Notes from the Office of Seed and Plant Introduction. 
Oct. 12-26, 1908. 
New Plant Immigrants. 
CHILE, Liraavida. Rec. Oct. 7 from Jose P. Husbands the 
following numbers: 
23755-59 23761-23836. Phaseolus vulgaris . 
23760. Vigna unguiculata. 
23837-23845. Cucurbita maxima. 
23846-851, 23860. Common field peas. 
23852-55. Cicer arietinum. 
23856-57 Lathyrus sativus. 
23858-59. Lens esculenta. 
23861-62. Hordeum vulgare. 
23863. Juglans nigra. 
23864. Bamboo. Solid stem, grows about 20-25 ft. 
high, slightly drooping, small, scant foliage, short 
joints, very tough. Grows dry, any poor soil, extra 
hardy. 
23865. Bamboo. Solid stem, grows straight from 26-30 
feet high. Abundance of small, long-leafed foliage: 
a good industrial class, growB dry, any arid soil, 
extra hardy. 
23866. Arundo donax. Hollow stem, grows ereot, about 
25-30 feet high j roots extend on top of the ground. 
Prom top to bottom has a rank leaf growth like corn 
leaves extending from 2 opposite sides. The seoond 
year it throws out branches. A valuable commercial 
class. Extra hardy, resists droughts. This was found 
growing on bare sand which dries to a powder 8 months 
of the year. 
23867. Quila. A long-leaf -stem class about 20 feet 
long, grows drooping. 
23868. Quila. A drooping class whose short leaves 
grow in bunches olose to the stem from each Joint. 
When the leaves are eaten they quickly grow again and 
also sprout anew. A good forage olass from 10-20 ft* 
long. 
