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GALLOWAY, Chief of Bureau. SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED DURING THE PERIOD FROM DECEMBER, 1908, TO DECEMBER, 1905, INVENTORY No. 11; Nos. 9897 To 16796. IssuED Marcu 15, 1907. WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 9: O7F. BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY. Pathologist and Physiologist, and Chief of Bureau, Beverly T. Galloway. Pathologist and Physiologist, and Assistant Chief of Bureau, Albert F. Woods. Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Erwin F. Smith, Pathologist in Charge. Investigations of Diseases of Fruits, Merton B. Waite, Pathologist in Charge. Plant Breeding Investigations, Herbert J. Webber, Physiologist in Charge. Plant Life History Investigations, Walter T. Swingle, Physiologist in Charge. Soil Bacteriology and Water Purification Investigations, Karl F. Kellerman, Physiologist in Charge. Bionomic Investigations of Tropical and Subtropical Plants, Orator F. Cook, Bionomist in Charge. Drug and Poisonous Plant Investigations and Tea-Culture Investigations, Rodney H. True, Physiologist in Charge. Physical Laboratory, Lyman J. Briggs, Phy sicist in Charge. Taxonomic Investigations, Frederick V. Coville, Botanist in Charge. Farm Management Investigations, William J. Spillman, Agriculturist in Charge. Grain Investigations, Mark A. Carleton, Cerealist in Charge. Arlington Experimental Farm, Lee C. Corbett, Horticulturist in Charge. Sugar-Beet Investigations, Charles O. Townsend, Pathologist in Charge. Western Agr icultural Extension, Carl S. Scofield, Agriculturist in Charge. Dry Land Agriculture, E. Channing Chilcott, Agriculturist in Charge. > Pomological Collections, Gustavus B. Brackett, Pomologist in Charge. Field Investigations in Pomology, William A. Tay lor and G. Harold Powell, Pomologists in Charge.. Experimental Gardens and Grounds, Edward M. Byrnes, Superintendent. Seed and Plant Introduction, David Fairchild, Agricultural Explorer in Charge. Forage Crop Investigations, Charles V. Piper, Agrostologist in Charge. Seed Laboratory, Edgar Brown, Botanist in Charge. Grain Standardization, John D. Shanahan, Expert in Charge. Mississippi Valley Laboratory, St. Louis, Mo., Hermann yon Schrenk, Expert in Charge. Subtropical Laboratory and Garden, Miami, Fla., Ernst A. Bessey, Pathologist in Charge. Plant Introduction Gardens, Chico, Cal., Palemon H. Dorsett, Pathologist in Charge. Cotton Culture Farms, Seaman A. Knapp. Lake Charles, La., Special Agent in Charge. Editor, J. E. Rockwell. Chief Clerk, James E. Jones. * SEED AND PLANT INTRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION. SCIENTIFIC STAFF. David Fairchild, Agricultural Explorer in Charge of Seed and Plant Introduction. W. W. Tracy, sr., Superintendent of Testing Gardens. John E. W. Tracy, Assistant Superintendent of Testing Gardens. O. W. Barrett, Assistant. George W. Oliver, Expert. C. V. Piper, Agrostologist, in Charge of Forage Crop Investigations. . J. M. Westgate, Assistant Agrostologist, in Charge of euee and Clover Introduction. W. W. Tracy, jr., Assistant Botanist. Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural Explorer. Charles F. Wheeler, Expert. A. B. Connor, Special Agent. Nickolas Schmitz, Special Agent. John H. Tull, Special Agent, in Charge of Matting-Rush Investigations. Harold T. Nielsen, Scientific Assistant in Agronomy. Walter Fischer, Scientific Assistant. 2 97 LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BurREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF, . Washington, D. C., August 1, 1906. Str: I have the honor to transmit herewith and to recommend for publication as Bulletin No. 97 of the series of this Bureau the accom- panying manuscript entitled *‘Seeds and Plants Imported during the Period from December, 1903, to December, 1905.” This manuscript has been submitted by the Botanist in Charge of Seed and Plant Introduction and Distribution with a view to publication. Respectfally, B. T. GaLLoway, Chief of Bureau. Nn Hon. JaAmMEs WILson, Secretary of Agriculture. Ne) “| { Co tac LC A A MR i MMM a r B. P. 1.—281. SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED DURING THE PERIOD FROM DECEMBER, 1903, TO DECEMBER, 1905. INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT. This is the eleventh inventory of seeds and plants that have been gathered together by this Office, mainly from foreign countries, and represents two years of work. It is not puslished to inform experimenters of plants that are on . hand for distribution, because in the great majority of cases the plants and seeds listed have been imported for special problems upon which the Department is at work and they have been already assigned to their respective experimenters and are now, many of them, growing in some part of the country. These inventories are historical records of the introduction of new plants, some of which have already started new industries in this country. In the past historians have as a rule disdained to consider the advent of a new crop as worthy of careful record, notwithstanding the fact that its arrival might exert a remarkable influence upon the development of the country. It is believed that the publication by the Government of such a record will avoid in the future for these new industries the uncertainty which now exists as to the time of arrival in America of some of our most important plant cultures, which were probably first introduced by the Department of Agri- culture. To the large number of agricultural experiment station workers and others who are experimenting with the various introduc- tions, these inventories will be almost indispensable. As remarked in previous inventories no attempt is made to reform the nomenclature of the plants imported, for in many cases the iden- tification of imported seeds and plants is impossible until several years after their introduction. They must first be grown and studied by specialists in the various plant groups, who are sure sooner or later to include them in their monographs, in which places, and not in such an inventory, botanists are accustomed to search for the most recent nomenclature. 5 97 6 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. This inventory represents not merely the names of and remarks regarding new plant introductions, but embodies often the notes made at the time of collection by agricultural explorers who have been kept at very considerable expense in the field. In the present case it includes in part the collections made by Prof. H. L. Bolley, of North Dakota, who was sent thru the flax-growing region of Europe in search of the best varieties of flax, especially to find one that was more resistant to the flax rust than those we already have. It covers a portion of the seeds and plants collected by Mr. Ernst A. Bessey during his travels thru a part of the Caucasus, the Crimea, and into Russian Turkestan. It includes a list of valuable new seeds which Hon. Robert P. Skinner very kindly secured in Abyssinia for the Department when sent as commissioner to King Menelik in 1904. The valuable collection of 100 European potato varieties, made by Prof. L. R. Jones, of the University of Vermont, is also included. This inventory includes also the results of Mr. Thomas H. Kearney’s explorations in southern Tunis, where he was sent by the Office of Seed and Plant Introduction Investigations to study the date varieties of the Tunisian oases. The collection of date offshoots which Mr. Kearney secured is unique in that it was made after a careful exam- ination of the palms while in full bearing. ‘This 1s the first time that an agricultural explorer has been given the opportunity to spend the fruiting season in foreign date gardens, and Mr. Kearney’s descrip- tions of the varieties collected in Tunis are from actual observation and not from hearsay. Dry land olives, pomegranates, pistaches, spineless opuntias, and drought-resistant fodder crops were also given attention by Mr. Kearney while in this interesting desert region. The collec- tions made by Mr. P. H. Rolfs during his explorations of the vanilla- growing regions of Mexico are chronicled in this inventory, and the vanilla cuttings secured at that time are contributing their share toward the solution of the problem of vanilla culture in Florida. As). IEE ERS, Botanist in Charge. OFFICE OF SEED AND PLANT INTRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION, Washington, D. C., August 1, 1906. 7 9897 to 10260. INVENTORY. From Russia. Received thru Prof. H. L. Bolley, November 24, 1903. A miscellaneous assortment of seeds collected by Professor Bolley during the season of 1903, as follows: | 9897 to 10167. Linum usiTaTisstuum. 10168 to 10182. SrcALE CEREALE. 101838 to 10198. AveENa saTIVA. 10194 to 10218. Triticum VULGARE. 10219 to 10222. HorpDEUM VULGARE. 10223 to 10225. HELIANTHUS ANNUUS. 10226. Bromus INERMIs. 10227 to 10231. 10232 to 10285. MeEpicaGco saTIVA. 10236 and 10237. ErRvum LENs. 10238 to 10240. Pisum sativum. 10241 and 10242. CANNABIS SATIVA. 10243 and 10244. Brassica NaPUs. 10245 to 10247. Brassica sp. 10248. CvcuUMIs MELO. 10249. CITRULLUS VULGARIS. 10250. RIBES GROSSULARIA (?). 10251. GlLEDITSCHIA sp. 10252. CoRONILLA VARIA. 102538. Lorus CORNICULATUS. 10254. Triro.ium sp. 10255. MLaTHyRUS SYLVESTRIS. 10256 and 10257. Vicia sp. 10258. Vicia sp. 10259. PAPAVER sp. 10260. PRUNUS sp. 10261 to 10263. Flax. Rye. Oat. Wheat. Barley. Sunfiower. Smooth brome-grass. Wild grasses. Alfalfa. Lentil. Pea. Hemp. Rape. Mustard. Muskmelen. Watermelon. Gooseberry. Honey locust. ~ Crown vetch. Bird’s-foot trefoil. Wild clover. Flat pea. Wild vetch. Wild yellow vetch. Poppy: Cherry. From Khojend, Russian Central Asia. Presented by Mr. E. Valneff to Mr. EK. A. Bessey. Received December 18, 1903. 10261. PyYRUS MALUS. Seed from wild trees in the mountains. Apple. a | 8 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 10261 to 10263—Continued. 10262. PrRUNUS DIVARICATA. Plum. Black variety. Seed from wild trees in the mountains. 10263. PRUNUS DIVARICATA. Plum. Yellow variety. Seed from wild trees in the mountains. 10264. QUERCUS SUBER. Cork oak. From Mustapha, Algeria. Received thru Dr. L. Trabut, December 18, 1903. _ 10265 and 10266. PISTACIA MUTICA. Turpentine tree. From Smyrna, Turkey in Asia. Received thru Mr. B. J. Agadjanian, December 15, 1903. 10265. Very dark brown. 10266. Very bright green. 10267. PISTAcIA ATLANTICA. Bitoom. From Duperre, Algeria. Received thru Mr. Franck Joly, December, 18, 1903. 10268. PISTACIA TEREBINTHUS. Terebinth. From Marseille, France. Received thru Mr. Claude Montel, nurseryman, by Mr. W. T. Swingle, August, 1903. 10269. AVENA SATIVA. Oat. - From Mustapha, Algeria. Received thru Dr. L. Trabut, government botanist, by Mr. T. H. Kearney, December 18, 1903. 10270 to 10274. From Abo, Finland. Presented by Mr. Alarik Rosenberg, seedsman. Received September 25, 1903. , seed from crop of 1903, grown on Hovirinha farm in St. Kerins county, state of Abo and Bjorneborg, Finland. 10270. HorDEUM VULGARE. Barley. 10271. AVENA SATIVA. : Oat. 10272. TRITICUM VULGARE. Wheat. 10273. SECALE CEREALE. Rye. 10274. Pisum SATIVUM. Pea. 10275 to 10283. From Stockholm, Sweden. Secured by Mr. J. E. W. Tracy, thru the American consul at Stockholm, from the Governor of Lulea, Sweden. Received Septem- ber 25, 1903. 10275. HorRDEUM VULGARE. Barley. 10276. HorDEUM VULGARE. Barley. 10277. TRITICUM VULGARE. Wheat. 10278. AVENA SATIVA. Oat. White. 10279. AVENA SATIVA. , Oat. © Black. 10280. SECALE CEREALE. Rye. 10281. CANNABIS SATIVA. Hemp. 10282. PHLEUM PRATENSE. Timothy. 10283. VIcIA CRACCA. DECEMBER, 1903, TO DECEMBER, 1905. 9 10284. PHASEOLUS RADIATUS. Mung bean. From Beaukiss, Tex. Received thru Mr. John B. Lesheen, December 11, 1903. Grown in 1903 from §. P. I. No. 6430. 10285 to 10288. From Paris, France. Received thru Mr. W. T. Swingle from the Jardin des Plantes, December 21, 1903. Cuttings of four species of pistache, as follows: too} 10285. PIsTACIA CHINENSIS. 10286. PISTACIA TEREBINTHUS. Terebinth. 10287. PISTACIA MUTICA. Turpentine tree. 10288. _ PISTACIA ATLANTICA. Bitoom. 10289 to 10308. VITIS VINIFFRA. Grape. From Erivan, Caucasus, Russia. Received thru Mr. E. A. Bessey, December 21, 1903. 10289. Black Yezandarv. 10299. Kyechmamasi. 10290. Huseini. 10300. Shirazu. 10291. White Saabi. 10301. Yellow Yezandari. 10292. Mskhali. 10802. Goi-chezandaei. 10293. White Kishinish. 10808. Sem-vraz -daet (seven- 10294. Khalili (probably Yellow HO De: 7 Khalili). 10304. Urza. 10295. Shirshira. 10305. Sadbi (rose-colored). 10296. Kulami. 10306. Khatchabas. 10297. Ambari. 10807. Ak uzyum- (white grape). 10298. Gulyabi. 10308. Red Kishmish. 10309 and 10310. From Tanegashima, Japan. Presented by Mr. R. Chesterto Mr. R. B. Handy. Received December 12, 1903. Native Japanese seeds as follows: 103809. ‘* Raishi.”’ A kind of gourd. ‘‘Sow when other squashes are sown, covering the seed lightly with straw. Train on sticks.”’ 10310. CvucuRBITA sp. ‘* Kaboucha.”’ A kind of gourd. Culture same as No. 10309. 10311 to 10314. From Honolulu, Hawaii. Received thru Mr. J. G. Smith, Special Agent in Charge of the Hawaii Experiment Station, December 26, 1903. Specimens of native yams, as follows: 10311. DtoscorEA DIVARICcATA (?). SOI? Tubers 4 inches in diameter. 10812. DtoscoREA DIVARICATA (?). Se ROL S22 Axillary tubers. 10318. Tacca PINNATIFIDA. I Ea c Tuber 5 inches in diameter. 10814. Sminax SANDWICENSIS. 6¢ Uhi.”? 97 10 SEEDS AND PLANTS TMPORTED. 10315. LINUM USITATISSIMUM. Flax. From Russia. Collected by Prof. H. L. Bolley in the season of 1903. Received December 21, 1903. (Ramm, No. 2760.) Sample of Dalgoneiz flax, crop of 1902, from Kharkof goy- ernment. 10316. LINUM USITATISSIMUM. uf Flax. From Russia. Collected by Prof. H. L. Bolley in the season of 1903. Received December 21, 1903. Diriny Gorky flax (Sakowickz No. 1). (See No. 9989.) 10317. LINUM USITATISSIMUM. Flax. From Russia. Collected by Prof. H. L. Bolley in the season of 1903. Received December 21, 1903. Diriny Gorky (Sakowickz No. 2). Seed said to be the same pedigree as ‘‘ No. 1,”’ S: Pol: No. 10316. 10318. ‘TRITICUM VULGARE. Wheat. From Kharkof, Russia. Collected by Prof. H. L. Bolley in the season of 1903. Received December 21, 1903. 10319. TRITICUM VULGARE. Wheat. From Kharkoi, Russia. Collected by Prof. H. L. Bolley in the season of 1903. Received December 21, 1903. 10320. SCALE CEREALE. Rye. From Russia. Collected by Prof. H. L. Bolley in the season of 1903. Received December 21, 19038. 10321. AVENA SATIVA. | | Oat. From Russia. Collected by Prof. H. L. Bolley in the season of 1903. Received December 21, 1903. 10322. PISTACIA TEREBINTHUS. Terebinth. From Paris, France. Received thru Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co., December 30, 1903. 10323. PISTACIA VERA. Pistache. From Catania, Sicily. Received thru Mr. Robert W. Heingartner, December 30, 19038. 10324. SOLANUM COMMERSONI. Aquatic potato. From Marseille, France. Received thru Dr. E. Heckel, January 2, 1904. ‘“Tubers of the so-called ‘aquatic potato’ of Uruguay. This species from Uru- guay is being experimented with by Doctor Heckel, of Marseille, who is breeding it with the ordinary potato and finds that it gives successive crops on the same soil without the necessity of replanting. It also gives abundant foliage, which hethinks may be used for green forage. He further points out that the bitter flavor of the skin will protect the potato against the depredations of subterranean enemies. Its keep- ing qualities during the winter are good. Very little rot appears, and rats are not fond of it. The special point, however, to be emphasized in connection with this new species is that the diseases of the potato do not attack it. One difficulty in its culture consists in the necessity of working over carefully the soil to an unusual depth, because the tubers are deeply buried in the soil. It flowers abundantly, beginning in June and ending in September, the flowers having a perfume similar to that of jasmine. Their odor on a hot day is perceptible for several meters. Plant- 97 DECEMBER, 1903, TO DECEMBER, 1905. Bl ing takes place in southern France by means of whole or cut tubers in April and the harvest is in October. Doctor Heckel’s experiments are reported upon in the follow- ing publications: Sur le Solanum commersoni Dunal, ou pomme de terre aquatique de |’Uruguay, in the Revue Horticole, No. 581, December, 1902, p. 200; Contribution a l’ Etude Botanique de quelques Solanum Tubériféres, par M. Edouard Heckei.’’ ( Fairchild. ) 10325. HepysarumM CORONARIUM. : Sulla. From Malta. Received thru Dr. G. Borg, December 27, 1903. ‘Dried roots of sulla covered with the root tubercles caused by Bacillus radicicola. These are imported in order to enable Doctor Moore to make cultures of the germ and ultimately to enable rational experiments to be carried ont with this important forage plant, especially adapted to the poor soils, rich in lime, in our Southern States.”’ ( Fairchild.) 10326. PANAX GINSENG. Ginseng. From Korea. Received thru the North Pacific Trading Company, 56 Fifth avenue, Chicago, Ill., January 7, 1904. Seed guaranteed by the North Pacific Trading Company to be genuine imported seed. 10327. ANDROPOGON SORGHUM. Sorghum. From Durban, Natal. Received thru Messrs. Lathrop and Fairchild from Mr. Reuben W. Beningfield, January 14, 1904. Native name Mapela. ‘‘Seed of a variety of sorghum from the east coast of Africa. This variety is that upon which the natives live, and according to Mr. Claude Fuller, entomologist of the Natal agricultural department, it has proved more resistant to a species of aphis which attacks the sorghum in that region than others which were growing side by side with.it. This may prove of value in the sorghum regions of this country.’’ (Fairchild. ) 10328. PISTACIA ATLANTICA. Bitoom: From Orléansville, Algeria. Received thru Yahia ben Kassem, January 14, 1904. Collected in the Sahara. 10329. PHASEOLUS RADIATUS. Mung bean. From Cairo, Ga. Received thru Mr. J. B. Wight, January 14, 1904. Grown from S. P. I. No. 6430. 10330. AVENA SATIVA. Oat. From Agricultural College, N. Dak. Received November 30, 1903. Swedish Select. Grown by the North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station from S. P. I. No. 9422. 10331 to 10339. From Khojend, Russian Central Asia. Presented to Mr. E. A. Bessey by Mr. E. Valneff. Received January 21, 1904. 103381 to 103834. Viris VINIFERA. . Grape. Cuttings of the best varieties of grapes grown in Russian Central Asia, as follows: 108381. Tcharas, or Charas. 10333. Black Kishmish. 103382. White Kishmish. 103834. Maizi. 12 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 10331 to 10339—Continued. 10835 to 103837. Cuttings as follows: AMYGDALUS PERSICA. 103385. Rugani gau (or gow). 10337. . 10336. Shaftali-inzhir. 10338. AmMyGDALUS COMMUNIS. Cuttings. 10339. JUGLANS REGIA. Peach. Shaftali, white. Almond. Persian walnut. Nuts from trees growing at a considerable altitude, and should, therefore, be rather late in blooming. 10340 to 10342. From Nikita, near Yalta, Crimea. VITIS VINIFERA. Presented to Mr. E. January 29, 1904. Grape cuttings as follows: 10340. Shabash. Grape. A. Bessey by Mr. Theophil Kalaida, head gardener of the Imperial Gardens at Nikita. Received » Most widely cultivated of the native sorts in Crimea, nine-tenths of the exported Crimean grapes being of this sort (in 1891). (Marked Madame on label attached to cuttings. ) 10341. Greenish, large berries, often almost lke plums. Tchauch. capricious, being easily affected by rainy or windy weather. exported. Dessert sort. 10342. Asma. Blue black, large, elongated berries in large bunches. Table sort. A greenish grape, form- ing medium-sized to large, firm bunches of large roundish berries. Table sort. Bunches loose. Rather Not much Not so good as the preceding, but prized for the table because of the contrast between its black bunches and the greenish ones of the other sorts. 10343 and 10344. CoryYLUS AVELLANA. From Nikita, near Yalta, Crimea. January 29, 1904. 103843. Badem. Native near Yalta. 103844. Trebizond. Native near Trebizond, Asiatic Turkey. around Yalta. $0345 to 10348 Preue wine Elongated, large nuts. Filbert. Presented to Mr. E. A. Bessey by Mr. Theophil Kalaida, head gardener of the Imperial Gardens at Nikita. Received Nuts large and round; much grown s Apple. From Nikita, near Yalta, Crimea. Presented to Mr. E. A. Bessey by Mr. Theo- phil Kalaida, head gardener of the Imperial Gardens at Nikita. January 29, 1904. 10345. Sabla Sinap. Distinguished for its beautiful appearance. 10346. Kandil Sinap. Received Widely grownin the Crimea. Fruit longer than No. 10348. For description of both, see Revue Horticole, No. 17, 1890, p. 398. 10347. Konstantinopel. 10348. Sari Sinap. The most widely grown and best of the Crimean apples. Very late keeper. a ae a DECEMBER, 1903, TO DECEMBER, 1905. ies 10349 to 10351. SoRBUS DOMESTICA. Service tree. From Nikita, near Yalta, Crimea. Presented to Mr. E. A. Bessey by Mr. Theophil Kalaida, head gardener of the Imperial Gardens at Nikita. Received January 29, 1904. 10349. Grossfriichtige. A sort with pear-shaped fruits, 1; to 13 inches by 1 to 1} inches. 10350. Gewdéhnliche. A sort with apple-shaped fruits, about 1 inch in diameter. Both this and No. 10349 ripen rather late. 10351. Seedlings about 18 inches high. 103852. TRIFOLIUM JOHNSTONI (7). Uganda clover. From Uganda, East Africa. Received thru Mr. D. G. Fairchild from Mr. R. N. ~ Lyne, Director of Agriculture, Zanzibar, East Africa, January 30, 1904. ‘‘The identification of this species has not been definitely made, but according to a letter of December 29 from Mr. Lyne this is the Uganda clover, which may be of value for breeding experiments in this country. The high plateau of Uganda, upon which this clover grows, altho in the Tropics, has a comparatively mild cli- mate. It is, of course, quite frostless. Mr. Lyne reports nothing further regarding the usefulness of this species, but remarks that Mr. Ainsworth, who secured the seed for him, had great difficulty in collecting it.”” ( Fairchild.) 10353. PHASEOLUS VULGARIS. Bean. From Garrettsyille, Ohio. Received thru Mr. George J. Streator, February 1, 1904. Grown from 8. P. I. No. 3382. Mr. Streator reports that these beans are far superior to the ordinary white bean, for the reason that they do not spot so badly in wet weather. 10354 to 10363. — : From Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire, England. Presented by T. and J. Garton for testing at the experiment stations. Received February 1, 1904. 10354. AVENA SATIVA. Oat. Yellow. (No. 1.) 10855. AVENA SATIVA. Oat. Gray. (No. 2.) 10356. AVENA SATIVA. Oat. Black. (No. 3.) ; = 10357. AVENA SATIVA. Oat. Black. (No. 4.) 10358. AVENA SATIVA. Oat. White. (No. 5.) 10359. AVENA SATIVA. Oat. White. (No. 6.) * 10860. HorpDEUM HEXASTICHUM. Six-row barley. (No. 7.) 103861. HorDEUM HEXASTICHUM. Six-row barley. (No. 8.) . 10862. HoRDEUM DISTICHUM. Two-row barley. (No. 9.) 10363. HorpEUM DisTICHUM. Two-row barley. (No. 10.) 97 14 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 10364. TRITICUM DURUM. Wheat. From Idalia, Colo. Received thru Mr. J. A. Riedesel, February 4, 1904. Grown irom S- P FeNo- 9478: Kubanka macaroni wheat. 10365. CITRUS LIMETTA. Lime. From Seharunpur, India. Presented by- Mr. W. Gollan, superintendent of the Government Botanical Gardens, at the request of Rey. N. L. Rockey. Received February 5, 1904, thru Mr. G. N. Collins. | ‘Fruits at Seharunpur and also at Mussoorie at an altitude of 5,800 feet. A good lime and the hardiest of the Indian sorts.’’ (Gollan. ) 10366. SECALE CEREALE. Rye. From San Giovanni a Teduccio (near Naples), Italy. Received thru Dammann & Co., February 6, 1904. Abruzzes. 10367. SECALE CEREALE. Rye. From North Water Gap, Pa. Received thru Mr. M. Luther Michael, February 8, 1904. Winter Ivanof. Grown in 1903 from §. P. I. No. 1842. 10368 to 10370. PuNICA GRANATUM. Pomegranate. From Chios, Turkey in Asia. Presented by Mr. N. J. Pantelides. Received February 9, 1904. 10371. ELAEAGNUS ANGUSTIFOLIA. Oleaster. From Tiflis, Caucasus. Presented-to Mr. E. A. Bessey: by Mr. A. Rolloff, direetor: = of the Tiflis Botanical Garden. Received February 10, 1904. Unab-pschat (‘‘date fruit’’), a sort with large fruits. 10372. ELAEAGNUS ANGUSTIFOLIA. ; Oleaster. From Tiflis, Caucasus. Presented to Mr.-E. A. Bessey. by Mr. A. Rolloff, director of the Tiflis Botanical Garden. Received February 10, 1904. Matna-pschat (‘‘finger fruit’’), a large-fruited sort. 10373 and 10374. TRIFOLIUM ALEXANDRINUM. Berseem. From Cairo, Egypt. Received thru Mr. George P. Foaden, secretary of the Khedivial Agricultural Society, February 10, 1904. 10373. Muscowi, or Misowi. 10374. Saida, or Saidi. 10375. LATHYRUS SATIVUS. Bitter vetch. From Cairo, Egypt. Presented by Mr. George P. Foaden, secretary of the Khedivial Agricultural Society. Received February 10, 1904. Known in Egypt as Gilban. 10376 and 10377. Puisracta spp. : From Aintab, Turkey in Asia. Received thru Rey. A. Fuller, February 12, 1904. 10376. PISTACIA VERA. Pistache. Mixed varieties of the true pistache. 10377. - PISTACIA MUTICA. Turpentine tree. ‘‘Obtained from the eastern slope of the Amanus Mountains 60 miles west of Aintab, and ‘can be relied on as good.’ ‘Trees there are largest and best in the country and climate as dry as could be desired, not being subject to the moisture which affects the western slope of the mountains, because of the near- ness to the sea. This variety will take the grafts (buds) of P. vera.’’ ( Fuller.) 97 DECEMBER, 1903, TO DECEMBER, 1905. i) 10378. Linum USITATISSIMUM. Flax. From Salem, Oreg. Received thru Mr. Eugene Bosse, January 28, 1904. Grown in 1903 from 8. P. I. No. 9457. 10379 to 10381. LINUM UWSITATISSIMUM. Flax. From Vologda, Russia. Procured by Prof. H. L. Bolley from Mr. Pierotraschko, government agronomist. Received January 25, 1904. From the northern limit for the maturing of flax seed, where the very finest type of Russian fiber is produced. 10382 to 10391. Triticum spp. Wheat. From Cairo, Egypt. Presented by Mr. George P. Foaden, secretary of the Khedivial Agricultural Society. Received February 19, 1904. 10392 to 10396. CapsiICcUM ANNUUM. Pepper. From Santa Clara, Cal. Received thru C. C. Morse & Co., January, 1904. Seed grown from stock furnished by the Department, as follows: 10392. Paprika pepper. Grown from §. P. I. No. 9475. 10398. . Red pepper. Grown from S. P. I. No. 3733. 10394. : _ Red pepper. Grown from S. P. I. No. 7654. 10395. Red pepper. Grown from S. P. I. No. 3977. 10396. Sweet pepper. Grown from 8. P. I. No. 3905. 10397. RaApPHANUS SATIVUS. © Radish. From Santa Clara, Cal. Received thru C. C. Morse & Co., January, 1904. Erfurt Crimson Giant. Grown from §. P. I. No. 9487. 10398. LoTus TETRAGONOLOBUS. Winged pea. From Santa Clara, Cal. Received thru C. C. Morse & Co., January, 1904. Grown from S. P. I. No. 7700. 10399. RaAPHANUS SATIVUS. Radish. From Santa Clara, Cal. Received thru C. C. Morse & Co., January, 1904. Everlasting. Grown from S. P. I. No. 4966. 10400 and 10401. Zr, Mays. Sugar corn. From Auburn, N. Y. Received thru Mr. G. W. Boynton, February 25, 1904. Malakhof. Two selections of Malakhof corn grown from S. P. I. No. 2799. 10400. First early. 10401. Better quality, but sec- . ond early. 10402. HorpdrEUM DISTICHUM NUTANS. Two-row barley. From Kwassitz, Austria. Received thru Aktien-Zuckerfabrik, March 2, 1904. Qriginal Hanna pedigreed brewing barley. 97 16 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 10403 to 10404. Gossyprum ARBOREUM Cis Se Tree cotton. From Guadalajara, Mexico. Secured by Mr. Edward B. Light, United States consular agent for Senior Hilario Cuevas, of San Luis Soyatlan, Jalisco, Mexico. Received February 10, 1904. 10403. (Light’s No. 1.) ‘The common variety which grows wild in many ore of the state. It is claimed that the tree resists the effects of the drought when other trees perish. There are no known cultivated cotton trees, but there are native trees which have produced a harvest o: 50 pounds of cotton. Neither the light frosts we have, nor the boll weevil, nor any other insects injuriously affect the trees. This is claimed by people who have known the tree for fifty years.”’ (Light. ) 10404. (Light’s No. 2.) ‘“The finest quality of cotton, and yields more prolifically. It seems that a quarter of a century or more ago the natives used this cotton for making cloth, but none has been made of late years and the trees have never been cultivated by the present generation with that end in view. This tree is readily grown and is very hardy. The tree usually begins to bear when it is from 4 to 5 years old.’’ (Light. ) 10405. MUSA TEXTILIS. » Manila hemp. From Manila, P. I. Presented by Mr. H. T. Edwards, of the Bureau of Agri- culture, to Mr. L. H. Dewey. Received February 29, 1904. Seed collected in Tayanas Province. 10406. VIcIA FABA. Broad bean. From London, England. Received thru James Veitch & Sons (Limited), 544 King’s road, Chelsea, March 1, 1904. Veitch’s Improved Longpod. This variety should be sown in pots or boxes-in a cold frame in January and transplanted early in March, lifting with a good ball and molding up the plants. This is better for early supplies than sowing in the open in autumn. For succession the seed should be sown every three weeks from Febru- ary 1 until June, on a north border in heavy loam in rows 3 feet apart. To get early pods, topping should take place when a good set of blooms is secured. 10407. PHASEOLUS RADIATUS. a Mung bean. From Whittier, Cal. Received thru Mr. C. Ww. Tamnswell jr., March 5, 1904. Grown from 8. P. I. No: 6430. 10408. (Undetermined. ) From Cochin China. Presented by Mr. J. B. de Taillac, Astoria, Long Island’ City, N. Y., February 25, 1904. According to Mr. de Taillac’s letter this plant exhales an essence which is so dis- , agreeable to mosquitoes that when placed in windows the insects do not enter the room. This evidence of the efficaciousness of the plant Mr. de Taillac asserts on the information of a friend in Cochin China, where the plant is indigenous. Mr. de Taillac further remarks that this is also a fodder plant of some value, altho it gives to the milk a shghtly disagreeable taste, which can be remedied, however, by fe addition to the ration of such a fodder as beets. (See letter of February 8, 1904. 10409. SWIETENIA MAHAGONI. _,. Mahogany. From Santa Clara, Cuba. Presented by Julio 8S. Montero & Brothers, March 4, _ Caoba. Seeds of mahogany from the plantation of the father of Montero & Brothers, situated in the province of Santa Clara. 10410. ALEURITES CORDATA. W 00d -oil tree. From Hankow, China. Presented by Hon. L. 8. Wilcox, consul-general. Received March 3, 1904. Seed of the wood-oil tree from the province of Hunan, China, fall crop of 1903. According to Consul-General Wilcox’s letter of January 12, 1904, ‘‘this tree grows 97 DECEMBER, 1903, TO DECEMBER, 1905. 17 wild in the mountains of Szechuan and is also cultivated in the lowlands. The trees, reaching 15 to 20 feet in height, are grown from seed and produce nuts in five or six years. The oil is prest from these seeds, and when they are roasted, before being prest, the oil is more easily extracted. It is better and more is obtained by the latter process. There are several varieties of oil. The yellow or straw-colored one is most exported. The price in this market at present is $5 gold a picul (333 pounds). One variety is black and quite thick and is used entirely by the Chinese. It costs $9 to $10 a picul. ‘““The name of the oil differs in various localities, as tung-yu and paryr. The value of this oil is due to its astringent and drying qualities. It is used in paints, fine var- nishes, and in the manufacture of fine soaps. During the past two years orders from the United States have been constantly increasing, from both the Atlantic and the Pacific coasts. The export is in its infancy but rapidly increasing. The past year 54,475,900 pounds of wood oil were exported from Hankow. This exportis annually increasing, the larger portion going to Europe. Seeds can be obtained about the first of the year from orders filled in Hunan and Szechuan. Some have already been sent to the San Joaquin Valley, in California, to a private individual, where they are grow ing finely, and have led ‘toa request for about 5, 000 more seeds from the same party.’’ See ‘also No. 13104. 10411 to 10419. ViIctA FABA. Broad bean. From London, England. Received thru William Bull & Sons, Chelsea, S. W., March 3, 1904. 10411. Bull’s Mammoth. 10416. Seville Longpod. 10412. Beck's Dwarf Green Gem. 10417. = Windsor Improved. 104138. Early Longpod. 10418. Windsor Green Harling- ; ie ; ton. eee ogee Neupanc| 10419. Johnson’s Wonderful 10514. Monarch Longpod. Longpod. ‘‘Broad beans are gross feeders and require a good rich soil and a liberal supply of manure for successtul growth. For successional and main crops sow in February, March, and April. The later kinds should be planted in drills 3 inches deep, 4 to '6 inches apart in the rows, the rows to be 2 feet apart. A deep, strong, tenacious soil, liberally manured, is most suitable. Gather for the table when the beans are no larger than full-grown eas, as they become almost uneatable if left to mature, the tegument then being objectionably tough and leathery and the flavor strong. Pick evenly, not voung and old together. In England broad beans are subject to black fly, which, if allowed to make headway, will ruin the crop. Solin England the broad bean is one of the best-paying vegetables, and altho it has been successfully grown in America its good qualities have not yet come to be appreciated here. It is worthy of serious consideration.’’ ( Fairchild.) 10420 to 10435. VictA FABA. Broad bean. From London, England. Received thru James Carter & Co., March 5, 1904. 10420. Carter’s New Market Gar- 10427. LOS 3 Sevilla, long-podded. 10542. Dwarf Early. 10538. Aguadulce, extra long- 10543 Beck’s Gem, green. podded. eS 10544. Bean. Originally from Spain. Received thru Mr. Rosendo Torras, of Brunswick, Ga., March 20, 1904. Large white beans, slightly marked with red, varying in size. ‘‘ Apparently different from any raised in this country.’’ —( Torras. ) 10545. PHLEUM PRATENSE. Timothy. From Vienna, Austria. Received thru Dr. Victor Lieb, Court Gardener to Palace of Miramar, near Trieste, Austria, March 24, 1904. -10546. PHLEUM PRATENSE. Timothy. From Lulea, Sweden. Received thru Dr. Paul Hellstrom, March 24, 1904. Grown at Persén Norrbattens Liiu, Sweden, in 1901. Imported for the experi- ments in the breeding of timothy at Ithaca, N. Y. 10547 to 10550. PHLEUM spp. From Vienna, Austria. Received thru Doctor Weinzierl, Councilor, Seed Con- trol Station in Vienna, March 24, 1904. Four species of Phleum from the experiment station in the Austrian Alps, known as the Sandling-Alp Station, which has won a wide reputation for its work on 97 26 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. * forage crops and grasses in the Alps. These seeds were imported for breeding pur- poses, especially at the Cornell Experiment Station at Ithaca, N. Y. 10547. PHLEUM MEDIUM. 10549. PHLEUM MICHELLII. 10548. PHLEUM ALPINUM. 10550. PHLEUM PRATENSE. 10551. (Undetermined.) From Arcelia, Guerrero, Mexico. Presented by Mr. Federico Chisolm. Received March 26, 1904. Seeds of a ‘‘blue-flowered perennial 12 to 18 niches high. Flowers 1} inches in diameter with yellow center. Ought to be used for bedding.” ( Chisolm. ) 10552. TrRITICUM VULGARE. Wheat. From See Alaska. Grown at the Alaska Agricultural Experiment Station by Prof. C. C. “Georgeson, from S. P. I. No. 1341 (?). Presented to the Secretary of tee (probably j in 1900) by Professor Georgeson. 10553 to 10556. CUcCUMIS MELO. Muskmelon. From Khojend, Russian Central Asia. Presented by Mr. E. Valneff to Mr. EK. A. Bessey. Received March 28, 1904. — 105538. Ak Kuiriuk. . 10555. = Parsildak. 10554. Bosvaldi. 10556. Savnazik. 10557. BULIGHTA SAPIDA. Akee. From Hog Island, near Nassau, West Indies. Presented by Mrs. Ralph John- son. Received March 25, 1904. ‘The fruit of the akee, especially the arillus lying immediately below the seeds, is reported to be a delicious vegetable and to resemble in taste bits of sweetbread y, -hen cooked with meats or omelets. W orthy of attention in the Subtropical Gardens in Florida and a possibility as a culture in Porto Rico.”’ (Fairchild. ) 10558 to 10562. AMYGDALUS COMMUNIS. Almond. Received thru Mr. J. W. Kerr, of Denton, Md., April 7, 1904 10558. Castillet. Grown from 8. P. I. No. 7183 (745). 10559. Fabrica. Grown from 8S. P. I. No. 7135 (748). 10560. Jordan. Grown from S. P. I. No. 7398 or No. 7401 (765 and 771). 10561. WMollar. Grown from 8. P. I. No. 7061 (740). 10562. Faneta. | Grown from 8. P. I. No. 7062 or No. 7134 (741 and 746). 10563. TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE. | Red clover. From St. Petersburg, Russia. Secured by Mr. E. A. Bessey from Mr. G. Frick. Received April iat 1904. ‘* Seed from Rjeschiza, Vitebsk gov eninent in northwestern Russia. Should prove hardy.”’ (Bessey. ) 10564. TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE. Red clover. From St. Petersburg, Russia. Secured by Mr. E. A. Bessey from Mr. G. Frick. Received April 11, 1904. ‘‘Seed from Ekaterinburg, in Siberia. Climate very cold in winter.’’ (Bessey. ) 97 DECEMBER, 1903, TO DECEMBER, 1905. OT 10565 to 10567. ‘TRIFoLIUM spp. Clover. From Russia. Presented by Prof. Charles E. Bessey, of the University of Nebraska. Received April 9, 1904. Samples of clover seed collected by Professor Bessey in the summer of 1903, as follows: 10565. TrRIFOLIUM LUPINASTER. Five-leaf clover. 10566. TRIFOLIUM sp. 10567. TRIFOLIUM HYBRIDUM. Alsike. ‘* Last summer I picked up several seeds of odd clovers which interested me very much, and I am wondering whether you may not wish to havethem. One of these seeds is the five-foliate clover, which was given me by the professor in the Agricultural Institute of Moscow. Another resembles the common red clover, but is evidently distinguished from that species. I collected these seeds in the heart of the Caucasus Mountains, at an altitude of probably 6,000 feet. The exact locality is Kazbek. Another resembles the alsike clover and was obtained from the same locality as the last.” (Bessey. ) 10568. CyYPERUS PAPYRUS. Egyptian paper plant. From Washington, D. C. Presented by Mr. Peter Bisset, gardener of the Gard- ner Hubbard estate, ‘‘ Twin Oaks,’’ Washington, D. C. Received March 30, 1904, 10569. FAacoPpyRUM ESCULENTUM. Buckwheat. From Walhonding, Ohio. Presented by the originator, Mr. Charles L. Lon- singer, thru Hon. J. W. Cassingham, M. C. Received April 1, 1904. The variety is described by Mr. Lonsinger, in his letter of February 23, 1904, to Mr. Cassingham, as follows: ‘‘Tt is a variety of my own creation and it withstands hot weather better than any other variety. To determine this, I have been sowing it to have it filling during heat of summer. In this I had an excellent test the summer of 1901, when it filled while the thermometer registered 95° to 102° F. in the shade day aiter day. My motive was to get a heat-resisting variety, in which I am pleased with my success. What I claim for it is that it will produce plump grains in hot weather, when other varieties fail and the Japanese varieties shrivel beside it; that it will produce more per acre than Silverhull or Japanese buckwheat, and will double the yield of either in hot weather. It can be sown in spring and midsummer, or in ordinary seasons two crops can be grown. “It grows a stout plant and stands up better than Silverhull. Ina test with Silver- hull, 2 bushels each by weight, it produced one-half pound more flour than Silverhull and cakes were of a milder flavor than cakes from Silverhull. Six pounds in chaff (5 pounds, estimated, clean seed), selected in 1902, and sown in spring of 1903 on ordi- nary ground and shaded on one side by timber, produced 454 pounds, or 9 bushels 4 pounds. In 1902 i sowed it July 5 and it was ripe September 10.” 10570. SOLANUM TUBEROSUM. Potato. From New York, N. Y. Presented by J. M. Thorburn & Co., seedsmen. Earliest of All, a new seedling variety. 10571 to 10575. From Arcelia, Guerrero, Mexico. Presented by Mr. Federico Chisolm. Re- ceived March 28, 1904. A collection of bulbs and tubers, mostly unidentified. 10576. CocHLEARIA ARMORACIA. Horse-radish. From Edgewater Park, N. J. Presented by Mr. B. D. Shedaker. Received April 18, 1904. Maliner Kren. Roots grown from $. P. I. No. 5761. 97 sista am tt lf a I a a a a a a i Oe a a a a ee ai eS he: SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 10577. TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE. Red clover. From Riga, Russia. Secured by Mr. E. A. Bessey from Mr. H. Goegginger. Received April 15, 1904. ‘‘Red clover from Ufa, a dry region and cold in winter but having little snow. Seed rather poor, but for climatic regions ought to be valuable.’’ ( Bessey.) 10578. PHLEUM PRATENSE. Timothy. From Tokyo, Japan. Presented by Dr. Oscar Loew, of Komaha Agricultural Experiment Station. Received April 13, 1904. ‘‘Sample of seed for Mr. Gilmore’s experiments in the selection of better races of timothy at the State Agricultural Experiment Station, Ithaca, N. Y. Furnished Doctor Loew by the Tokyo Plant Seed Company. The origin of the seed is uncer- tain. Presumably, however, it was gathered in Japan.”’ ( Fairchild.) 10579. KurREMA HEDERAEFOLIA. Dry-land wasabi. From Yokohama, Japan. Presented by Mr. H. Suzuki, of the Yokohama Nur- sery Company. Received April 18, 1904. . “This wasabi is said to grow well in ordinary dry soil in shade, but it being a native of the central part of Japan it might not resist your climate. ‘‘Tt seems to be much easier of cultivation than the ordinary wasabi which we sent you before, tho it will take some years before it grows to the size of ordinary wasabi roots, but, as the leaves have a very good flavor, it is said to be eaten by the natives as one of the best kinds of spice. It is mostly growing wild and not in eulti-. vation yet.’’ (Suzuki. ) 10580 to 10582. PRUNUS CERASUS. Cherry. From Moscow, Russia. Secured by Mr. E. A. Bessey, thru Mr. Emil Meyer, head gardener of the Agricultural Institute. Received April 18, 1904. 10580. Vladimir. 10582. Vladimir. 10581. Roditelsky. 10583 to 10586. Barley. From Svaléf, Sweden. Received thru the Allminna Svenska Utsadesaktiebolaget (General Swedish Seed-Breeding Company), April 18, 1904. ‘A collection of pedigreed brewing barleys, each one 100 per cent pure seed, which have been produced by selection at the Swedish Seed-Breeding Institute in Svalof, under the direction of Dr. N. H. Nilsson. They are recommended for their remark- able uniformity of growth, their heavy yielding character, and the low nitrogen content of their kernels. Belonging to the two-rowed type of barley, they require to be kept longer on the growing floor or in the growing drum of the malt house, but in the opinion of European experts these pedigreed pure races of barley grow more uniformly and make a better quality of beer than the ordinary types of barley grown in America, which are all of mixed races. The different sorts represent practically pure types of Doctor Nilsson’s various barley races and translations of his descriptions are given herewith.’’ ( Fairchild. ) 105838. HoRDEUM DISTICHUM NUTANS. Prinsess. 0105. Head relatively thick and broad, with somewhat separated kernels and spreading awns. Before ripening, yellowish. Kernel finely built, medium in size, full, on both sides unusually finely wrinkled, yellow, with a slightly whitish tint. Plant strong, of medium height, thickly leaved, very well stooled, with strong, relatively stiff stems; leaves somewhat high on the stem. Medium late, ripening a few days later than the Chevalier. Ex- traordinarily productive, especially suited for mild, moderately strong, not too heavy soils. As a brewing barley, especially high prized. Belonging to Doctor Nilsson’s Alpha group. 10584. HorDEUM DISTICHUM NUTANS. Chevalier IIT. 0403. Head long, small, and loose, with kernels not diver- gent; never reddish colored. Kernel medium sized, full, and especially finely 97 DECEMBER, 1903, TO DECEMBER, 1905. 29 10583 to 10586—Continued. formed, finely wrinkled, and strongly yellow colored. Plant medium strong; leaves abundant, but placed low on the plants. Not very abundantly stooled, with somewhat weak culms. On account of this latter habit a variety espe- cially suited to warm, light, not very heavy soils. Productivity, medium. Ripening time, not very early, but still a few days before the Pri insess. Asa brewing sort, in suitable locations, much esteemed. Belonging to Doctor Nilsson’s Alpha group. 10585. HorbDEUM DISTICHUM NUTANS. Hannchen. Head unusually thick for nodding barley; kernels not divergent and therefore the head is more compact, narrower, small, standing horizon- tally on the straight culm; light yellow in color before ripening. “The awns are often thrown off. Kernel small, especially fine in form and color; light yellow, very finely wrinkled. Plant of peculiar habit, late starting into erowth, but nevertheless very heavily stocling with several equally strong, graceful, but hard and very stiff culms which have few leaves, and these are near the ground. Ripens very a little later than the Swansneck. Pro- ductiveness very good. Especially adapted for light, warm soils, and above all for high altitudes. Can stand well heavy ymanuring. Asa brewing barley well qualified. It belongs to Doctor Nilsson’s Alpha group. 10586. HorpbDEUM DISTICHUM ERECTUM. Primus. 0706. Head rather long and relatively small, somewhat loosely built, with awns slightly spreading. Head borne on the culm, which is bent above almost horizontally. Kernel good, medium large, especially finely formed and full, finely wrinkled, rich yellow. Plant strong, moderately stooled, with upright very strong culms. Ripens early, scarcely perceptibly later in maturing (a day or so) than the Hannchen. Productiveness especially good. Quite certainly, so far as quality is concerned, the highest grade yet known among the ‘‘Imperial’’ barleys. Especially suited to heav Y; cold loams and clay soils, such as are to be found in middle Sweden. Bred in the region where the sort alre:dy—thanks to its strong culms and earliness—has opened quite new regions for the culture of brewing barley. 10587. Jucians hyb. Walnut. From Santa Ana, Cal. Received thru Mr. P. H. Dorsett, of Chico, Cal., April 18, 1904. ‘“‘T am sending you a tree which, as near as can at this time be determined, is a hybrid between the southern California black w-Inut and the native live oak. _ Native black-walnut seeds we'e planted as stocks, and these trees appeared in the rows. Walnut buds ‘take’ on these as readily as on the native stock, or even more readily.’’ (Dorsett. ) 10588. LoLiuM PERENNE. Rye-erass. F:om The Hague, Holland. Presented by Mr. Berendsen, hortulanus of the Royal Zoological-Botanical Society. Received April 17, 1904. Westerwoldicum. ‘‘A variety of rye-grass originated in the north of Holland, which has the reputation of being much superior in rapidity of growth and quantity of hay eut to that grown from the Scotch variety, which is “sometimes planted here.’ (Berendsen.) - 10589. PHLEUM PRATENSE. Timothy. From The Hague, Holland. Presented by Mr. Berendsen, hortulanus of the Royal Zoological-Botanical Society. Received April 17, 1904. ‘‘According to Mr. Berendsen the timothy seed used in Holland is usually imported from Scotland. This may be of Scotch origin. Imported for the timothy experi- meus conducted at the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station, Ithaca, en (Harchid: ) 97 30 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 10590 to 10597. Dioscorga spp. and XANTHOSOMA spp. Yam and yautia. From San Juan, P. R. Presented by Miss Jenny H. Ericson. Received April 19, 1904. A collection of Porto Rico yams and yautias not identified botanically. Yam culture in the West Indies is one of the most profitable small-plant industries. The botanical nomenclature of the various species is an important questions 10598 to 10614. From Askhabad, Trans-Caspian territory, Turkestan. Secured by E. A. Bessey from Mr. A. Bashmakoff. Received April 22, 1904. A collection of seeds and cuttings as fellows: 10598 to 10609. Viris VINIFERA. Grape. 10598. Kara Kischmisch, Shiburgani, or Black Kishmish. Berry elongated oval, violet black, seedless, small, very sweet, pro- ducing a good red wine and also best Black Kishmish raisins; ripens in August. 10599. Hussein Kara, or Black Huseini. Differs from No. 10604 in its black color; ripens in July. 10600. Halili ak, or White Khalili. Berry oval, conical, small, green covered with black dots, hard, of average taste; one of the earliest Asiatic sorts; ripens about the middle of June. 10601. Daria. Berry spherical, or sometimes slightly elongated. Dark carmine with yellowish spots, sweet; a very early sort; ripens at Bairam Ali about the middle of June. 10602. Bagishty. Berry large, spherical, very sweet, golden when ripe. This sort is good for table use and for jelly, etc.; is also a wine variety; ripens early in September. 106038. Taiji. Berry elongated oval, obtuse at the apex, greenish color covered with dark carmine streaks and bloom, sweet; flesh very compact; when hung from the ceiling of a cool room it keeps the whole winter; has no su- perior for preserves and marmalade; ripens the middle of September. 10604. Husseini ak, or White Huseini. Berry white, at the time of ripening wax-colored, long, very sweet and juicy; the best table sort; ripensin Juneand July. (See No. 10290.) 10605. Sahibi rosa, or Rosa Sakhabi. (See No. 10305.) 10606. Schokar ak, or White Shokar. 10607. Schiburchani, or Shiburkhani. 10608. JWassarga, or Vasarga. Berry large, comprest, spherical, with one or two furrows at the stalk, at maturity golden color, giv ing a good table wine; also good for making raisins. 10609. Maska. Berry white, spherical, sometimes elongated, very large, reaching the size of a plum; used for the preparation of the best sorts of raisins; also for preserves; one of the most showy of the Central Asiatic sorts; ripens in July. 10610. PHASEOLUS RADIATUS, Mung bean, Masch. 97 DECEMBER, 1903, TO DECEMBER, 1905. 31 10598 to 10614—Continued. 10611. Triticum POLONICcUM (7). Wheat. Red Winter; unirrigated. 10612. ANDROPOGON SORGHUM (?). Sorghum. Djugara. 10613. CHAETOCHLOA ITALICA. 5 Millet. Kunach, or Kunak. 10614. KosTELETZKYA PENTACARPA. Kanaf. 10615 to 10620. PrRSEA GRATISSIMA. Avocado. From Honolulu, Hawaii. Presented by Mr. Donald MacIntyre, Moanalua Gardens, Honolulu. Received April 22, 1904. 10615. Large Purple. Flesh thick, of good, nut.y flavor, yellow, and fiberless; seed comparatively small, about one-fourth of fruit; crop medium; pear-shaped; length and diam- eter over standard (4 by 6 inches). (No. 1.) 10616. Small Green. Flesh not thick and with no nutty flavor, but quite fiberless and rather sweetish; fruit roundishSlength in diameter about 43 inches; late, heavy bearer, constant crepper. (No. 4.) 10617. Large Green Round. Flavor good but not nutty; length and diameter about 53 by 5 inches; crop uncertain. (No. 3.) 10618. Large Green. Best of all in flavor; flesh smooth, firm, and fiberless; seed small; decidedly bottle-necked; length 7 inches, diameter about 4 inches; late cropper, but crop fairly constant; ripening about middle of June; seed small. (No. 6.) 10619. Small Green. A very early variety, not of best flavor, with fiberless fruit; seed large; not decidedly pear-shaped; good grower and constant cropper; ripening about May 25; earliest variety in Honolulu. (No. 5.) 10620. Large Green. Flavor decidedly nutty and good; flesh yellow, fiberless; length and diam- eter of fruit about standard; crop light, ripening about the middle of June. © (No. 2.) 10621. PHLEUM PRATENSE. Timothy. From Sodermanland, Sweden. Presented by Prof. Jakob Eriksson, Experimen- talfaltet Albano, Stockholm. Received Apri! 20, 1904. ‘““Sample of seed from crop of 1903 of Swedish timothy for the selection experiments carried on by Mr. John W. Gilmore at the Cornell University Agricultural Experi- ment Station.’’ (Fairchild. ) 10622. ARACHIS HYPOGAEA. Peanut. From Japan. Presented by Prof. C. C. Georgeson, director of the Alaska Agri- cultural Experiment Station, Sitka, Alaska. Received April 18, 1904. 10623. CONVOLVULUS sp. Japanese morning-glory. From Japan. Presented by Prof. C. C. Georgeson, director of the Alaska Agri- cultural Experiment Station, Sitka, Alaska. Received April 18, 1904. Seed of Japanese morning-glories, which are known as being the most beautiful varieties in the world. 97 32 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 10624 to 10627. From Moscow, Russia. Received from Immer & Sons, seedsmen, thru Mr. E. A. Bessey, April 23, 1904. Seeds, as follows: 10624. AVENA SATIVA. Oat. Belyak. A race of oat bred from the Svéi/oj oat and especially valuable in regions of limited rainfall, where it gives ree crops when other sorts fail. 10625. PANICUM MILIACEUM. : Broom-corn millet. Orenburger. A low sort, especially bred for large yield in dry regions by the owner ofa large estate. Notonthe market. Obtained by Immer & Sons from the breeder as a personal favor to them. 10626. TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE. Red clover. Red-clover seed from an estate at Kostroma, 150 miles north of Moscow, a region of very cold winters, almost at the edge of clover-seed production. 10627. TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE. Red clover. Red-clover seed from an estate in the northern part of Simbirsk government, a region of cold winters with little snow. 10628. BETA VULGARIS. * . Beet. From Catania, Sicily. Received thru Mr. Alwin Berger, La Mortola, Venti- miglia, Italy. Received April 21, 1904. ‘‘Sample of beet seed from the director of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Catania for the breeding experiments of Dr. C. O. Townsend and Mr. E. C. Rittue, of this Department.”? (Fairchild. ) 10629 and 10630. BETA MARITIMA. From Sicily. Received thru Dr. Carl Sprenger, Vomero, near Naples, Italy, April 25, 1904. ‘‘Sample of seed from two different localities in Sicily for the breeding experiments of Doctor Townsend and Mr. Rittue, of this Devartment. No. 10629 was marked ‘I’ and No. 10630 was marked ‘II.’ No further information.’’ (Fairchild. ) 10631. CAESALPINIA BREVIFOLIA. Algarobillo. From New York. Received thru A. Klipstein & Co., 122 Pearl street, New York, N. Y., March 23, 1904. Pods of the tannin shrub ‘‘algarobillo.’’ This is a small tree found growing wild on the foothills of the Andes in Chile. It is said to occur in the driest portions of the arid coast and to produce large quantities of pods very rich in tannin. Accord- ing to Dr. Louis E. Levi, of the ‘Pfister & V ogel Leather Company, of Milwaukee, Wis., ‘‘it is an excellent ‘tanning material, but gives a very light yellow color to the leather, which is partially objectionable, ‘vet I think in mixtures with quebracho, or the like, it would answer the purpose of the tanner. The same contains about 50 per cent of tannin. The tannin material has as yet not been used very much in the United States on account of its objectionable color and easily fermentable properties when in solution. I think this is not very objectionable, as an experienced tanner would be able to get around this fault.” Mr. C. A. Spencer, importer and dealer in tanning materials, 183 Essex street, Boston, Mass., says: ‘‘ Regarding the value oi this material asa tanning agent, we may say its use for the purpose is very limited. While it is very strong in tannin it does not have the filling properties that make it a desirable material for the manu- facture of leather, altho thereisa limited quantity used in Great Britain and Europe, but from the best information we have been able to obtain, there are only about 1,000 tons yearly of this article available. As compared with other tanning mate- _ rials grown in the United States, and with quebracho extract, gambier, etc., the price is somewhat higher, which no doubt accounts, to a certain extent, for its limited consumption. We formerly imported this article regularly, put the demand for it has grown much less during the past two years, and there are now practically but 97 DECEMBER, 1903, TO DECEMBER, 1905. 30 two consumers in this country of any size who are using the article in the manutfac- ture of what they call gambier extract.” Mr. William H. Krug, of A. Klipstein & Co., 122 Pearl street, New York, N. 3 Ges says: ‘‘We are unable 1 to give youa comparatiy e statement as to the v alue of this material as compared with the other tanning materials you mention in your letter, as it has been only very recently introduced in this country and has not receiv ed more than a very limited application. We believe with you that algarobillo can no doubt be successfully grown in some regions of the United States, and with the growing scarcity of ‘domestic tanning materials, its introduction should prove of considerable interest.”’ 10632. PERILLA OCYMOIDES. ; Perilla. From Yokohama, Japan. Received thru the Yokohama Nursery Company April 25, 1904. “ Sent to replace the former quantity imported (see No. 9892), which failed to germi- nate.”’ ( Fairchild.) 10633. QUERCUS CORNEA. Oak. From Hongkong, China. Presented by Mr. S. T. Dunn, superintendent of the Botanical and Afforestation Department. Received April 27, 1904. ‘‘Acorns of an evergreen oak, said to be a very showy ornamental as grown on the island of Hongkong, but interesting particularly as bearing acorns as hard shelled as the nuts of the American hickory and which contain a kernel almost as sweet as the sweetest Spanish chestnut. These acorns are sold in the markets of Canton and Hongkong by the ton and are keenly relished not only by the Japanese but by Europeans. Altho difficult to predict howshardy this species will be in America, it is worthy of trial in all regions where citrus fruits can be grown.’’ (Fairchild. ) 10634. STACHYS SIEBOLDII. Chinese artichoke. From London, England. Presented by Mrs. Theo. K. Gibbs, Bethshan, Gibbs avenue, Newport, R. I. Received April 29, 1904. ‘““These tubers are considered a great delicacy in France, where they are served in the best restaurants and command a good price. They are said to be more delicate than potatoes and are certainly worthy of a permanent place among the new vegetables _of this country. They should be planted in rows a foot apart and 6 to 9 inches in the row as soon as all danger from frostis past. They mature their tubers in October, when they may be dug and stored in sand or earth in a cool place. They should be prepared by boiling, steaming, or roasting, and may be served either dry or with melted butter. Fried with salad oil they are considered to be especially delicious. Purchased by Mrs. Gibbs from Peter Barr, of London.’’ (Fairchild. ) 10635. PENTZIA VIRGATA. ° Karoobosch. From Ward. No. 3, Jansenville, South Africa. Received thru Messrs. Lathrop and Fairchild by arrangement with Dr. Charles P. Lounsbury and Mr. A. J. Davison, of the Department of Agriculture, Cape Town, South Africa, May 2, 1904. ‘This fodder composite is considered of such great value by the sheep and cattle men of Cape Colony that a separate circular regarding it is being prepared. It isa low-growing, spreading bush which layers naturally when the tips of its branches arch over and touch the ground. In the eastern provinces of Cape Colony, where the rains occur in summer but where long, severe droughts are frequent, this Pentzia is one of the most valuable of all the Karroo plants for fodder purposes. It is especially good for sheep and goats, which, eat it down almost to the ground. Tho tested unsuccesstully in Australia, the plant is of such great value that it deserves a thoro trial in the warmest parts of America and should be used in experiments on resuscitation of the barren island ranges of _ awa bs ens ) an ) - 4 ~~ 10636 to 10669. MancirerA a INDICA. pee ae Mango. From Seharunpur, India. Presented by Mr. W. Gollan, superintendent of the Government Botanical Garden, to-replace plants that died mn transit last year. Received April 26, 1904. \ : y a Nors 07 3 Bs ye 34 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 10636 to 10639—Continued. Plants as follows (notes by Mr. Gollan): 10686. Arbuthnot. : Something like Bombay Yellow, but a smaller fruit. 10637. Brindabani. Medium-sized, green-colored fruit. Quality only fair. 10688. Bombay Green. Something like Bombay Yellow, but fruit green when ripe. 10639. Bombay Yellow. The best mango here. Fruit of medium size and yellowish when ripe. : 10640. Gopal Bhog. Medium-sized fruit. Keeps well. Flavor good. 10641. Khapariah. A longish, hooked, pointed fruit. Color yellow, shaded red. 10642. Salibunda. _ A large fruit. Subacid flavor. Color greenish yellow. 10648. Strawberry. A longish, hooked, pointed fruit. Flavor good. 10644. Calcuttia Amin. A long fruit, hooked, pointed. Has a very thin stone. Flavor good. 10645. Fuizan. A large, long fruit. Brownish green. Flavor good. | 10646. Fijri Long. | A large, longish fruit. Ripens late. Dark green when ripe. 10647. Fijri Round. Similar to above but of roundish shape. 10648. Hathi Jhul. A very large fruit. Flavor good. 10649. Kachinahua. | A small fruit, but of good flavor. 10650. Kakaria. | | A large, long fruit. Dark green. Good flavor. 10651. Langra Hardoi. A medium-sized fruit. Ripens late. Pale yellow flesh. Very rich. 10652. Surkha. A stringy kind, but of very good flavor. 10653. Tamancha. A large fruit. Greenish yellow. Flavor good. A small, dark-green fruit. Ripens in September—October. — 10655. Punia. A medium-sized, stringy kind. Flavor very good. 10656. Kistaphal. A large fruit. Flesh highly colored and of good flavor. 10654. Bhadauria. 97 Ads DECEMBER, 1903, TO DECEMBER, 1905. 35 10636 to 10639—Continued. 10657. Madras. A small fruit. Stringy but of fine flavor. 10658. Romani. A medium-sized fruit. Subacid, of very fine flavor. 10659. Nucka. A long, hooked, pointed fruit. Slightly stringy, but flavor good. 10660. Chickna. A medium-sized fruit. Light yellow, of good flavor. 10661. Dani's Favorite. A long, thin fruit. Yellow, shaded red. 10662. Gola. A large, round, yellow fruit, of very good flavor. 10663. Pyasee. A. medium-sized fruit, of subacid flavor. Good. 10664. Langra Large. Similar to Langra Hardoi, but larger. Ripens late in August. 10665. Sundershah. A long fruit. Stringy. Flavor peculiar and only liked by some people. 10666. Kala. A longish-shaped fruit. Pale green. Free of stringiness. Good. 10667. Sanduriah. . A small, long-shaped fruit. Stringy, but of fine flavor. 10668. Naji Hahadi Amin. A medium-sized, dark-green fruit. Ripens late. 10669. Sharhati Black. A large, round fruit. Dark green. Of very good flavor. 