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hay production In South Africa. In view of these results 
it is at present being tested again in various parts of 
the United States. Numerous previous trials have indicated 
that teff can not compete with heavier yielding annuals 
such as millet and Sudan grass as a hay crop, but in some 
parts of the United States it may yet prove to be valua- 
ble." (C.V. Piper. ) 
Escallonia langleyensis Veitch. (Escalloniaceae . ) 41962. 
Cuttings from Kew, England. Presented by Sir David Prain, 
Director, Royal Botanic Gardens. "An elegant, evergreen, 
or in hard winters, semi-evergreen shrub, becoming even- 
tually 8 feet or more high, and producing long, slender, 
arching shoots in one season. Flowers of a charmingly 
bright rosy carmine, \ inch across, produced during June 
and July (a few later) in short racemes of about half a 
dozen blossoms terminating short leafy twigs; calyx and 
flower-stalk slightly glandular. This very attractive 
shrub was raised in Messrs. Veitch' s nursery at Langley 
about 1893 by crossing E. philippiana with E. punctata. Al- 
though not quite so hardy as the first of these, it is 
hardy enough to stand all but the severest of frosts, and 
even then will break up from the ground. It is distinct 
from other Escallonias in its slender arching branches, 
which bear the racemes on the upper side. The color of the 
flowers, too, is different from that of any other Escal- 
lonia except E. edinensis." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs 
Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 528.) 
Indigofera argentea L. (Fabaceae.) 41929. Seeds from 
Cairo, Egypt. Presented by Mr. Thomas W. Brown, Director, 
Horticultural Division, Ministry Agriculture, Glza Branch. 
"This species is the only one cultivated in Egypt." (Brown.) 
"The Indigofera argentea, is a perennial plant, but in cul- 
tivation is either biennial or (generally) annual. It is 
of a woody nature, the dye being extracted from the leaves." 
(Foaden & Fletcher, Text-Book of Egyptian Agriculture, pp. 
512-519. ) 
Indigofera trifoliata Torner. (Fabaceae.) 41909. Seeds 
from Kirkee, India. Presented by Mr. William Burns, Eco- 
nomic Botanist. "A perennial having copiously branched 
trailing or suberect stems one to two feet long, soon 
glabrescent. Found In the Himalayas ascending to 4,000 
feet in Kumaon, to Ceylon and Tenasserim." (Adapted from 
Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 2, p. 96.) 
Iseilema wightii (Nees) Anderss. (Poaceae.) 41914. Seeds 
from Kirkee, India. Presented by Mr. William Burns, Eco- 
nomic Botanist. "A grass native to India occurlng in low or 
swampy land. Stems one to three feet high. Duthle con- 
siders its fodder value probably equal to that of Iseilema 
