie. Raspberry. 



"A wild ever-bearing raspberry wbich has an inferior but pleasant 

 flavor." {Hamilton.) 



53946. ZiNziBER sp. ZinziberacesG. Ginger. 



"A wild ginger which likes well-drained gravelly soil with plenty of 

 humus and partial shade." {Hamilton.) 



53947 and 53948. Chaetochloa italica (L.) Scribn. Poaceae. 



(Setaria italica Beauv.) Millet. 



From Tokyo, Japan. Seeds purchased from Dr. T. Watase, The Tokyo 

 Plant, Seed & Implement Co. Received July 28, 1921. 



"The most important species of the genus Chaetochloa. It is called 

 millet or, to distinguish it from other kinds of millet, foxtail millet. 

 Millet is an erect annual, 2 to 4 feet tall, with a dense bristly yellow 

 or purple head." {A. S. Hitchcock.) 



53947. Kunitomi Uruchi." (Watase.) 



53948. Tamagatca 6 nagaho. Mochiy {^yatase.) 



53949 and 53950. Sacchaeum officinarum L. Poacese. 



Sugar cane. 



From Coimbatore, Madras, India. Cuttings presented by T. S. Venkatra- 

 man, acting government sugar-cane expert, Agricultural College. Re- 

 ceived July 29, 1921. 



" Disease-free material of varieties now growing in India, that mature there 

 in 10 months, according to Mr. Padhye, an Indian student at the Louisiana 

 State University, who is very enthusiastic about these canes and thought that 

 they would be valuable here." (TF. G. Taggart, Louisiana Sugar Station.) 



53949. Manjav. 53950. Striped Mauritius. 



53951 to 53954. Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. Solanacese. 



Tomato. 



From Buenos Aires, Argentina. Seeds presented by Sr. Tomds Amadeo, 

 director general, Ministro de Agricultura de la Naci6. Received July 30, 

 1921. Quoted notes by Sr. Amadeo. 



Seeds of cultivated tomatoes for testing for resistance to leaf-spot and other 

 diseases. 



53951. "From the School of Agriculture of Mendoza." 



53952. " Tomate de Geneva, cultivated in the School of Agriculture of 

 Casilda." 



53953. "From the experimental plantation of Pureta de Diaz (Salta) " 



53954. " From the School of Agriculture of Cordoba." 



53955. Citrus sp. Kutacese. 



From Ichang, Hupeh, China. Collected by Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural 

 Explorer of the Department of Agriculture. Received February 25, 1918. 

 Numbered July, 1921. 



"Looks like a lemon, about 2^ inches through and 3 inches long." {W. T. 

 Swingle.) 



53956 and 53957. 



From Pretoria, Union of South Africa. Seeds presented by Dr. I. B. Pole 

 Evans. Division of Botany. Received July 21, 1921. 



