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E. V. Richardson. Twenty-six varieties of wheat from 
the United Provinces of India (Nos. 41991 to 42016), 
representing some old Indian types, were presented by 
Mr. H. Martin Leake of Cawnpore. While these may none 
of them prove especially valuable it should be kept 
in mind that it was out of a cross between an Indian 
wheat, Ladoga, and the Red Fife that the famous Mar- 
quis wheat of Canada came. 
The discovery of a nematode-resistant variety of 
hops, Humulus lupulus (No-. 42024), by the plant breeders 
of the Southeastern Agricultural College of England 
should attract the attention of hop growers to the 
disease known as Nettle-head or Skinky, and the trial 
of this new variety may prove valuable in our hop 
fields. - 
Since Mr. C. V. Piper's preliminary study of the 
forage plants of India, during his trip there in 1911, 
he has continued to test many of the wild and culti- 
vated grasses of that region, and Nos. 41885 to 41900, 
41902 to 41907, 41910 to 41916, 41918 to 41921, repre- 
sent a remarkable collection from Kirkee, India, pre- 
sented by Mr. Wm. Burns, the Economic Botanist of the 
Station there, including Andropogon annulatus (No. 41885), 
a species well adapted to the Gulf States; CenehruS 
biflorus (No. 41894), related to our sandbur but con- 
sidered in Northern India as one of their most nutri- 
tious grasses; Chloris paraguaiensis (Nos. 41759 and 41897), 
related to the Rhodes Grass, but native of Burma and 
Ceylon and considered a good fodder grass in Northern 
India, and in Australia one of the best grasses for 
pasturage and hay; Chrysopogon montanus (No. 41899), a 
handsome species, three to five feet tall, which al- 
ready shows promise in Florida and Mississippi; Iseilema 
wightii (No. 41914), natural pasture grass of India; 
Pemisetum ciliare (No. 41915), a most valuable pasture 
and hay grass there; and Thelepogon elegam (No. 41918), 
which grows in the Indian rice fields, and can hardly 
be distinguished from rice until it flowers. 
The breadnut tree of Yucatan, Piratinera alieastrum 
(No. 41880), the leaves of which are extensively used 
for forage purposes there, deserves trial in southern 
Florida, according to Dr.. Lavedan who sends the seeds. 
Through Mr. Roland McKee, who secured the Aus- 
tralian Exhibit of the Panama Pacific Exposition, a 
collection of Australian fodder grasses is now being 
tried (NOs. 41744 to 41762). It Includes the extreme- 
ly productive Kangaroo grass, the Cockatoo grass, the 
Rice grass, Sugar grass, three species of grasses 
