. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. IMPORTANCE OP PLANT INTRODUCTION 77 Mennodia lasiocarpa, F. Muell. Hairy-podded Cress. Cruciferae. Annual, 1 to IJ feet high, covered with pubes- cence. Pod hairy. Peculiar to the Darling river, sandy plains near the Murray river, and generally over the arid plains of Australia. Makes its growth during the hottest part of the year. Valuable for forage. Reference : For- age Plants of Australia, p. 4. Introduced by J. H. Maiden, â Sydney Botanic Garden, March 1, 1904. Cmsalpinia brevifolia, Baill. Algarobillo. Leguminosaa. From Santiago, Chi
. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. IMPORTANCE OP PLANT INTRODUCTION 77 Mennodia lasiocarpa, F. Muell. Hairy-podded Cress. Cruciferae. Annual, 1 to IJ feet high, covered with pubes- cence. Pod hairy. Peculiar to the Darling river, sandy plains near the Murray river, and generally over the arid plains of Australia. Makes its growth during the hottest part of the year. Valuable for forage. Reference : For- age Plants of Australia, p. 4. Introduced by J. H. Maiden, â Sydney Botanic Garden, March 1, 1904. Cmsalpinia brevifolia, Baill. Algarobillo. Leguminosaa. From Santiago, Chile. Received through Messrs. Lathrop and Fairchild, July, 1899. A desert shrub from the region about Huasco, growing where often no rains fall for an entire year. The shrub produces an abundance of small pods that are remarkably rich in tannin. The industry of their export has been very profitable in Huasco, and it has been proposed to cultivate the shrub in other sections of Chile. At present only wild plants furnish the pods of commerce. This is a shrub eminently suited to Califomian desert conditions, and should be tested in Arizona as well. It may be expected to bear fruit in four years. The seeds should be taken from the pods, carefully sown in the open ground, and covered with about three-fourths of an inch of soil. Care should be exercised to give them only a little water. The plants could be potted and transplanted, but the better way would be to try a few in the open ground. This is worthy of serious attention. The amount of tannin borne by the pods is very great, and it is said that they contain a valuable coloring matter as well. Ccesalpinia coriaria, Willd. Divi-divi. Leguminoss. From France. Received through Mr. W. T. Swingle, March, 1899. A small leguminous tree 20 to 30 feet high, from the West Indies to Brazil. The pods contain a high percentage of tannin and are largely exported to Europe. The tree thrives only on the seashore or in salt marshes. For trial alo
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