12 SEEDS .O^D PLANTS IMPORTED. 



Analysis of adlaii and various other cereals. 



Samples. 



Moisture. 



Protein. 



Fat. 



Ash. 



Crude 

 fiber. 



Carbo- 

 hydrates, 

 starch, 

 etc., bv 

 differ- 

 ence. 



Hulled adlay 



Wheat 



Per cent. 

 10.91 

 10.62 

 10.93 

 11.88 



Per cent. 

 11.27 

 12. 23 

 9.88 

 8. 02 



Per cent. 

 6.65 

 1.75 

 4. 17 

 1.96 



Per cent. 

 1.S9 

 1.81 

 1.36 

 1. 15 



Per cent. 

 0. 45 

 2.36 

 1.71 

 .93 



Per cent. 

 6S.S3 

 71. IS 

 71.95 

 76.0 



Corn 







The tender plants of adlay make a good forage for cattle and horses, and 

 grown for this purpose several cuttings can be obtained from a sowing. 

 (Adapted from Philippine Agricultural Review, vol. 13, p. 217.) 



54454. "Grown in Laguna Province." (Wester.) 



54455. "Grown in Jaro, Leyte Province." (Wester.) 

 For previous introduction, see S. P. I No. 49798. 



54456. Trifolium pratense L. Fabacese. Red clover. 



From Valence, France. Seeds purchased from Tezier Fr^res, through C. 

 Carrigan, American consul, Lyons. Received November 4, 1921. 



" Double-cut medium red clover from 2-year-old plants growing on one of 

 the farms of Tezier Fr^res in the Department of Isere, Dauphine Alps. Har- 

 vested in August and September, 1920." (Carrigan.) 



54457. Dendrocalamus sp. Poaceae. Bamboo. 



From Hankow, China. Seeds presented by Rev. Logan H. Roots, through 

 P. S. Heintzlemann, American consul general. Received November 

 10, 192L 



" Bamboo seed from the district of Shihnanfu, in the west of Hupeh, where 

 its appearance is connected by the Chinese with the calamities which have 

 recently befallen them. It is said that it comes in hard times to relieve dis- 

 tress, as it acceptably takes the place of rice, and that after it comes the 

 bamboo which produces it dies." (Roots.) 



54458. TiTHONTA DivERSiFOLiA (Hemsl.) A. Gray. Asteraceae. 



From Buitenzorg. Java. Seeds presented by Dr. W. Doctei*s van Leeuwen, 

 director. Botanic Garden. Received November 15, 1921. 



"A sunflowerlike plant, 5 to 6 feet high, widespread in Mexico and abun- 

 dantly introduced into Java and Ceylon ; it may be a good plant to use for 

 silage." (C. V. Piper.) 



54459. Lapageria rosea Ruiz and Pa v. Liliaceae. 



Chilean bellflower. 



From Santiago. Chile. Seeds presented by the Instituto Agricola Bunster, 

 through Wilson Popenoe, Agricultural Explorer of the United States 

 Department of Agriculture. Received November 7, 1921. 



"(No. 651a. Criadero 'El Verjel.' Angol, Chile. September 29, 1921.) 

 Copiliue. This, the national flower of Chile, has been grown occasionally in 

 northern greenhouses, where it creates a genuine sensation when in bloom. 

 It is a climbing plant of slow growth, with slender wiry stems and bright- 

 crimson, tubular flowers about 3 inches in length. In southern Chile huge 

 bunches of these blossoms are brought to the railway stations and sold to 

 passing travelers. The plant requires an acid soil." (Popenoe.) 