10670 to 10673. NEPHELIUM LITCHI and NEPHELIUM LONGANA. Litchi and longan. From Hing-hua, Fuhkien, China. Received thru Rey. W.N. Brewster, Methodist Episcopal missionary, in the autumn of 1903. Mr. Brewster says: ‘‘They were grafted probably some time in the year 1902. The trees were not more than two years old, I think. With regard to the culture, they are not propagated from the seed, but a ball of earth is tied around a joint of a branch, and when it throws roots out into this ball the branch is cut off on the side next to the trunk, and the little treeis planted. The trees are fertilized by night soil about the time that they are blossoming and also later when the fruits begin to form. When the leaves are too thick, as they generally are in the spring, there is severe pruning done. After the buds are out, these are also thinned; after the blossoms begin to form into fruit they are thinned again. This is very important in order to make a perfect fruit. They must be kept entirely free from frost, and should be planted in a deep soil, i. e., the soil should be soft down many feet below the sur- face. The litchi blossoms early and matures the latter part of July. It is shaped like a strawberry and has the strawberry color and appearance, only the skin is rough and thick and brittle. The seed of the grafted variety is sharp pointed and ‘small, and shriveled up so that the meat is much more abundant than in the ungraited variety. The meat is white and juicy and a little tart. The /ongan (another species of the same genus) ripens in September. It is round and smooth. It is sweeter than the /itchi, but the meat has very much the same appearance. “The other fruit which I brought, the longan, is not a variety of the litchi, but a 97 36 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. distinct fruit, different in color and taste, and matures several weeks later in the season. Many people think it is equal to, and some think it far superior to, the litcht. It is cultivated in the same way as the latter, so far as I have observed.”’ 10674. HorDEUM TETRASTICHUM. F'our-row barley. From Chicago, Ill. Received thru Wahl-Henius Institute of Fermentology, May 3, 1904. ‘‘Minnesota barley which, according to Dr. Robert Wahl’s analysis, contains the unusual percentage of 15 to 16 per cent of protein. Doctor Wahl believes that this variety should be experimented with in connection with the testing of low-protein, Bue -rowed barleys. It is also of interest in connection with the experiments of Mr. .M. Cottrell, Odebolt, Iowa, on high nitrogen feeding barleys.’’ (Fairchild. ) 10675 to 10723. From Teneriffe, Canary Islands. Received thru Hon. Solomon Berliner, United States consul at Teneriffe, May 4, 1904. Transmitted thru the Secretary of State. A collection of small samples of seeds, many of them indigenous to the Canary Islands, as follows: 10675. ASPHODELUS RAMOSUS. 10701. GoNoOSPERMUM REVOLU- TUM. 10676. ARTEMISIA ARGENTEA. - 10702. HYPERICUM FLORIBUN- 10677. BosEA YERVAMORA. z DUM. 10678. BysTROPOGON ORIGANI- 10703. Lavigpel oe FOLIUS. SIDS . 10679. CENTAUREA CALCITRAPA. 10704... niconaa oe ee 10680. CINERARIA POPULIFOLIA MA. iT AIRS TEES 10705. LoTuUSsS CANARIENSIS FLO- 10681. CHRYSANTHEMUM FRUTE- RIBUNDA. SENS: 10706. MrsEMBRYANTHEMUM 10682. CoNVOLVULUS ALTHAE- CRYSTALLINUM. WLS 10707. OENOTHERA ROSEA. 106838. CoNVOLVULUS FLORIDUS. TOVOSS aPinrn nero 10684. CyTIsus GLABRATUS. 10709. PrrRIPLOCA LAEVIGATA. 10685. CyTISsUS PALMENSIS. 1O71O. OU Pinneleuwinrewer 10686. DELPHINIUM' STAPHISA- NOW. Picci SEeu oe GRIA. 10687. DIGITALIS CANARIENSIS. 10712. PSORALEA BITUMINOSA. 10688. DRACAENA DRACO. 10713. RANUNCULUS CANARIEN- SIS. 10689. DRAcUNCULUS CANARIEN- 3 10714. RHAMNUS CRENULATA. SIS. 10690. EcHIuM FORMOSUM. d 10715. RHopocIsTUS BERTHELO- TIANUS. 10691. EcHtum SIMPLEX. 10692. Bemium srerenone 10716. Rusia FRUTICOSA. : IME J : 10693. EuPHORBIA CANARIENSIS. 10717. RuMEx LUNARIA 10694. EvpHorBIA REGIS-JUBAE. 10718. SEMPERVIVUM TABULAE- FORME. 10695. FeERULA LINK. NO696!. Chi ee 10719. STATICE BRASSICAEFOLIA. aN . S £ E N Ae 10697. GENISTA CANARIENSIS. 10720. STATICE PECTINATA 10698. GENISTA MONOSPERMA. - 10721. Tamus EDULIS. 10699. GLADIOLUS SEGETUM. 10722. TrEuCRIUM _HYSSOPIFOLI- i M. 10700. GoNOSPERMUM FRUTICO- 2 SUM. 10723. VERBENA BONARIENSIS. 97 DECEMBER, 1903, TO DECEMBER, 1905. 37 10724. VICIA FABA. Horse bean. From Cairo, Egypt. Received thru Mr. George P. Foaden, secretary of the | Khedivial Agricultural Society. ‘‘Roots of this forage plant collected shortly before harvest time, dried in the shade, and mailed in tin mailing cases. For Doctor Moore’s experiments in the isolation of the micro-organism which causes the tubercles.’’? ( Fairchild.) 10725. MeEpbDICAGO ORBICULARIS. From Algeria. Secured by Mr. Thomas H. Kearney in 1902. Turned over to this office by Mr. C. 8. Scofield on May 5, 1904, to be numbered and sent to the Plant Introduction Garden at Chico, Cal., for propagation. 10726. PHLEUM PRATENSE. Timothy. From Helsingfors, Finland. Received thru Mr. C. T. Ward, Finnish Horticul- tural Society, May 6, 1904. Sample of timothy seed grown in Finland. 10727 to 10750. From Monte, Grand Canary. Presented by Mr. Alaricus Delmard. Received May 6, 1904. A collection of small samples of seeds of interesting plants growing in the Canary Islands, as follows: 10727. ADENOCARPUS FRANKE- 10739. LErUCOPHAE CANDIDISSI- NIOIDES. MA. 10728. BosEA YERVAMORA. 10740. MErSsSEMBRYANTHEMUM : CRYSTALLINUM. 10729. BysTROPOGON ORIGANI- FOLIUS. 10741. O£ENOTHERA ROSEA. 10730. CEDRONELLA CANARIEN- 10742. PARIETARIA ARBOREA. SIS. : 10743. PERIPLOCA LAEVIGATA. 10731. CHRYSANTHEMUM FRUTE- SCENS. 10744. RHopocIstus BERTHELO- 10732. CLETHRA ARBOREA. TIANUS. 10733. IsoLEPIs CANARIENSIS. 10745. RuBIA FRUTICOSA. 10734. CyTIsUS PALMENSIS. 10746. STATICE PECTINATA. 10735. DELPHINIUM sTfAPHISA- 10747. TAmvs EDULIS. GRIA. 10748. TrEUCRIUM HYSSOPIFOLI- 10736. DIGITALIS CANARIENSIS. ane 10737. GALILEA JUNCEA. 10749. TRIxsGO VERSICOLOR. 10738. GoNOSPERMUM REVOLU- TUM. 10750. VERBENA BONARIENSIS. 10751. FRAGARIA sp. Strawberry. From Garrettsville, Ohio. Presented by the originator, Mr. George J. Streator, for testing, on condition that no distribution is made. Receiv ed May 9, 1904. Cardinal. 10752. ERVUM LENS. Lentil. From Cairo, Egypt. Received thru Mr. George P. Foaden, secretary of the « Khedivial Agricultural Society, May 6, 1904. Saida. ‘‘A variety of an important crop grown extensively in Upper Egypt.”’ ( Fairchild. ) 97 pa: 38 _ SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 10753. VICIA FABA. Horse bean. From Valetta, Maita. Received thru Dr. J. Borg, San Antonio Gardens, May 12, 1904. Roots of a horse bean from the island of Malta, which, according to Doctor Borg, were from plants already in pod. Doctor Borg remarks that the nodules are not so plump as they were when the plant was just beginning to set fruit, and that the roots came irom the best bean-producing lands in Malta, lands entirely free from orobanche, which is a bad weed in the bean fields and their worst enemy. ‘‘ But for its ravages the bean would be the most profitable crop for agriculture.’’ (Borg. ) 10754. HorDEUM TETRASTICHUM. Four-row barley. Originally from the Agricultural Experiment Station at Madison, Wis. Received thru the Wahl-Henius Institute of Fermentology, Chicago, Ill., May 9, 1904. Oderbrucker. ‘ -PASSIFLORA>ALATA. 11223. PAsstFLORA MANICATA. 11127. TacsoNnNiA EXONIENSIS. 11128. PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA. Date. From Fayum, Egypt. Received thru Mr. H. A. Rankin, of the Egyptian Market Company (Limited), June 21, 1904. Wahi. & 11129 to 11236. Miscellaneous seed on hand July 1, 1904. Numbered to facilitate the keeping of record of distribution. 11129. AGROPYRON TENERUM. Slender wheat-grass. From Northrup, King & Co., Minneapolis, Minn. 11130. AGRosTIS ALBA. Redtop. 11181. ANDROPOGON HALEPENSIS. Johnson grass. 11182 to 11186. ANDROPOGON SORGHUM. Sorghum. 111382. Colman. 11135. Kansas Orange. 11183. Amber. 111386. Collier. 11134. Folger. 11137. ANDROPOGON SORGHUM. Kafir corn. White. . 11188. ANDROPOGON SORGHUM. Milo. White. 11189. ANTHOXANTHUM ODORATUM. Sweet vernal grass. 97 48 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 11129 to 11236—Continued. 11140. ARACHIS HYPOGAEA. Peanut. Spanish. Received March 25, 1904. 11141. ARRHENATHERUM ELATIUS. Tall meadow oat-grass. 11142. ATRIPLEX SEMIBACCATA. Saltbush. Received from the California Experiment Station. 11148. ARRHENATHERUM ELATIUS. Tall meadow oat-grass. 11144 to TL151. AvENA SATIVA. Oat. 11144. Banner. 11148. Green Mountain. 11145. Burt. 11149. Hopetown. 11146. California White. 11150. Improved American. 11147. Dakota Gray. 11151. Swiss White. 11152 to 111638. Bera vuearis. Sugar beet. 11152. Kleinwanzleben. From Utah Sugar Refining Company, Lehi, Utah. (Seed Lab. No. 12846. ) 11153. Kleinwanzleben. ; From H.C. & J. B. Agnew, Agnew, Cal. (Seed Lab. No. 12848.) 11154. From E. H. Morrison, Fairfield, Wash. (Seed Lab. No. 13007.) 11155. Kleinwanzleben Nachzucht. From H. Bennecke & Son, Germany. 11156. From the Alma Sugar Company, Alma, Mich. a ke Ua RS From France. 11158. Kleinwanzleben. 11159. Mangel-wurzel. xe 11160. Kleinwanzleben. corifean grown. ) From Pennsylvania Sugar Refinery. 11161. Hoerning’s Improved Kleinwanzleben Special Elite. 11162. 7 From Utah Sugar Company, Lehi, Utah. Crop of 1901. (Seed Lab. No. 12756. ) APCS: From H. C. & J. B. Agnew, Agnew, Cal. (Seed Lab. No. 12790.) 11164. ANDROPOGON SORGHUM. Broom corn. Tennessee Evergreen. 11165. Brassica NAPUs. Rape. Dwarf Essex. 11166. Bromus INERMIs. Smooth brome-grass. 11167. Bromus UNIOLOIDEs. Rescue grass. From J. M. Thorburn & Co., 36 Cortlandt street, New York, N. Y. 11168. CHAETOCHLOA ITALICA. German millet. 11169. CaPpRIOLA DACTYLON. Bermuda grass. 11170. CuiIcER ARIETINUM. _ Chick-pea. 97 DECEMBER, 1903, TO DECEMBER, 1905. AQ 11129 to 11236—Continued. 11171. Dacrytis GLOMERATA. 11172. EvcHLAENA MEXICANA. 11173. FaGoPrpyRUM ESCULENTUM. 11174. Frsruca ELATIOR. 11175. FrstucaA HETEROPHYLLA. 11176. Festuca ovina. 11177. FEsTUCA PRATENSIS. Se lS. OMESTUCAY RUBRA. 11179. GLYCINE HISPIDA. Early Black. 11180. GtLyYcINE HISPIDA. Yellow. 11181 to 11186. GossyPIUM BARBADENSE. Orchard grass. Teosinte. Buckwheat. Tall fescue. Various-leafed fescue. Sheep’s fescue. Meadow fescue. Red fescue. Soy bean. Soy bean. Egyptian cotton. 11181. Mit Afifi. (Plant Breeding No. 56.) 11182. Jannovitch. (Plant Breeding No. 63.) 11183. Ashmuni. (Plant Breeding No. 59.) 11184. Mit Affi. (Plant Breeding No. 55.) . 11185. Ashmuni. (Plant Breeding No. 62.) 11186. Ashmuni. (Plant Breeding No. 61.) 11187 to 11190. Gossypium gp. Cotton. -11187. (No label.) 11189. Rivers. 11188. King. 11190. Upland. 11191. Herianraus ANNUUS. Sunflower. Received from the Division of Chemistry in 1901. 11192. HorpdEUM VULGARE. Barley. Manchurian. From the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station. (Minn. No. 105. ) 111938. HorRDEUM VULGARE. Tennessee Winter. 11194. lLarHyRus sTIPULARIS. 11195. LaTHYRUS AZUREUS. 11196. lLatHyRus COcCcINEUS. 11197. Latsyrus sativus. 11198. lLatTHyYRUS SATIVUS. Barley. From the Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station. Bitter vetch. Bitter vetch. Received from C. C. Morse & Co., Santa Clara, Cal. 11199. LATHYRUS SATIVUS. Bitter vetch. From Agricultural Experiment Station, Berkeley, Cal. 11200. LatTHyYRUs TINGITANUS. From C. C. Morse & Co., Santa Clara, Cal. 11201. 11202. 11208. 11204. Lorus corNIcULATUS. ig —No.07 07-4 LESPEDEZA STRIATA. LOLIUM ITALICUM. LOLIUM PERENNE. Tangier scarlet pea. Japan clover. . Italian rye-grass. Perennial rye-grass. Bird’s-foot trefoil. D0 11129 to 11236—Continued. SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 11205. LupINus AFFINIS. Blue lupine. 11206. LuPINUS ANGUSTIFOLIUS. Blue lupine. 11207. Lupinus LUTEUS. Yellow lupine. 11208. Mepicaco penricunata. Bur clover. 11209. MepicaGo sativa. Alfalfa. 11210. Mepicaco sativa. Alfalfa. 11211. MepIcaAGo saTIVaA. Alfalfa. Turkestan. From Henry Nungesser & Co.; New York, N. Y. 11212. MeELILoTus ALBA. Sweet, or Bokhara, clover. 112138. Mucuna vrILis. Velvet bean. 11214. PENNISETUM TYPHOIDEUM. Pearl millet. 11215. PHLEUM PRATENSE. Timothy. 11216. PIsuM ARVENSE. Canada field pea. 11217. Poa PRATENSIS. Kentucky bluegrass. 11218. SECALE CEREALE. Rye. 11219. SECALE CEREALE. Rye. Winter. 11220. CHAETOCHLOA ITALICA. Hungariaty grass. 11221. TRIFOLIUM ALEXANDRINUM. Berseem. From C. C. Morse & Co., Santa Clara, Cal. 11222. TRIFoLIUM HYBRIDUM. Alsike. 11223. TRIFOLIUM INCARNATUM. Crimson clover. 11224. TrRIFOLIUM PRATENSE. Red clover. 11225. TRIFOLIUM REPENS. White clover. 11226 to 11229. TrRiItTIcUM VULGARE. 11226. 11227. Budapest. Zimmerman. 11229. Wheat. 11228. Preston (Spring). Turkey. From the Agricultural Experiment Station, Manhattan, Kans. 11230. ViIcIA BITHYNICA. 11231. VicIA FULGENS. 11282. ViciA NARBONNENSIS. 1123383. VICcTIA SATIVA. 11234. ViIcCIA VILLOSA. 11235. VicIA VILLOosA. Inoculated April 16, 1904. 11236. Warren. From Professor Newman, Fayetteville, Ark. VIGNA SINENSIS. 11237 to 11251. Brera VULGARIS. Scarlet vetch. Narbonne vetch. Common vetch. Hairy vetch. Hairy vetch. Cowpea. Agricultural Experiment Station, Sugar beet. Seed from 1903 crop remaining on hand July 1, 1904, after the distribution made Divas Mire ie Wee ere eye 112387. Kleinwanzleben. From Klein Wanzleben Sugar Company, (Tracy’s No. 12853. ) 11238. Schreiber’s Specialitat. 97 From G. Schreiber & Sons, Nordhausen, Germany. Previous distribution recorded under these numbers. Klein Wanzleben,. Germany. (Tracy’s No. 12854.) DECEMBER, 1903, TO DECEMBER, 1905. d1 11237 to 11251—Continued. , 11239. From Lehi Sugar Company, Lehi, Utah. (Tracy’s No. 12856.) 11240. Elite Kleinwanzleben. From the Empire Sugar Company, Lyons, N. Y. Originally from Dippe Brothers, Quedlinburg, Germany. (Tracy’s Ss No. 12857.) 11241. Kleinwanzleben. From the Empire Sugar Company, Lyons, N. Y. Originally from Kuhn & Co., Naarden, Holland. (Tracy’s No. 12858.) 11242. Kleinwanzleben. From the Empire Sugar Company, Lyons, N. Y. Originally from F. Heine, Hadmersleben, Germany. (Tracy’s No. 12859. ) 3 11243. Kleinwanzleben. From the American Beet Sugar Company, Grand Island, Nebr. (Tracy’s No. 12860. ) 11244. Kleinwanzleben. From the Sanilac Sugar Refining Company, Croswell, Mich. Originally from Orro Hoerning, Eisleben, Germany. (Tracy’s No. 12862.) 11245. Kleinwanzleben. From the Sanilac Sugar Refining Company, Croswell, Mich. Originally from Henry Mette, Quedlinburg, Germany. (Tracy’s No. 12863. ) 11246. Jaensch Victrix. From the Sanilac Sugar Refining Company, Croswell, Mich. Originally from Gustav Jaensch, Aschersleben, Germany. (Tracy’s No. 12864.) 11247. Knauer’s Mangold. From the Sanilac Sugar Refining Company, Croswell, Mich. Originally from M. Knauer, Grobers, Germany. (Tracy’s No. 12765.) . 11248. Aderstadt. From the Sanilac Sugar Refining Company, Croswell, Mich. Originally from M. Knauer, Grobers, Germany. (Tracy’s No. 12866. ) 11249. Kleinwanzleben. From the Menominee River Sugar Refining Company, Menominee, Mich. ’ Originally from the Klein Wanzleben Sugar Factory, Klein Wanzleben, Germany. (Tracy’s No. 12867.) 11250. Elite Kleinwanzleben. From the Menominee River Sugar Refining Company, Menominee, Mich. Originally from Otto Bruenstedt, Schladenam-Hartz, Germany. (Tracy’s No. 12868.) 11251. Elite Kleinwanzleben. ; From Menominee River Sugar Refining Company, Menominee, Mich. - Originally from C. Braune, Biendorf, Germany. (Tracy’s No. 12869. ) 11252 to 11258. Plants and seeds presented to or secured by Mr. P. H. Dorsett for planting at the Plant Introduction Garden, Chico, Cal. 11252. JUGLANS CALIFORNICA X QUERCUS (?). Presented by Mr. S. M. Desher, Garden Grove, Cal. ‘‘This is one of a number of trees from a planting made for grafting stock about two years ago.’’ (Dorsett. ) 11253. JUGLANS NIGRA. Black walnut. Nuts from Mr. Ewing D. Johnson’s farm, near Rockbridge, southeast of Columbia, Mo. 11254. MHiucorta sp. Hickory. Small hickory nuts from Mr. Ewing D. Johnson’s farm, near Rockbridge, southeast of Columbia, Mo. Secured in February, 1904. 11255. Amyepatus hyb. Peach almond. Seeds from G. W. H. fruit ranch. Received October 22, 1903. 97 5g SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 11252 to 11258—Continued. | 11256. MHicoria sp. Hickory. Large hickory nuts from Wolfskill Ranch, Yolo County, Cal. Received October 10, 1903. 11257. JvuGLANS CINEREA. Butternut. Nuts from Wolfskill Ranch, Yolo County, Cal. Received October 25, 1903. 11258. CEDRUS LIBANI. Cedar of Lebanon. Seed from an avenue of trees near Pasadena, Cal. Presented by Mr. C. R. Lukins, Pasadena, Cal. 11259 to 11262. From Hacienda ‘‘La Trinidad,’ Arcelia, Guerrero, Mexico. Presented by Mr. Fe&lerico Chisolm. Received June 24, 1904. A collection of unidentified Mexican bulbs. 