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MEDIC AGO SATIVA. 28037. From Riga, Russia. Purchased from 
Messrs. Vollmer & Co. "This lucerne seed has "been grown 
in one of the coldest Governments in Russia and has been 
recognized to "be the hardiest strain ever offered. No 
other lucerne seed will compare with it, as it comes from 
the cold Samara Government near the Ural." (Vollmer.) 
For immediate distribution. 
MEDICAGO SPP. 28039-043, 046. Six species of perennial med- 
icagos from the Caucasus, growing at elevations of from 3,000 
to 5,000 feet. They all have great value as fodder plants 
in the cooler sections of the United States. (Meyer's intro- 
ductions . ) 
MEDICAGO SPP. 28064-069. From Madrid, Spain. Presented by 
the Director of the Madrid Botanical Garden. No. 28064, 
M. blancheana. No. '28065, M. denticulata. No. 28066, M. 
hispida. Nos. 28067-068, M. hispida nigra. No. 28069, M. 
rigidula. For distribution later. 
NOTHOFAGUS SP. 28113. Red oak from dry Central Chile. Re- 
ceived from Mr. Jose D. Husbands, Limavida, Chile. For 
distribution later. 
PISUM ARVENSE. 28114. From Mr. Jose D. Husbands, Limavida, 
Chile. "Stringless peas, whose extra large, sweet, thick 
pods are edible like green beans." (Husbands.) For dis- 
tribution later. 
ORYZA SATIVA. 28056. From Manchuria. Procured by Mr. E. C. 
Parker. "Upland rice. Chinese name, Tsching-tze. Common 
in North Central Manchuria. This sample came from Mukden, 
42° N. latitude." (Parker.) For immediate distribution. 
PHASEOLUS ACONITIFOLIUS. 28035. "Math", from Poon*, Bombay, 
India. Procured from Mr. T. F. Main, Deputy Director of 
Agriculture. For immediate distribution. 
PHASEOLUS ANGULARIS. 28052. Adzuki bean from Manchuria. 
Procured by Mr. E. C. Parker. "Commonly grown in Manchuria 
for human food. The beans are sometimes cooked green, but 
more commonly dried and boiled with millet or kao-liang." 
(Parker.) For immediate distribution. 
PHASEOLUS MUNGO. Mung bean from Manchuria. Procured by Mr. E, 
C. Parker. "Small green bean. These beans are usually cooked 
with millet or kao-liang for food. The y v are also ground 
Into meal and mixed with kao-liang meal in the production 
of vermicelli." (Parker.) For immediate distribution. 
