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estan alfalfas tested under South Dakota conditions. 
25607. Turkestan. Grown under S.D. No. 240 "but original- 
ly from S.P.I. No. 999. Hardy "but not a prolific seeder. 
OLEA VERRUCOSA. 25520-521. Seeds and cuttings of a species 
of wild olive from Wellington, Cape of Good Hope, South 
Africa. Presented "by Mr. Chas. R. Lounsbury. Received 
May 18. Por propagation; plants available later. 
ORYZA SATIVA. 25596-604. Nine varieties of rice from Port 
Of Spain, Trinidad. Purchased from Mr. P. Evans, acting 
superintendent, Botanical Department, Department of 
Agriculture. Received June 8. 
PHASEOLUS CALCARATUS. 25523. Grown at Arlington Farm, 
Virginia, season of 1908. "A small, red-seeded variety 
obtained from the Tokyo Botanic Garden, Tokyo, Japan, in 
1906. (C.V.Piper.) 
TERMINALIA BELLERICA. 25541. T. CHEBULA. 25542. Prom 
Sibpur, Galcutta, India. Presented by Prof. A.T. Gage. 
Received June 22. 25541. T. belerica. A handsome tree 
native in southern Asia, the fruits of which, collected 
when full grown but still unripe, and dried in the sun, 
form the Beleric myrabolans of commerce. These fruits 
contain about 12 per cent of tannin, but as a tanning 
material are inferior to the fruits of the following 
species. 25542. T. chebula. A large, deciduous tree, oc- 
curring chiefly in the mountains of India. The fruits, 
known as Chebulic myrabolans, are extensively used in tan- 
ning, over 20,000,000 lbs. being imported into the United. 
States in 1908 for that purpose. These fruits yield from 
30 to 40 per cent of tannin, which occurs chiefly, in the 
pulp surrounding the kernel. The tree is occasionally 
cultivated up to 5000 feet in the Himalayas. Seedlings 
grown at Chattanooga, Tennessee, were cut down by frost." 
(Stockberger. ) Seed turned over. to Dr. Stockberger for 
experiments in tannin production. 