11263. GossyPIUM HERBACEUM. Cotton. From Valetta, Malta. Presented by Dr. Giovanni Borg. Received June 20, 1904. Maltese. ‘‘Seed of the old Maltese cotton, which, according to Doctor Borg, has been cultivated in Malta since the times of the Phoenicians, three thousand years ago. This is an early-ripening sort, maturing its bolls in August or September. It is a very hardy sort, of low habit, and flowers and sets with bolls when quite young. Doctor Borg says it should be sown rather thick and that it is a very productive sort. The fiber is rather short, altho very strong and elastic. Introduced as of possible use in the experiments against the boll weevil because of its early-ripening habit.’’ (Fairchild. ) 11264 to 11268. From Geneva, Idaho. Received thru Mr. F. W. Boehme, June 23, 1904. A collection of grains adapted to high altitudes, as follows: | 11264. HorpDEUM VULGARE. Barley. Beardless. 11265. HorDEUM VULGARE. Barley. Beardless and hull-less. 11266. TriricuM VULGARE. ; Wheat. Spring wheat. 11267. LINUM USITATISSIMUM. Flax. 11268. SECALE CEREALE. Rye. Spring rye. 11269. HyYPHAENE CRINITA. Doum palm. From Upper Egypt. Received thru Mr. T. H. Kearney, June 15, 1904. ‘* Botanically this is one of the most interesting palms in the world, as, unlike almost all others, it has a branching stem. It is suited to a frostless and exceptionally dry region and may succeed in the warmest and driest portions of this-country. The fruits, which are produced in large clusters, are used for food by the poorer classes, the part eaten being the fibrous, mealy husk, which tastes something like ginger- bread, and for this reason is called the ‘‘gingerbread tree’’ of Egypt. A drink called ‘‘coca’’ is also made from this fibrous husk and the large, yellowish brown, beautifully polished fruits of this palm.’’ (Kearney. ) 11270 to 11274. From Jalapa, Mexico. Presented by Mr. Frank N. Meyer to Mr. G. W. Oliver. Received June 23, 1904. Seeds of five wild Mexican plants, mostly unidentified. 97 From Orléansville, Algeria. ere 11278. 11279. 11280. 11281. 11282. 11283. 11284. 11285. 11286. 11287. 11288. 11289. 11290. 11291. 11292. 11293. 11294. 11295. 11296. 11297. 11298. 11299. | 11300. 11301. 11302. 11303, 11304. 11305. 11306. 11307. 11308. 11309. From Trinidad, British West Indies. 97 DECEMBER, 1903, TO DECEMBER, 1905. 11275. MEDICAGO SATIVA. From Chicago, Il. (Ordered by sample ‘‘Cabin.’’ ) Deglet Noor. Deglet Noor. Deglet Noor. khars. Rhars. Rhars. Hamraya. Hamraya. Hamraya. Tadala. Tadala. Tadala. Tadala. Tadala. Tadala. Tadala. Tadala (?). Bent Kebala. Bent Kebala. Bent Kebala. Bent Kebala. Bent Kebala. Bent Kebala. Bent Kebala. Bent Kebala. A’ Ooshet. A’ Ooshet. A’ Ooshet. Kseba. vseba. _Kseba. Kerboosh. Kerboosh. 11276. ‘TRIFOLIUM REPENS. From Chicago, III. (Ordered by sample ‘‘ Boil.’’ ) 11277 to 11341. PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA. Dd Alfalfa. Received thru the Albert Dickinson Company, June 28, 1904. White clover. Received thru the Albert Dickinson Company, June 28, 1904. Date. Received thru Yahia ben Kassem, July 5, 1904. Sixty-five date palms, all from the Mzab oasis. 11310. 1 Urs ja Wa fs 11312. 11313. 11314. TLDS} ae 11316. 11 Sie 11318. 11319. 11320. 11321. 11322. 11323. 11324. 11325. 11326. 11327. 11328. 11329. 11330. 11331. 11332. 113338. 11334. 11335. 11336. 11337. 11338. 11339. 11340. 11341. 11342. NePHELIUM LITCHI. Kerboosh. Kerboosh. Tafazween. Tafazween. Tafazween. Timjoohert. Timjoohert. Timjoohert. Timjoohert. Timjoohert. Timjoohert. Timjoohert. Timjoohert. Tinyoohert. Timjoohert. Timpoohert. Tamzoohart. Tamzoohart. Taoorarhet. Taoorarhet. ‘aoorar het. Lazerza. Tazeza’ oot. Tazeza’ oot. Tazeza’ oot. Toojat. Toojat. Toojat. Sebaa Loosif. Sebaa Loosif. (No label.) Tazaga at. Received July 2, 1904. Litchi. 54 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 11343. (GossyPIUM BARBADENSE. Cotton. From Valetta, Malta. Presented by Dr. Giovanni Borg. Received July 5, 1904. ‘“An Egyptian variety which Doctor Borg has been trying to improve on the island of Malta. Introduced for the experiments in connection with the boll weevil.’’ (Fairchild. ) 11344. VIGNA SINENSIS. Cowpea. From West Branch, Mich. Received thru Edw. E. Evans Seed Company, July 8, 1904. Michigan Favorite. Said by Mr. Evans to be the earliest sort known; ripens seed every year in Michigan. 11345 to 11353. From Guerrero, Mexico. Received thru Mr. Federico Chisolm, July 9, 1904. Native Mexican bulbs, not identified. 11354. CoFFEA sp. Coffee. From Abyssinia, Africa. Presented by Hon. Robert P. Skinner, American consul-general at Marseille, France. Received July 11, 1904. Harrar. Probably a wild variety from Abyssinia. 11355 to 11368. Berra vuLGaris. Sugar beet. Seed from 1903 crop remaining on hand July 1, 1904, after the distribution made by Mr. J. E. W. Tracy. Previous distribution recorded under these numbers. 11355. Schreiber’s Specialitat. From the Menominee Sugar Refining Company, Menominee, Mich. Orig- inally from G. Schreiber & Sons, Nordhausen, Germany. (Tracy’s No. 12870. ) 11356. Kleinwanzleben. From H.C. & J. B. Agnew, Agnew, Cal. (Tracy’s No. 12871.) 11857. Kleinwanzleben. From Metz & Co., Streglitz, near Berlin, Germany. 11358. From M. Knauer, Grobers, Germany. Marked 7300. 11359. From M. Knauer, Grobers, Germany. Marked 7301. 11860. Kleinwanzleben. From Carl Schobert & Co. 11861. Hlite -K leinwanzleben. From G. Schreiber & Sons, Nordhausen, Germany. 11862. K leinwanzleben. ® From E. H. Morrison, Fairfield, Wash. Purchased in 1902 for the Congres- sional seed distribution. 11363. Kleinwanzleben. From EK. H. Morrison, Fairfield, Wash. (Tracy’s No. 12855. ) 11364. Kleinwanzleben. ‘From C. C. Morse & Co., Santa Clara, Cal. (Tracy’s No. 12861.) 11365. (Tracy’s No. 12844.) 11367. (Tracy’s No. 12849.) 11866. (Tracy’s No. 12847.) 11368. (Tracy’s No. 12850.) 97 DECEMBER, 1903, TO DECEMBER, 1905. 55 11369. MANGIFERA INDICA. Mango. From the Government Botanic Gardens, Seharunpur, India. Presented by Mr. Robert Anderson, Lansdowne, Pa., for propagation. Received February 25, 1904. Buds of the Langra mango. 11370 and 11371. Seed on hand July 1, 1904, numbered for convenience of recording distribution. 11370. VIGNA SINENSIS. Cowpea. Tron. From Mr. T. S. Williams, Monetta, S. C. 11371. ANDROPOGON SORGHUM. Sorghum. Early Amber. From Mr. Seth Kenney, Morristown, Minn. 3/2 to 11477: Vitis sp. Grape. From Thomery, France. Received thru E. Salomon & Sons, and shipped direct to Niles, Cal. 11372. Rupestris Martin. 11373. Riparia Grand Glabre X Aramon-Rupestris 4110. 11374. Pinot * Rupestris 1305, 11375. Rupestris de Semis 81-2. 11376. Mourvedre « Rupestris 1202. 11377. Riparia France. 113878. Rupestris * Berlandieri 301-37-152. 11379. Monticola « Riparia 18804. 113880. Monticola « Riparia 18815. 11381. Chasselas « Berlandieri 41 B. 11382. Cabernet x Rupestris Ganzin 33 A. 11383. Bourisquou « Rupestris 4306. 11384. Monticola * Riparia 18808. 11385. Rupestris x Berlandieri 301 A. 11386. Riparia « Rupestris-Aramon-Jaeger 201. 113887. Riparia * Berlandiert 161-49. 11388. Riparia « Rupestris 3306. 11389. Viala. 11390. Bourisquou « Rupestris 3907. 11391. Berlandieri <-Riparia 420 A. 11392. Rupestris x Berlandieri 219 A. . 113938. Bourisquou < Rupestris 109-4. 11394. Bourisquou < Rupestris 4308. 11396. Viala & Riparia. 11396. Berlandieri x Riparia 420 B. 11397. Rupestris * Riparia 1615. 113898. Riparia du Colorado. 11399. Riparia « Rupestris 101-14. 11400. Berlandieri « Riparia 33 EF. M. 11401. Rupestris X Riparia 108-16. 97 56 v2 > a SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 11372 to 11477—Continued. 11402. 11403. 11404. 11405. 11406. 11407. 11408. The following 11409. 11410. 11411. 11412. 11413. 11414. The following 11415. 11416. 11417. 11418. 11419. 11420. 11421. 11422. 11428. 11424. 11425. 11426. 11427. 11428. 11429. 11430. 11431. 114382. 114338. 11434. 11435. 11436. 11437. 11438. 11439. 11440. 11441. 11442. 11443. 97 Berlandieri Lafont No. 9. Alicante Bouschet * Riparia 141 A. Aramon X Rupestris Ganzin 9. Aestivalis-Calicola « Riparia-Rupestris 554-6. Berlandiert No. 1. Berlandiert No. 2. Berlandiert — Riparia 157-11. vines were received at Niles, April 11, 1904: Cordifolia K Riparia 127-1 (?). Rupestris * Cinerea. Rupestris « Cordifolia 107-11. Rupestris « Hybrid Azemar 216. York & Rupestris Ganzin 202. York X Rupestris Ganzin 212. cuttings were received at Niles, March 22, 1904: Pinot < Rupestris 1305. Rupestris Othello. Riparia * Rupestris-Aramon-Jaeger 201. Riparia * Berlandiert 161-49. Monticola * Riparia 18804. - Chasselas * Rupestris 901. Columbaud « Riparia 2502. Riparia Grand Glabre < Aramon-Rupestris 4110. Rupestris X Riparia 16165. Pinot Bouschet < Riparia 3001. Rupestris < Petit Bouschet-Jaeger 504. Berlandiert < Riparia 34 EB. M. Mourvedre & Rupestris 1202. Berlandiert « Riparia 33 E. M. Berlandiert — Riparia 420 A. Bourisquou X Rupestris 603. Berlandieri « Riparia 420 B. Riparia * Cordifolia-Rupestris 106-8. Tisserand. Riparia France. Monticola & Riparia 188165. Cabernet X Rupestris Ganzin 33 A. Riparia X Rupestris 3306. Riparia Martineau. Riparia « Rupestris Ramon. Rupestris Martin. Aramon X Riparia 143 A. Riparia X Rupestris 101-14. Rupestris X Berlandiert 301 A. DECEMBER, 1903, TO DECEMBER, 1905. Syl 11372 to 11477— Continued. 11444. Carignane < Rupestris 504. 11445. Rupestris x Riparia 108-16. 11446. Rupestris de Semis 81-2. 11447. Aestivalis-Calicola X Riparia-Rupestris 554-5. 11448. Monticola « Riparia 18808. 11449. Aramon X Rupestris Ganzin 9. 11450. Berlandiert No. 2. 11451. Berlandiert « Riparia 157-11. 11452. Berlandieri Lafont No. 9. 11453. Riparia « Rupestris 101. 11454. Curignane X Rupestris 501. 11455. Rupestris « Berlandieri 301-37-152. 11456. Riparia « Rupestris 3309. 11457. Riparia * Rupestris de Jaeger. 11458. Viala « Riparia. 11459. Rupestris Mission. 11460. (Unidentified. ) The following cuttings were received at Niles, April 11, 1904: 11461. Bourisquou « Rupestris 109-4. 11462. Bourisquou < Rupestris 603. 114638. Carignane « Rupestris 504. 11464. Rupestris * Cordifolia 107-11. 11465. Rupestris x Hybrid Azemar 215. 11466. Alicante Bouschet X Cordifolia 142 B. 11467. Aestivalis-Rupestris X Riparia 227. 11468. Cordifolia « Rupestris. 11469. Rupestris « Berlandiert 301 B. 11470. Bourisquou « Rupestris 4306. 11471. Bourisquou x Rupestris 4308. 11472. Carignane < Rupestris 501. 11473. Calicola « Aestivalis 13205. 11474. York & Rupestris Ganzin. 11475. (Unidentified. ) 11476. Cinerea-Rupestris « Riparia 229. 11477. (Unidentified. ) 11478. GARCINIA MORELLA. : Gamboge. From Castleton Gardens, Jamaica. Received July 18, 1904. 11479. [LESPEDEZA STRIATA. Japan clover. From Augusta, Ga. Received thru the N. L. Willet Drug Company, July 19, 1904. 11480. EUCHLAENA MEXICANA. Teosinte. From Richmond, Va. Received thru T. W. Wood & Sons, July 20, 1904. 97 58 - SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 11481. LoLIuM. PERENNE. English rye-grass. From New York, N. Y. Received thru Henry Nungesser & Co., July 20, 1904. 11482. FrEsTrucA PRATENSIS. Meadow fescue. From New York, N. Y. Received thru Henry Nungesser & Co., July 20, 1904. 11483 and 11484. From Ghent, Belgium. Received thru Mr. Louis Van Houtte, pére, July 22, 1904. 11488. GARCINIA LIVINGSTONEI. 11484. LanstuM sUMATRANA. 11485 toc 11489. PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA. Date. From Fayum, Egypt. Received thru Mr. H. A. Rankin, July 26, 1904. 11485. Saydy. 11488. Frakhee. 11486. Gaggar. 11489. Saydy (male) 11487. Sultany. ‘“ These date offshoots were wrapt in palm fiber (/if) and held in place by cords. They were rather dry. but in general in fairly good condition. Most of the offshoots were small, some not weighing over 10 pounds and only some half dozen weighing over 50 pounds. However, considering the inaccessibility of the region, we ought to be glad to get almost any kind of an offshoot that will grow. I noticed that the variety Saydeh has a large number of small offshoots attached to the sides of those sent, altho, as I stated above, the offshoots are only of medium size, averaging probably 30 to 40 pounds in weight. The collection of /raakhee consisted of one very large offshoot and three very small ones. The very large offshoot showed a remarkable peculiarity in that the © palm fiber, or ‘/if,’ was still intact, forming a cardboard-like tissue, especially on the right-hand border. If this peculiarity of the interpetiolar sheets of fiber appears constant, this variety will havea very clear distinguishing mark.’ (Swingle. ) 11490. ViITIS RHCMBIFOLIA. Grape. Received from the United States Botanical Gardens, Washington, D. C., in 1901. Plants originally came from the Botanic Garden in Glasgow. 11491. ViTIS GONGYLODES. Grape. From St. Louis, Mo. Presented by Dr. William Trelease, superintendent of the Missouri Botanic Garden, to Dr. B. T. Galloway, in 1902. 71492. ViITIS sp. Grape. From Mexico. Received thru Dr. J. N. Rose, of the United States National Museum, in 1902. (Rose No. 286.) 11493. VITIS sp. Grape. .From Mexico. Received thru Dr. J. N. Rose, of the United States National Museum, in 1902. (Rose No. 749.) 11494. PHLEUM PRATENSE. Timothy. From Toledo, Ohio. Received thru W. D. Morehouse & Co., J uly 26, 1904. 11495. PANICUM MILIACEUM. Broom-corn millet. From Cincinnati, Ohio. Received thru J. M. McCullough’s Sons, July 27, 1904. 97 mL! DECEMBER, 1903, TO DECEMBER, 1905. 59 11496. CHAETOCHLOA ITALICA. German millet. From Chicago, Ill. Received thru the Albert Dickinson Company, July 27, 1904. ‘*Pellet’’ sample. 11497. NICOTIANA TABACUM. Tobacco. From Cavala, Turkey. Presented by Mr. N. J. Pantelides, of Chios Island, Turkey. Received July 5, 1904. *“Seed of the famous Cavala tobacco, which forms one of the most important elements used in the blending of the cigarette filler of the famous Egyptian cigar- ettes. According to Mr. Pantelides’s letter of June 18, 1904, this seed was sent him by the governor of Cavala and is no doubt authentic and of first quality. Mr. Pan- telides further remarks that the cultivation and harvesting of the Cavala tobacco require great experience. From the same plant one can pick leaves of a value of only 0.50 of a france per kilogram and of a value of 15 to 20 francesa kilogram. The lance-shaped leaves found at the summit of the plant have a very fine aroma, and it is for this fine aroma that such high prices are paid. If during the process of pick- ing the terminal bud is injured, the fine aroma of the leaves is lost and the leaves lose their value. The processes of drying and fermentation are those which give to the leaves their fine color and excellent flavor. The Ottoman Regie pays from one to two thousand francs monthly salary to good clarifiers (clarificateurs) and 250 to 300 francs a month to good cultivators. In his country Mr. Pantelides says the seed is sownin January, transplanted during February to a place protected from the cold, and in March transplanted again to permanent locations. Each plant is set out a meter each way from its neighbors. The best soil for the culture of this tobacco is said to be a red one mixt with stones of iron pyrites, and the best locations are those on the eastern slopes of hills.”? ( Fairchild.) 11498. NICOTIANA TABACUM. Tobacco. From Sao Paulo, Brazil. Received thru Dr. Horace M. Lane, president of the Mackenzie College, July 25, 1904. Bahiano tobacco seed, the variety from which the celebrated Bahia leaf is made. 11499. PRUNUS VIRGINIANA. Chokecherry. ““From Arden, near Dakota-Montanaline. Presented by Prof. J. W. Blankinship, of the Montana Agricultural Experiment Station, Bozeman, Mont. Received August 1, 1904. ‘Seeds of a free-flowering shrubby species of chokecherry which is perfectly hardy when the thermometer drops to —30° F.in winter. From the description given by Professor Blankinship this must be a very showy plant in spring. The black fruits are used for jam or ‘cherry butter’ making.” ( Fairchild.) ‘A beautiful flowering tree, about 25 feet high.’’ (Blankinship.) 11500. PRUNUS VIRGINIANA. , Chokecherry. From Bozeman, Mont. Presented by Prof. J. W. Blankinship. Received August 1, 1904. “Seeds of a large, red-fruited variety, whose fruits are considered better than the black. Large quantities of cherry butter are made in Montana, and this variety has possibilities for the breeder.’”’ ( Fairchild.) 11501. (GARCINIA INDICA. From Trinidad, West Indies. Received thru Mr. J. H. Hart, superintendent of the Botanic Gardens, July 29, 1904. 11502. Gossypium sp. Cotton. From San Luis Soyatlan, Jalisco, Mexico. Received thru Sefior Hilario Cuevas, July 21, 1904. Cotton harvested in June from trees planted in September preceding at an altitude of 1,630 meters above the level of the sea. Sent at the request of Mr. L. H. Dewey. 97 a 60 SEEDS AND PLANTS. IMPORTED. 11503. Mucuna UTILIS. Velvet bean. From Clarcona, Fla. Received thru Mr. H. Meislahn, August 3, 1904. 11504. CoFFEA sp. , Coffee. From Abyssinia. Received thru Hon. Robert P. Skinner, United States consul- general at Marseille, France, July 22, 1904. Wild Harrar coftee. 11505 to 11531. From London, England. Received thru James Veitch & Sons (Limited), April, 1904. A collection of plants, as follows: 11505. Ruvsus AUSTRALIS. 11506. RuvusBUS BIFLORUS. 11507. Rusus oDORATUS. Purple flowering raspberry. 11508. RuBUS ROSAEFOLIUS. Strawberry raspberry. 11509. Rusus PHOENICOLASIUS. Wineberry. 11510. RusBus NIGROBACCUS. Blackberry. Snyder. 11511. Rvusus sPECTABILIS. Salmon berry. 11512. Ruvsus DELICIOsUs. Rocky Mountain flowering raspberry. 115138. RusBus LEUCODERMIS. Western black raspberry. 11514. Rusus occIDENTALIS. Black raspberry. Newman's Thornless. 11515. RusBus NIGROBACCUS. Blackberry. 11516. Rvsus hyb. Raspberry-blackberry hyb. The Mahdi. 11517 and 11518. Rosa spp. Rose. 11517. Alice Grahame. 11518. Bessie Brown. . 11519. Rosa HUMILIs. Pasture rose. 11520 to 115381. Rosa spp. Rose. 11520. Edith D’ Ombrain. 11526. Mildred Grant. 11521. Florence Pember- 11527. Morning Glow. tons 11528. Mrs. Allen Chan- 11522. Lady Moyra Beau- dler. clere. : 11529. Mrs. Benjamin R. 11523. Madame Antoine Cant. Mari. 11530. Queen of Sweden 11524. Marianne Pfitzer. and Norway. 11525. Marie Lavilley. 11531. Salmonea. 11532. ARACHIS HYPOGAEA. , Peanut. From Sao Paulo, Brazil. Received thru Dr. Horace M. Lane, president of the Mackenzie College, July 16, 1904. Pods of a peanut, said to be native, but which Doctor Lane thinks may be of African origin. The pods are of fair size and nearly all contain two seeds. 11533. POoOLIANTHES LONGIFLORA. Tuberose. From Mexico. Received thru Dr. J. N. Rose, of the United States National Museum, August 5, 1904. 97 DECEMBER, 1903, TO DECEMBER, 1905. 61 11534. ACHRAS SAPOTA. . Sapodilla. Plants propagated from large tree in Department conservatory; numbered for convenience in recording future distribution, August 1, 1904. 11535. RICHARDIA AFRICANA. Calla. 3 . From Chicago, Ill. Received thru Vaughan’s seed store, August 10, 1904. Trade name, Calla Aethiopica devoniensis. 11536 to 11538. Rosa sp. Rose. From London, England. Received thru Barr & Sons, June, 1903. 11586. Austrian Copper Brier. 115388. Persian Yellow Brier. 11537. -Harisoni Brier. 11539 to 11564. From Feltham, Middlesex, England. Received thru Mr. Thomas 8. Ware, Hale Farm Nurseries, August, 1903. Plants, as follows: 11539 to 11563. CLemMaris spp. — Clematis. 11539. Madame Edouard 11553. . Gem. ce 11554. Gipsey Queen. 11540. Grace Darling. 11555. Gloire de St. Ju- 11541. Alexandra. lien. 11542. Anderson Henry. 11556. Grand Duchess. 11548. Ascontiensis. 11557. CLEMATIS RETICU- 11544. Beauty of Worces- eee ler. 11558. CLEMATIS JACK- 11545. Duchess of Edin- ee burgh. . 11559. CLEMATIS JACK- 11546. Dukeof Edinburgh. ees 11547. Earl of Beacons- Snow White. field. 11560. CLEMATIS JACK- 11548. Enchantress. ear 11549. Nellie Moser. 11550. Fairy Queen. 11551. Fair Rosamond. 11552. CLEMATIS FORTU- NEI. Superba. 11561. John Gould. 11562. Lawsoniana. 115638. Marcel Moser. 11564. _ AMPELOPSIS VEITCHII PURPUREA. 12565 to 11589. LiLium spp. Lily. From Yokohama, Japan. Received thru Suzuki & lida, New York agents for the Yokohama Nursery Company, December, 1903. Bulbs as follows: 11565. Litium BATMANNIAE. 11570. LiLiIumM CORDIFOLIUM. 11571. LiILium ELEGANS. 11572. LiILIuM ELEGANS. 11573. LitiuM ELEGANS ATRO- 11566. Lizium cONCcOLOR. 11567. LittumM cONCOLOR OHIME. 11568. Litium cCONCOLOR. SANGUINEUM. 11569. Linium cONCOLOR OKI- 11574. Liti0mM ELEGANS SEMI- HIME. PLENO. Oy 62 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 11565 to 11589—Continued. 115'75. - LILIuM ELEGANS INCOM- 11583. Lilium LONGIFLORUM EX- PARABLE. IMIUM GIGANTEUM. 11576. Litium DAHURICUM. 11584. LiItiumM MEDEOLOIDES. 11577. lLitium HANSONI. 11585. Littum sprciosum kv- BRUM. 115'78. Litium JAPONICUM. 11586. LiniumspEciIosuM ALBUM. 11579. Litium RUBELLUM. 11587. Livrum spEcIOsUM KRET- ZERI. 11580. lLitium BRownt. 11588. Litium SPECIOSUM MEL- 11581. MLiILium LEICHTLINII. POMENE. 11582. LiILIuM LONGIFLORUM. 11589. Litium vuKeEyuRI. 11590 and 11591. LILIUM LONGIFLORUM EXIMIUM GIGANTEUM. Lily. Grown from 8S. P. I. No. 11583 in the Department greenhouse. 11590. Bulbs. 11591. Seeds. 11592 to 11602. From Guadalajara, Mexico. Received thru Mr. Federico Chisoln, July 11, 1904. Small lots of seeds of Guerrero plants, as follows: 11592. ENTEROLOBIUM CYCLOCARPUM. ‘* Parota.”’ ‘‘One of the most admirable shade trees I have ever seen, a rapid grower, and valuable for the easily worked but durable lumber it yields, as well as for the seeds, which are largely eaten by the natives at this season and are greedily eaten by hogs. The measurements of a specimen shading the assay office at ‘La Trinidad’ were about as follows: Trunk, from ground to branches, 12 feet; diameter, 4 feet; from ground to top of tree, 59 feet; extreme spread of branches from tip to tip, measured thru trunk, 122 feet; the general outline ata to that of an umbrella. To me it seems a tree well worth introducing.”’ Chisolm. ) 11593 to 11602. A collection of unidentified plants, mostly bulbs. 11603 to 11623. From Fort Hays, Kans. Received thru Mr. J. G. Haney, superintendent of the Branch Agricultural Experiment Station, August 1, 1904. 11603 to 11617. Triticum VULGARE. Wheat. 11603. Kharkof. Grown from S. P. I. No. 7786. 11604. Beloglina. Grown from 8. P. I. No. 7787. 11605. Ulta. Grown from S. P. I. No. 5638. 11606. Crimean. Grown from S. P. I. No. 5636. 11607. Ghirka Winter. Grown from 8S. P. I. No. 5637. 11608. Padui. Grown from 8. P. I. No. 7466. 11609. Kharkof. Grown from 8. P. I. No. 5641. 11610. Turkey. Grown from C. I. No. 1558. 11611. Crimean. Grown trom’S; Pat Not 5635: 11612. Crimean. Grown from C. I. No. 1559. 11613. Banat.. Grown from S$. P. I. No. 5496. 11614. Bacska. Grown from S. P. I. No. 5498. 11615. Weissenburg. Grown from S. P. I. No. 5499. 11616. Pesterboden. Grown from S. P. I. No. 5500. 11617. Kharkof. Grown from §S. P. I. No. 7467. 97 ate Ne DECEMBER, 1903, TO DECEMBER, 1905. 63 11603 to 11623—Continued. 11618 and 11619. Triticum purvum. Macaroni wheat. 11618. Kubanka. Grown from S. P. I. No. 9478. 11619. JVelveé Don. Grown from 8. P. I. No. 9479. 11620 to 11623. Horpervm spp. Barley. 11620. HorbDEUM VULGARE. Barley. Black. Grown from 8. P. I. No. 7970. 11621. HorDEUM VULGARE. Barley. White. Grown from 8S. P. I. No. 7969. 11622. HorpDEUM DISTICHUM NUTANS. Two-row barley. Hanna. Grown from S. P. I. No. 9133. 11623. HorbDEUM TETRASTICHUM. Four-row barley. Tetcherit. Grown from 8S. P. I. No. 7796. 11624. CERCIDIPHYLLUM JAPONICUM. From Philadelphia, Pa. Received thru Thomas Meehan & Sons, 1903. Plants purchased to test as stocks for the mango. The scions failed to unite. 11625. MANGIFERA INDICA. Mango. From Tahiti. Received thru Captain Rennie, of the steamship Mariposa, August 11, 1904. 11626 and 11627. (Undetermined.) From Guadalajara, Mexico. Received thru Mr. Federico Chisolm, August 13, 1904. 11628. Hicoria hyb. Pecan. From Washington, D. C. Received thru Mr. P. H. Dorsett, February, 1904. From pecans purchased in the open market. Has the appearance of a hybrid between Hicoria pecan and Hicoria aquatica. Planted in the Plant Introduction Garden at Chico, Cal., May 31, 1904. 11629. ACcTINIDIA sp. “Yang-taw.” From the borders of Yunnan. Received thru Consul-General Wilcox, of Han- kow, China, and Mr. Wilson, at the Plant Introduction Garden, Chico, Cal., July 8, 1904. Fruit said to be very fine, has flavor of gooseberry, fig, and citron. Sometimes called ‘* Yang-tao.”’ 11630. AcTINIDIA sp. “Yang-taw.” From the borders of Yunnan. Received thru Consul-General Wilcox, of Han- kow, China, and Mr. Wilson, at the Plant Introduction Garden, Chico, Cal., July 8, 1904. Possibly distinct from No. 11629, tho as yet undetermined. 11631. ERIOBOTRYA JAPONICA. Loquat. From Orange, Cal. Collected by Mr. M. Payan, of Olive, Cal., from the orchard of Mr. C. P. Taft, Orange, Cal. Received at the Plant Introduction Garden, Chico, Cal., July 18, 1904. 11632. ACHRAS SAPOTA (?). Sapodilla. From Jalapa, Vera Cruz, Mexico. Received thru Mr. Frank N. Meyer at the Plant Introduction Garden at Chico, Cal., June, 1904. ‘“A nice tasting fruit, in size and shape not unlike the eastern persimmon. The pulp is brownish and of a sweet, pleasant taste.’’ (Meyer. ) OTR 64 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 11633. PRUNUS ARMENIACA. Apricot. From Jalapa, Vera Cruz, Mexico. Received thru Mr. Frank N. Meyer at the Plant Introduction Garden at Chico, Cal., June, 1904. ‘“These apricots are small in size but have sometimes a nice flavor. They seem to be all seedlings and vary, it is said, a great deal.”’ (Meyer. ) 11634. CICER ARIETINUM. = Chick-pea. From Jalapa, Vera Cruz, Mexico. Received thru Mr. Frank N. Meyer at the Plant Introduction Garden at Chico, Cal., June, 1904. ‘‘A vegetable which is eaten like green peas. On some markets they are sold roasted in the shell, and they taste well. Grown on dry but rich lands.” ( Meyer.) 11635. FRAXINUS sp. Ash. From Mexico. Received thru Mr. Frank N. Meyer at the Plant Introduction Garden at Chico, Cal., June, 1904. ‘‘A very handsome shade tree, which grows to quite a size. These seeds are from a very spreading variety which grew on dry, rocky places near Guadalajara.”’ ( Meyer. ) 11636. PRUNUS sp. | Cherry From Jalapa, Vera Cruz, Mexico. Received thru Mr. Frank N. Mey sr at the Plant Introduction Garden at Chico, Cal., June, 1904. ‘‘This is a cherry inferior in size and flavor to the ordinary cherry. The tree is evergreen and can be used as an ornamental shade tree.”’ (Meyer. ) 11637. LUPINUS sp. | Lupine. From Jalapa, Vera Cruz, Mexico. Received thru Mr. Frank N. Meyer at the Plant Introduction Garden at Chico, Cal., June, 1904. ‘‘\ rather ornamental small lupine, with blue spikes, which vary in color from whitish to indigo blue.’’ ( Meyer.) 11638. Ricinus sp. Castor-oil plant. From Jalapa, Vera Cruz, Mexico. Received thru Mr. Frank N. Meyer at the Plant Introduction Garden at Chico, Cal., June, 1904. ‘*\ castor-oil bean with very showy red spikes. May prove to be an ornamental plant.”’ (Weyer. ) 11639. CAPSICUM ANNUUM. Pepper. From Jalapa, Vera Cruz, Mexico. Received thru Mr. Frank N. Meyer at the Plant Introduction Garden at Chico, Cal., June, 1904. Yellow Chili. ‘‘A handsome pepper, much sold in the market at Jaiapa, a bright. showy yellow, quite pungent in taste.”’ ( Meyer.) 11640. AGROSTIS ALBA. . Redtop. From New York, N. Y. Received thru Henry Nungesser & Co., August 16, 1904. 11641 to 11644. From Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France. Receiv.d thru Dr. A. Robertson- Proschowsky, August 1, 1904. 11641. ARUNDINARIA SIMONI. Bamboo. ‘“A small bamboo, producing good, edible seeds. This small bamboo does not, as some others, die altogether after producing its seeds, but some rhizomes survive. Still perhaps it is too early to judge of the survival of such. As you will find, the large seeds are of very good taste, and evidently could be used 97 DECEMBER, 1903, TO DECEMBER, 1905. 65 11641 to 11644—Continued. as well as wheat, barley, and other grains. This bamboo is very resistant to drought. Would it eventually be a plant of any other than ornamental use? Perhaps some of your active and enterprising correspondents in the United States would care to try this plant.” (Proschowsky. | 11642. JACARANDA OVALIFOLIA. “‘The well-known tree of most striking beauty of foliage and flower. The timber is very strong. Resists well in dry places.’’ ( Proschowsky.) 11648. ALoé DICHOTOMA. ‘‘Forms a picturesque tree of medicinal value.”’ ( Proschowsky. ) 11644. PirrospoRUM MACROPHYLLUM. ‘“‘This is a tree of very regular growth and striking beauty. Its leaves are nearly as large as those of Magnolia grandiflora L. But its chief merit consists in its beautitul creamy-white flowers, which exhale a perfume surpassing that of any other plant I know, even the orange and lemon. I should think that the extraction of this perfume would prove a paying undertaking.”’ (Proschowsky. ) 11645 and 11646. MaANGIFERA spp. From Saigon, Cochin China. Received thru Mr. M. E. Haffner, director of agriculture, August 20, 1904. Seeds as follows: 11645. MANGIFERA CAMBODIANA. 11646. MANGIFERA MEKONGENSIS. #7647. Musa sp. Banana. From Monte, Grand Canary. Received thru Mr. Alaricus Delmard, August 22, 1904. 11648. MaMMEA AMERICANA. Mammee apple. From Mayaguez, P. R. Received thru Mr. O. W. Barrett, Agricultural Experi- ment Station, August 22, 1904. For use in mangosteen experiments. 11649. LILIUM NEILGHERRENSE. ' Neilgherry lily. From Utakamand, India. Received thru Mr. G. H. Cave, superintendent of- the Government Botanic Gardens, August 19, 1904. 11650. ‘TRiTicUM DICOCCUM. Emmer. From Paris, France. Received thru Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co., August 27, 1904. Amidonnier noir. 11651 and 11652. MerpbiIcAGo SATIVA. Alfalfa. From City of Mexico, Mexico. Received thru Mr. Felix Foéx, National School of Agriculture, August 24, 1904. 11651. Aélixco, from State of 11652. Apater, from State of Pueblo. ; Guanajuato. 11653. CaALOPHYLLUM CALABA. From Honolulu, Hawaii. Received thru Mr. Gerrit P. Wilder, August 29, 1904. . For experiments in propagating the mangosteen. 11654. LANDOLPHIA sp. (4). } From Africa. Presented thru Mr. G. N. Collins by Mr. Gilbert Christy. Received August 31, 1904. 7217—No. 97—07—_5 66 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 11655. AVENA SATIVA. Oat. From Statesville, N.C. Received thru Dr. B. W. Kilgore, of the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station, September 2, 1904. 11656. THEOBROMA CACAO. Cacao. From Nicoya, Costa Rica. Received thru Mr. G. N. Collins, June, 1903. (G. & G. No. 3979.) 11657. CASTILLOA NICOYENSIS. Central American rubber. From Nicoya, Costa Rica. Received thru Mr. G. N. Collins, June, 1903. (G. & G. No. 3980. ) 11658. HorpdEUM VULGARE. Barley. From Blacksburg, Va. Received thru Mr. John R. Fain, September 7, 1904. Tennessee Winter barley, shipped from Jefferson City, Tenn. 11659. THEVETIA OVATA (7%). From Guadalajara, Mexico. Received from Mr. Federico Chisolm, September 3, 1904 11660. HeLIANTHUS sp. Sunflower. From Bozeman, Mont. Received from the Montana Agricultural Experiment Station, August 29, 1904. 11661 to 11673. CITRUS DECUMANA. Pomelo. From Calcutta, India. Originally from Mr. David Prain, of the Royal Botanic Garden. Presented to the Department by Mr. Henry Phipps, 6 East Eighty- seventh street, New York, N. Y. Received September 8, 1904. Plants as follows: 11661. ‘‘Large White-Fleshed,’’ from Seharunpur. 11662. ‘‘Large Red-Fleshed,’’ from Seharunpur. 11663. ‘‘China,”’ from Seharunpur. 11664. ‘‘Pure White Sweet,”’ from Bangalore. 11665. ‘‘ White Sweet,’’ from Bangalore. 11666. ‘‘Red Sweet Variety,’’ from Bangalore. 11667. ‘‘ White Sour,’’ from Bangalore. 11668. ‘‘Large,”’ from Lucknow. ° 11669. ‘‘Small,’’ from Lucknow. 