...was expressed from the kernels of a 50-pound sample of A. cordata nuts, received from Japan through the Division of Plant Exploration and Introduction of the Bureau of Plant Industry, and its composition and properties were determined. The purpose of the Bureau is to obtain adequate...

...introduction of the original wild forms and their allies to be used in the breeding of resistant crops. The Division of Plant Exploration and Introduction of the Bureau of Plant Industry plays an important part in the breeding programs, not only of Federal agencies but of all the State...

...relation to the general plan of the District of Columbia and of the metropolitan areas; it is es-cntially functional with plant groupings arranged according...area in soil-building programs. Plant collections are os>nitially in nursery formation to establish them in local soil. Some of the collections are from...

...been practiced are possible because of the excellent assistance of the Civilian Conservation Con>s men and the cooperative assistance of members of the...local soil. Some of the collections are from purchases here and abroad and part are transfers from the Plant Exploration and Introduction Division. None are...

...Africa, and those of giant panic grass from the Department of Agriculture, Sydney, Australia, through the Division of Plant Exploration and Introduction of the Bureau of Plant Industry. The initial tests at the Tucson nursery having shown that these grasses possessed desirable qualities...

...involves close teamwork between the four regional groups of State experiment stations and the Department. The Division of Plant Exploration and Introduction of the Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering has major responsibility for the discovery and introduction phase,...

...involves close teamwork between the four regional groups of State experiment stations and the Department. The Division of Plant Exploration and Introduction of the Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering has major responsibility for the discovery and introduction phase,...

...involves close teamwork between the four regional groups "f State experiment stations and the Department. The Division of Plant Exploration and Introduction of the Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering has major responsibility for the discovery and introduction phase,...

...Also, through cooperative understanding, small lots of seeds of various kinds are collected for use by the Division of Plant Exploration and Introduction of the Bureau of Plant Industry in promoting seed exchanges with foreign countries. This offers opportunity for the nurseries to secure...

...in "every part of the Union." In these actions are seen the beginnings of what are now the functions of the Division of Plant Exploration and Introduction, of the Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering. From these beginnings, too, developed what is now the United States...