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ROSCHERIA MELANOCHOETES . (Phoenicaceae . ) 33347. From 
Port Louis, Mauritius. Presented by Mr. G. Regnard. "A palm 
15 to 24 feet high with many aerial roots and a stem 2 to 3 
inches in diameter with a ring of spines when young below each 
leaf -scar. Very ornamental and becoming scarce." (Regnard.) 
For distribution later. 
RUBUS SPP. (Rosaceae.) 33342-345. Seeds of Rubl from 
Ootacamund, India. Presented by Mr. F. H. Butcher, curator, 
Government Botanic Gardens. Four species of Rubus introduced 
for breeding purposes and comparative tests. Several of the 
southern Indian species of this genus have edible fruits of 
good quality comparing with the best American species. For 
distribution later. 
SOLANUM TUBEROSUM. ( Solanaceae . ) 33471-491. Tubers of 
potato from Kenty, Galicla, Austria. Purchased from Messrs. 
Heinrich Dolkowski and son. Twenty-two varieties representing 
the best potatoes grown in Austria. For distribution later. 
SPINACIA TETRANDRA. ( Chenopodiaceae . ) 23308. Seeds of 
a wild spinach from St. Petersburg Botanic Garden, St. Peters- 
burg, Russia. "A wild spinach, occurring in central Asia. Of 
value possibly in hybridization and selection experiments, with 
the object in mind of creating strains of spinach more resist- 
ant to hot weather and less quickly shooting into seed than 
present varieties do." (Meyer's introduction.) For distri- 
bution later. 
TRIGONELLA SPP. (Fabaceae.) 33295-301. Seeds from St. 
Petersburg, Russia. "Annual legumes, which may be tested for 
their possible forage value." (Meyer's introductions.) For 
distribution later. 
TRITICUM AESTIVUM. (Poaceae.) 33523. Seed of wheat from 
Tashkent, Russian Turkestan. Presented by Dr. Richard Schroe- 
der, Director, Agricultural experiment station. "Our best 
Turkestan wheat, ' Ssarymaguis , ' that is, 'yellow grain.' This 
variety belongs to the species T.aestivum, but under dry con- 
ditions gives hard kernels. It is a spring wheat, but in 
Turkestan it is often sown late in the fall and sprouta in the 
beginning or at the end of the winter. We get the bulk of our 
annual rainfall in winter and spring, and as our summer and 
fall are too dry for sprouting of wheat in September or October 
(sometimes even in November), this fall sowing is equivalent to 
early spring sowing and is largely practiced with spring 
wheats. True fall wheat is sown with us mostly on irrigated 
lands. The sample I send is taken from a farmer, one of our 