11670. ‘‘White,’? from the Agricultural-Horticultural Society, Alipore, Caleutta, India. 11671. ‘‘A. H. Society’s,’’ from the Agricultural-Horticultural Society, Alipore, Calcutta, India. 11672. ‘Pink,’ from the Agricultural-Horticultural Society, Alipore, Cal- cutta, India. 11673. ‘‘Royal Botanic Garden”’ variety, from Calcutta. 11674. VITIS COIGNETIAE. : Crimson glory vine. From New York, N. Y. Received thru Messrs. Henry & Lee, 97 Water street, September 9, 1904. 11675. ANANAS SATIVUS. Pineapple. Received September 9, 1904. (Mailed from some point in Liberia, but origin unknown. ) 97 - DECEMBER, 1903, TO DECEMBER, 1905. 67 11676. BaALSAMORRHIZA sp. Balsam root. From Bozeman, Mont. Received thru Mr. A. J. Pieters, August, 1904. =PlG77. VICIA SATIVA. Common vetch. From New York, N. Y. Received thru J. M. Thorburn «& Co., 36 Cortlandt street, September, 1904. 11678. HorDEUM VULGARE. Barley. From St. Anthony Park, Minn. Received thru Prof. W. M. Hays, of the Agri- cultural Experiment Station, September, 1904. 11679. VICIA SATIVA. Common vetch. From Richmond, Va. Received thru T. W. Wood & Sons, September, 1904. 21680. VICIA VILLOSA. Hairy vetch. From Richmond, Va. Received thru T. W. Wood & Sons, September, 1904. 11681. BRUCEA SUMATRANA. “Kosam.”’ From Singapore, Straits Settlements. Received from the Botanic Gardens, thru the German consulate, September 12, 1904. The fruit of this plant is said to be an iniallible remedy for dysentery. 11682. LIppPlIA REPENS. From Santa Barbara, Cal. Received thru Dr. F. Franceschi at the Plant Intro- duction Garden, Chico, Cal., August 26, 1904. ‘““Thrives in any soil, no matter how poor. Rapidly covers the ground with a very dense matting. Takes one-tenth as much wateras any lawn; needs no mowing; will stand intense heat and several degrees of cold. Can be established in sloping ground.”’ (Francescht.) (See 8. P. Ll. No. 4263. ) 11683. HuMULUS LUPULUS. Hop. From Wheatland, Cal. Received at the Plant Introduction Garden, Chico, Cal., August 15, 1904. 11684. Brassica NAPUS. Rape. From New York, N. Y. Received thru Henry Nungesser & Co., September 15, 1904. Dwarf Essex. 11685 to 11696. From Guadalajara, Mexico. Received thru Mr. Federico Chisolm, September 19, 1904. Miscellaneous seeds and bulbs, mostly unidentified. 21697. ViciA FABA. Forse bean. From Ottawa, Canada. Received thru Graham Brothers, September 21, 1904. Tick. 11698 to 11713. \aninor spp. Cassava. From Sao Paulo, Brazil. Received thru Prof. Alberto Lofgren, director of the Botanic Gardens, September 24, 1904. 97 68 } SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 11698 to 11713— Continued. Cuttings, as follows: 11698. Globo. 11707. .. ~-Laer-Chap..- (Nez3") L287 54 2 “Ai Man? = Now 2s) ‘“‘As to the local manner of planting this rice, a seed bed some 30 yards square is prepared alongside of the large rice fields about the month of August. This seed bed is composed of softish mud, and the grain is scattered over the surface, which is kept wet enough to cause it to sprout. In about three weeks’ time the mass of seed- lings are about 10 inches in height, when they are taken up and planted out in the rice fields in bunches of 20 or so seedlings together, at intervals of a foot between bunches. ‘‘The soil of the fields is a biuish alluvial mud, and, after planting, it is kept con- stantly inundated with water from the numerous creeks which intersect the country. In ae ae days from planting out the grain is ripe, and is then gathered in. Griffith. 12877 to 12895. From New Zealand. Presented by the government of New Zealand thru Mr. M. A. Carleton. Received February 11, “1905. A collection of grains, etc., from the New Zealand exhibit at the Lousiana Pur- chase Exposition, St. Louis, Mo., 1904. 12877 to 12882. AvENA SATIVA. : Oat. 12877. Danish. 12880. Canadian. 12878. Dun. 12881. White Tartar. = 12879. Sparrowbill. » 12882. Black Tartar. 12883 to 12886. TrRITICUM VULGARE. ; Wheat. [2883-> Pearls * 12885. Hunter’s. 12884. (No label.) 12886. Tuscan. 12887 to 12889. Pisum SATIVUM. Pea. 12887. Brown. (Marked 12889. Green. Bee 12888. Green. (Marked eee) 12890. TRIFOLIUM REPENS. White clover. 12891. TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE. Red clover. Colonial. 12892. LoLium ITALICUM. Italian rye-grass. 128938. LoLiumM PERENNE. Perennial rye-grass. 12894. PHLEUM PRATENSE. Timothy. Colonial. 12895. DacTYLIS GLOMERATA. Orchard erass. 12896. LILIUM NEILGHERRENSE. Neilgherry lily. From Utakamund, India. Received thru Mr. G. H. Cave, superintendent of the Government Botanic Gardens, February 14, 1904. 12897 to 12899. From Durban, Natal. Presented by Mr. J. Medley Wood, director of the Botanic Gardens. Received February 14, 1905. _ - 12897. Correa ZANGUEBARIAE (?). Coffee. “According to a letter of January 12, 1905, from Mr. Wood, this species of Coffea, regarding the identification of which he is doubttul, is quite immune . 97 116 _. SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 12897 to 12899—Continued. to attacks of the Hemileia vastutrix. It is grown in the Botanic Gardens within a few feet of Coffea plants covered with this fungus, and Mr. Wood has endeavored to inoculate the plant with it but has been unsuccessful. He fur- ther states that it is a handsome shrub, in addition to its value for hybridizing purposes for Cojfea arabica or other species. His idea is, further, that it might be used asa stock upon which to grait the Arabian Coffea.’’ (Fairchild. ) 12898. ASPARAGUS VIRGATUS. ‘‘According to Mr. Wood this species is cultivated in Natal and is considered to have a distinct flavor-of its own and to be a desirable vegetable. This same species has been in cultivation in America for some time as an ornamental.”’ ( Fairchild.) : 12899. PAsSIFLORA EDULIS. ‘‘In Natal one of the commonest fruits on the market is this passion fruit. Its cultivation requires very little attention and it seems to be a very produc- tive vine. This could be cultivated to advantage in the frostless regions of ~ California and Florida, and attempts should be made to cross it with the May- pop, which isa common speeies of Passiflora growing in the Carolinas In New Zealand and: Australia the fruit has become a popular one on the market.’’ ( Fairchild. ) 12900 to 12908. From Washington, D. C. Grown on the Potomac Flats under the direction of Dr. R. H. True, Physiologist in Charge of Drug and Medicinal Plant Investi- gations. Received February 5, 1905. A collection of drug and medicinal plant seeds, as follows: 12900. ATROPA BELLADONNA. Belladonna. 12901. Cart CARVI. ; Caraway. 12902. CoNnIUM MACULATUM. Poison hemlock. 129038. CoRIANDRUM SATIVUM. _ Coriander. 12904. LOoBELIA INFLATA. Lobelia. 12905. SATUREJA HORTENSIS. Summer savory. 12906. PAPAYER SOMNIFERUM. Poppy. A white-seeded opium poppy. 12907. PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM. Poppy. A blue-seeded opium poppy. 12908. CHENOPODIUM ANTHELMINTICUM. American wormseed. 12909. SECHIUM EDULE. . Chayote. From New Orleans, La. Received thru the J. Steckler Seed Company, February 11, 1905. 12910. OLEA EUROPEA. Olive. From Tunis, North Africa. Received thru Mr. T. H. Kearney, February 13, 1905. Chitoni. ‘‘ This is the principal and best oil variety of northern Tunis, but is said not to do so well in drier and hotter parts.’’ (Kearney. ) 12911 to 12917. From Brookings, §. Dak. Received thru Prof. N. E. Hansen, Agricultural Experiment Station, January 18, 1905. A collection of ornamentals, as follows: 12911. (Undetermined. ) ‘* Siberian sand thorn.” 97 NEL se (es) > 4 DECEMBER, 1903, TO DECEMBER, 1905. Sa 12911 to 12917—Continued. 1291S. CARAGANA MICROPHYLLA. 12913. CARAGANA ARBORESCENS. _ Siberian pea tree. 12914. Satix sp. Niobe weeping willow. 12915. Rosa rRuGosa. Pasture rose. 12916. Satrx sp. Ural willow. 1291’'7. SALIX VIMINALIS REGALIS. 12918. BETA VULGARIS. Sugar beet. From Fort Coliins, Colo. Received thru the Colcrado Experiment Station, February 14, 1905. Kleinwanzleben. - 12919. RAPHANUS SATIVUS. Radish. From Fairfield, Wash. Received thru Mr. E. H. Morrison, February 13, 1905. Crimson Giant Forcing. Grown from S. P. I. No. 9487. 12920. NICOTIANA TABACUM. Tobacco. From Washingtonboro, Lancaster County, Pa. Received thru Mr. Frank C. Wittmer, February 14, 1905. 12921 to 12926. From Sifax, Tunis, North Africa. Received thru Mr. T. H. Kearney, February 17, 1905. 12921. OLEA EUROPAEA. Olive. “The Chemlali variety, being probably the best adapted of all olives toa dry, hot climate, will be useful as a stock even if it does not succeed with us as J). 2 ; zs an oil variety.’’ ( Kearney.) 12922. PISTACIA VERA. Pistache. White-skinned variety. 12923. Prsracra VERA. Pistache. Red-skinned yariety. 12924. PISTACIA VERA. Pistache. Male. “Through the kindness of Mr. Leonardi, British vice-consul, I was able to visit a garden here (Sfax) belonging to two Italian Jews, w here there are 16 pistache trees (one male). The gardeners told me there are three kinds of pistaches here, all with green ker nels, but one having a white, one a red, and one a red-and-white streak Crimson clover. From Richmond, Va. Received thru T. W. Wood & Son, July 20, 1905. Late. 14467. VICIA VILLOSA. Hairy vetch. From Richmond, Va. Received thru T. W. Wood & Son, July 20, 1905. 14468. VIcIA FABA. Horse bean. From Montreal, Canada. Received thru William Ewing & Co., July 20, 1905. 14469. GossyPiuM sp. Cotton. From Chicago, Ill. Received thru Mr. I. L. Hauser (?), 225 Dearborn street, July 17, 1905. 97 168 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 14470. ERAGROSTIS ABYSSINICA. Teff. From San Giovanni a Teduccio, near Naples, Itaiy. Received thru Dammann & Co., July 21, 1905. 14471. NANTHOSOMA SAGITTIFOLIUM. Yautia. From Mayaguez, P. R. Received from the Agricultural Experiment Station, July 24, 1905. ‘*This variety is in many respects the best of all the yautias cultivated in tropical America. It yields 3 to 5 pounds to the hill, and can be grown on a great variety of soils. It requires about ten months to mature. “This variety is known as ‘Rolliza’ in Porto Rico. It is also grown in Trinidad, Venezuela, and Balize, British Honduras. The fresh roots contain 20 per cent to 28 per cent of starch, with very little fiber. ‘No. 1,’ of P. R. Exp. Station.” ( Barrett. ) 14472 and 14473. From Manila, P. I. Received thru Capt. George P. Ahern, chief of the Bureau of Forestry, July 24, 1905. 14472. ORANIA PHILIPPINENSIS. Palm. ‘“‘A palm indigenous to the Philippine Islands.”’ (Ahern ) 14473. PANDANUS LUZONENSIS. ‘A plant indigenous to the Philippine Islands, found at elevations up to 600 meters above sea level. Apparently closely related to Pandanus sylvestris Bory, from the island of Reunion, differing in its larger size, longer leaves, ete. Described in Bulletin No. 17, Bureau of Government Laboratories, Manila, P. 1., ‘New or Noteworthy Philippine Plants, Il,’ by Botanist Elmer D. Mer- rill.”? (Ahern. ) 14474. VIGNA SINENSIS. Cowpea. From Grovetown, Ga. Received thru Mr. W. W. Hamilton, July 26, 1905. 14475. SOLANUM COMMERSONI. Aquatic potato. From Montevideo, Uruguay. Received thru Dr. J. Clyde Macartney, July 25, 1905. 14476. OPUNTIA sp. Prickly pear. This number (14476) was assigned to about 500 seedling cacti sent by Mr. Luther Burbank, Santa Rosa, Cal., to Dr. S. A. Knapp, San Antonio, Tex., for planting on the Government demonstration farm. ot tO tt): From City of Mexico, Mexico. Received thru Dr. J. N. Rose, of the United States National Museum, July 28, 1905. A collection of unidentified plants. 14480. I[poMOEA BATATAS (4). Dahomey sweet potato. From Bordeaux, France. Réceived thru Hon. Albion W. Tourgee, United States consul, July 31, 1905. This plant ‘‘is a native of Dahomey and very prolific. The leaves of the plant can be used as a substitute for spinach, and the tubers, containing a higher percentage of sugar than beets, are fine favored and make exceptionally good food for live stock.’’ ( Tourgee. ) 14481. [LiInIuM LONGIFLORUM EXIMEUM. Easter lily. From Washington, D.C. Received July 31, 1905. Selected bulbs grown in the Department greenhouses. 97 a DECEMBER, 1903, TO DECEMBER, 1905. 169 14482. JUNCUS EFFUSUS. Matting rush. From California. Collected under the direction of Prof. A. V. Stuvenrauch. Roots secured from California marshes for work on the matting-rush industry. 14483. CYPERUS sp. From Kobe, Japan. Received thru Mr. A. G. Boyer, at North Galveston, Tex., April, 1904. 14484 and 14485. CapsicUM ANNUUM. Pepper. From Malaga, Spain. Received thru Hon. D. R. Birch, United States consul, July 31, 1905. 14484. Chile. 14485. Large red sweet coin. ‘“This pepper is the most common variety on sale here, and the fruits are usually about 8 inches in length.”? ( Birch.) 14486. SCHOENOCAULON OFFICINALE (?%). “ Cebadilla.” From San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Received thru Dr. Edward Palmer from Dr. Gregorio Borroeta, July 31, 1905. An insecticide wash for cattle infected with ticks is said to be prepared from these plants. Related to the fly-killer (Amiranthium muscaetoxicum) and to the green hellebore ( Veratrum). Imported for experiments in Cuba. 14487. PRUNUS SIBIRICA. Siberian apricot. From Jamaica Plain, Mass. Received thru the Arnold Arboretum, July 28, 1905. This variety is said to be perfectly hardy in Massachusetts. 14488. BIDENS HETEROPHYLLA. “Maipe” tea. From Guadalajara, Mexico. Received thru Mr. Federico Chisolm, August 1, 1905. **A great part of the stuff sold as ‘tea’ in Mexico is the rolled leaves of this plant.”’ (Chisolm. ) 14489. (Undetermined.) From Tacoma, Wash. Presented by Gen. William G. Le Duc. Received July 27, 1905. ‘**Plant said to be used by the Indians as a cure for ‘mountain fever;’ fruits are edible.’’ (Le Duc.) 14490. SoLANUM TUBEROSUM. Potato. From Edinburgh, Scotland. Secured by Prof. L. R. Jones, of the Vermont Experiment Station, from T. A. Scarlett, and sent direct to Burlington, Vt. El Dorado. ‘‘A potato that is of peculiar prominence for disease resistance. In 1904 speculation forced the price as high as $16.a pound.’’ (Jones.) (See No. 130384. ) 14491. Narcissus POETICUS ALBA fl. pl. From Edinburgh, Scotland. Received thru the Royal Botanical Gardens, August 7, 1905. 14492. PANICUM MAXIMUM. Guinea grass. From Australia. Received thru J. M. Thorburn & Co., New York, N. Y., - May 25, 1905. 97 170 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 14493 to 14497. From Paris, France. Received thru Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co., May 26, 1905. Clover and alialia seeds: 14493. TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE. Red clover. Trejie, violet de Russie. ; 14494. TRIFOLIUM INCARNATUM. Crimson clover. Trefle, imearna: dz Russie. 14495. TRIFOLIUM REPENS. White clover. Trejie, blane de Russie. 14496. MeEpicaco SATIVA. Alfalfa. Luzerne de Pensa (Simbirsk). 14497. MeEpbiIcAGo SATIVA. Alfalfa. Luzerne de Charkoic. 14498. PERSEA INDICA. From Monte, Grand Canary. Presented by Mr. Alaricus Delmard. Received June 1, 1905. = Seeds from Teneriffe. ‘‘Procured for the purpose of growing stocks upon which to grait seedling avocado (Persea graiissima) for planting in localities which require a more hardy stock than the latter.’’ ( Fairchild.) 14499. VIGNA SINENSIS. . Cowpea. From Richmond, Va. Received thru T. W. Wood & Sons, June 1, 1905. Wonderful. er 14590 to 14775. ANDROPOGON SORGHUM. Sorghum. From Bombay Presidency, India. Received by the Office of Grass and Forage Plant Investigations, April 27, 1903, from Hon. J. W. Mollison, Inspector- General of Agriculture in India. Turned over to the Office of Seed and Plant Tniroduction and numbered in the spring of 1905. A collection of sorghums obiained from Surat Farm, Bombay Presidency. 14500. Dharla (A). 14516. Gare Nasik. 14501. Kar Juar. 14517. Akada (B). 14502. Garia Yellow. 14518. Akada (C). 14503. Ellichpuri. 14519. Gangad. 14504. Gare. 14520. Garia Dharla. 14505. Alkada. 14521. Akada (D)- 14506. Garia Yellow (A). 14522. Garathi. 14507. Yellaspuri. 14523. Nilwa Khandesh. 14508.