AN IMPORTANT FORAGE PLANT. 
(Leucaena glauca (L.) Benth. See S. P. I. No. 43637.) 
In some parts of the Tropics this plant becomes a weed. It grows 
commonly in southern Florida. In the Hawaiian Islands it is cul- _ 
tivated as a forage plant, for which purpose it has [been found" 
excellent. The growth should be cut before the plants come into 
bloom. It is noteworthy that an important use should have been 
found for this common tropical plant hitherto considered a weed, 
and experimental plantings for the production of green forage for 
live stock should be made in those parts of the Tropics where 
the economic value of this species is not yet understood. (Photo- 
graphed by A. S. Hitchcock, West Maui, Hawaii, September 29, 
1917; Hitchcock's'negative No. 139.) 
