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regions for fencing-posts, in spite of its usually crooked 
habit of growth. It is known as Sikkel-bosch or Krul-peul., 
It is native of the warm , dry middle veld, below 4000 feet 
and is usually found in sandy or gravelly soils in regions 
where the rainfall is from 20 to 25 inches, falling in 
summer." (Davy.) For distribution later. 
DIOSCOREA SPP. 1 (Dioscoreaceae. ) 31914-925. Tubers of 
twelve varieties of yam from Port Moresby, New Guinea. 
Presented by Mr. J. A. Hamilton. For distribution later. 
ERAGROSTIS ABYSSINICA. (Poaceae.) 31897. Seed of teff 
grass from the Transvaal, South Africa, at an elevation of 
5000 feet. Presented by Prof. J. Burtt Davy, Government 
agrostologist and botanist, Pretoria, Natal. "This is one of 
my most valuable introductions into South Africa,, and I am 
anxious that it should receive attention in the southern and 
southwestern states as a hay-crop. Its great value lies in 
the rapidity of its growth and maturity(2 to Z\ months), and 
I have heard of a crop having been grown near Bloemfontein 
with only four inches of rain. Being sensitive to frost it 
is only suitable for regions of summer rainfall, which may 
partly account for the fact that it never 'took* among the 
farmers of California, where I introduced it many years 
ago." (Davy.) For distribution later. 
EUCLEA RACEMOSA. (Diospyraceae . ) 31748. Seeds from 
Cape Town, South Africa. Presented by Mr. T. P. Dreyer, 
assistant entomologist, Department of Agriculture, Cape of 
Good Hope. "A shrub, with dense, dark-green foliage, of 
distinctly ornamental appearance, which is especially suited 
for plantings near the sea that are exposed to salt spray, 
with the purpose of lifting the wind from the surface of the 
soil and checking the shifting of the sands. In experiments 
in fixing sand dunes this plant may prove of decided value, 
not so much through the action of its roots as by the forma- 
tion of a cover for the sand, which will lift the wind above 
the surface. Strongly recommended by Prof. MacOwan in his 
recommendations to the Cape government on the rebushing of an 
overstocked island off the coast called, 'Robbin Island'." 
(Fairchild.) For distribution later. 
GENISTA SPP. (Fabaceae.) 31904-905. Seeds of mountain 
broom from Puerto Orotava, Tenerife, Canary Islands. Present- 
ed by Mr. George V. Perez. "Two sorts of the famous moun- 
tain broom of Tenerife, renowned for its beautiful flowers 
which are an ideal food for bees. It grows between 7000 
and 9000 feet and would do well in the mountains of southern 
California." (Perez.) For distribution later. 
