6. 
HORDEUM. 26030-035, 26103-106. Ten varieties of barley grown 
on the Department's Co-operative Grain Investigation Farms 
at Modesto and Davis, California. Received Sept. 27 and 
Oct . 6, 1909. These are carefully selected. For immediate 
ri i Fitri hut ion. 
MACROLAENA 8TIP0IDBS . 26118. From Wellington, "New Zealand. 
Presented by Mr. T. W. Kirk, Department of Agriculture. 
Received Oct. 18. New Zealand >ice grass. A native grass 
much relished by all kinds of stock; the herbage is of a 
rich green color and is produced in great abundance. 
For immediate distribution. 
MEDICAGO SATIVA. 26130. From Talas , Ceasarea, Turkey. Pre- 
sented by Dr. .Wm. S. Dodd, through Mr. Chas . J. Brand. Re- 
ceived Oct. 19. "In his letter transmitting this seed 
Dr. Dodd states: 'I am not sure whether the lucerne for 
which you ask is the plant that we cultivate here for horse 
feed or not, but I send some of that. Yonja is the Turk- 
ish name. 1 Only a small package of this seed was received 
and it should be reserved for experiments in the South- 
west." (Brand.) For distribution later. 
MEDICAGO SATIVA. 26161. Alfalfa from different oases in the 
region of Ourlana and Tougourt, Algeria. Purchased from 
Colombo Pere, Biskra, Algeria at the request of Mr. W. T. 
Swingle. Received October 29. For immediate distribution. 
MEDICAGO SATIVA. 26181. Safsafa or Susfa alfalfa. From 
Tripoli-in-Barbary , North Africa. Received Oct. 28 and 
Nov. 1. Sometimes they get 8 crops of this in the 8 months 
of the year it grows. 1 have seen at least five, and I 
think six crops harvested from fields just back of my 
house. They irrigate about every four days. (Coffin.) 
For distribution later. 
MUSA TEXTILIS. 26062-26065. FromDavao, Mindanao, Philip- 
pine Islands. Presented by Mr. M. M. Saleeby, in charge of 
fiber plants, Manila. Received Oct. 4. Four varieties of 
Manila hemp. "Mr. Saleeby who is making a careful study 
of abaca (Manila hemp) writes that, although seedlings are 
