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be 



21501.TRIGONELLA FOENUM- 

 GRAECUM. Fenugreek. An annual 

 legume of upright habit of growth, 



reaching IS to 20 inches in height; 

 hss a very important place in general 

 culture as a soil enrieher and a green 

 forage crop. The Jewish women of 

 North Africa eat a meal prepared from 

 the seed of this plant and become en- 

 ormously fat. The seed is an essential 

 constituent of nearly all prepared 

 stock foods. 



13241. ULEX EUROPAEUa 

 From Hogg and Robertson, Dublin, 

 Ireland. Upright-growing, spiny, le- 

 guminous slirUb, » feet high, with 

 striped brancMeis and narrow, lance- 

 olate, slightly hairy leaves. The frag- 

 rant flowers are bright yellow? 3*4 

 of an inch long and produced from 

 April to Jane. A valuable sand-binder 

 and well suited for ornamental seaside 

 planting. 



22975. ULMUS PUMILA, 



Chinese Elm. 

 From Frank Meyer, Fengtai, China. 



Tall shade and timber tree, remark- 

 ably resistant to droughts and severe 

 extremes of iemperature.Timbermain- 



ly used for the manufacture of Chinese 

 carts. Of exceptional promise as shade 

 tree for the northern semi-arid regions 

 of the United States. 



30064, VACCINIUM VITiS- 



f DAE A. Cowberry. From Dr. G. Bit- 

 ters Bremen, Germany. A dwarf shrub 



from northern Europe, with evergreen 



leaves and reddish purple fruity much 

 used for jellies and other preserves. 

 Hardy as far north as Greenland. 



27016. VANGUERIA INFAUS- 

 TA. Mispel from Pretoria, Trans- 

 vaal. Presented by Mr. J. 38. Davy. An 

 excellent native Transvaal fruit, an 

 inch in diameter, with somewhat the 

 flavor of the medlar. Occurs on hills 

 and mountains in sandy soil becoming 

 a small tree. 



29021. VANGUERIA MADAGASCARIENSIS. 



From G. Regnard, Port Louis, Mau- 

 ritius. 



Glabrous, evergreen shrub, 10 feet 

 high, with long leaves and a profusion 

 of greenish-yellow flowers of dis- 

 agreeable odor. The globose drupes are 

 one and a half inches thick and con- 

 tain a brownish pulp of sweetish, acid 

 flavor, which is edible when quite ripe. 



