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SICANA ODORIFERA. 28012. Frbra Urubamba River, Peru. Pre- 
sented by Prof. Wm. Curtis Farabee. "Seeds from a red gourd 
or pumpkin, growing on a vine which makes good shade. The 
fruits are good to eat and have a very pleasant odor." 
(Farabee.) Por distribution later. 
TRITICUM AESTIVUM. 27995. Prom Erivan, Caucasus. A local var- 
iety of soft, white, winter wheat. To be tested under irriga- 
tion in mild-wintered climates. (Meyer's introduction.) 
VICIA PABA. 27983. Prom Elisavetpol, Caucasus. A small variety 
of broad bean, grown locally as a garden vegetable by the 
Persian population. (Meyer's introduction.) 
VIGNA UNGU1CULATA. 27930. Prom Atlanta , .Ga . Purchased from 
Messrs. H. G-. Hastings & Co., who say of it: "This is a strict- 
ly new cowpea found by us in the hands of an Atlanta market 
gardener. We call it the Quick Pea, because it is the quickest 
in the market. It makes plenty of long, slender, meaty, fine 
flavored pods for use as snaps, coming in before anything else. 
Three crops a year can be grown." Por distribution later. 
VITIS VINIFERA. 27963-64. Two varieties of grape from Elisavet- 
pol, Caucasus. Ho. 27963 is a pale yellow grape of medium size}' 
a good shipper and keeper. Ho. 27964 is a round, white grape, 
which is phenomenally productive. (Meyer's introductions.) 
ZEA MAYS. 27937-946. A collection of ten varieties of corn from 
Guerrero, Mexico. Procured by Hen. Marion Letcher, American 
Consul at Acapulco, Mexico. No. 27936. Corn from Guadalajara, 
Mexico. Procured by Hon. Samuel E. Magill, American Consul. 
Por distribution later. 
RECENT VISITORS. 
JAPAN. Miss B. Catherine Pifer. Miss Pifer is an evangelist and 
has traveled very extensively in Japan, Formosa and portions of 
China. She is very unusually interested in plants and has had 
special opportunities to find out the uses made by Orientals of 
the plants which they grow. When she returns to Japan she will 
be very glad to look up matters connected with the horticulture 
or agriculture of those regions through which she travels. She 
calls attention to the fact that the variety of persimmon from 
the fruits of which the kaki-shibu, used in Japan for water- 
proofing papers is made, has a remarkable odor when ripening. % 
She reports that the Japanese consider that the eating of udo f 
(Aralia cordata) produces a quieting effect on one's nerves. . 
She has eaten it for years in Japan, and considers it one of 
the best vegetables in the world. She reads Japanese. 
