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the low temperatures further north." (Fairchild. ) 
PISUM ARVENSE. 25280. From Hephi , Utah. Presented by Mr. 
P. D. Parrell. Received April 19. "These were grown in 
1908 from seed obtained from Colorado. Variety not 
known. Best yielding variety in 1908." (Parrell.) Por 
preliminary tests by Agrostologist . If satisfactory 
seeds will he available later. 
SAC CHARUM OFFICINARUM. 25225-242. Eighteen varieties of 
seedling sugar cane from Central Soledad, Cienfuegos, 
Cuba. Presented by Mr. Robert M. Grey, Harvard Botanical. 
Experiment Station. Received at Brownsville, Texas, Peb. 
18. Considered by Mr. Grey promising for trial in the 
South. 
STIZOLOBIUM SP. 25261-262. Prom Saigon, Cochin China, Pre- 
sented by the Director, Botanical Garden. Received 
April 12. 25261 is the Plorida velvet bean, and it is 
interesting in that this is the first time it has ever 
been received back from a foreign country, although an 
enormous distribution has been made of it. Por prelim- 
inary tests by Agrostologist. If satisfactory seeds will 
be available later. 
STIZOLOBIUM SP. 25263. Fr m Calcutta, India. Presented by 
Mr. Wm. H. Michael, Consul-General . Received April 13. 
"These were collected from wild plants in the neighborhood 
of Calcutta, but the mucuna cannot be said to be culti- 
vated here." (Michael.) Por preliminary tests by 
Agrostologist. If satisfactory seeds will be available 
later. 
TRITICUM. 25243. Prom Seoul, Korea. Presented by Mr. Thos. 
Sammons , American Consul General. Received April 7. 
"The Korean variety of wheat, although very poor, grows 
well . " Sammons . ) 
ZEA MAYS. 25252. Prom a highland valley near Cuzco, Peru, 
(11,500 feet.) Presented by Mrs. Harriet Chalmers Adams, 
February, 1909. "Red corn of the Quichuas." (Adams.) 
