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the first five years as a field crop and the second five years 
in the plant "breeding plots. Noted for extreme earliness. 
At first the grain was very small, hut it is now larger and 
considerably later." (Hansen.) For distrihution later. 
BOUTELOUA BROMOIDES. (Graraineae.) E8194. Prom Aguas Calientes, 
Guatemala. Presented hy Dr. J. N. Rose, Associate Curator, 
National Museum. Por distrihution later. 
CAPPARIS SPINOSA. (Capparidaceae . ) 28126. Prom near Petrovsk, 
Caucasus, Russia. The well known caper plant, a herbaceous 
perennial making long "branches which crawl over the earth. 
Grows on very dry and stony places in the northeastern section 
of the Caucasus, where occasionally winter temperatures of 
20° C. are experienced. This caper plant may prove to he of 
value as a profitahle crop for the more arid southwestern 
sections of the United States. (Meyer's introduction.) 
CARDI OSPERMUM SPP. (Gapindaceae . ) 28183-185. Prom three dif- 
ferent localities in Mexico. Collected and presented hy Dr. 
J. N. Rose, Associate Curator, National Museum. Por distri- 
hution later. 
CARICA PAPAYA. (Papayaceae . ) 28197. Prom Gualan, Guatemala. 
Presented hy Dr. J. N. Rose, Associate Curator, National 
Museum. Por distrihution later. 
CASTANOPSIS SP. (Pagaceae.) 28153. Seeds of a chestnut from 
Wuchang, Hupeh, China. Presented hy Director Whong, Chinese 
Government College of Agriculture. Chinese neme, Ber shin 
tze. Por distrihution later. 
CERATONIA SILIQUA. ( Caesalpinaceae . ) 28136-151. Cuttings of 
sixteen varieties of caroh from Portugal. Procured hy Mr. 
Louis H. Ayme , American Consul General, Lishon. All sent to 
Chico, California,, for propagation. Por distrihution later. 
CINNAMOMUM CAMPHORA. (Lauraceae.) 28154-155. Seed of two var- 
ieties of camphor tree from Wuchang, Hupeh, China. Presented 
hy Director Whong, Chinese Government College of Agriculture. 
Por distrihution later. 
CITRUS DECUMANA. (Rutaceae.) 28156. Pomelo from Wuchang, 
Hupeh, China. Presented hy Director Whong, Chinese Govern- 
ment College of Agriculture. Por distrihution later. 
COFFEA SP. (Ruhiaceae.) 28274. Prom Ponce, Porto Rico, 
Received through Mr. J. W. Van Leenhoff. "Maragogipe . 
This is a variety of coffee supposed to have originated as 
