18 SEEDS AND PLANTS [MPOBTED. 



26126 to 26129 Continued. 



26127. "Pdpat Array anas, criallas Colorado*. Produced on the mountain tops 

 ami on high table Lands." 



26128. "Pdpat Paramuruu. Produced od the mountain slopes above the 

 Savannah of Bogota." 



26129. "Pdpas Amapald. Produced on the Savannah of Bogota." 



26130. Medicaoo sativa L. Alfalfa. 



Prom Talas, Caesarea, Turkey. Presented by Dr. Wm. S. Dodd, through Mr. 

 Charles J. Brand. Received October 10, 1909. 



'• In his Letter transmitting this seed Doctor Dodd states: 'I am not sure whether the 

 iucern for which you ask is the plant that we cultivate here for horse feed or not, but 

 I send some of that. Yonja is the Turkish name.' Only a small package of this seed 

 was received, and it should be reserved for experiments in the Southwest." (Brand.) 



26132 and 26133. 



From Mr. Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural Explorer. Received October 13, 1909. 

 Seeds of the following: 



26132. Prunus sp. 



From China. Obtained at the M. L. de Vilmorin Arboretum, Les Barres, 

 Xogent sur Vernisson, France. 



26133. Photixia villosa (Thunb.) DC. 



From Western China. Obtained at the M. L. de Vilmorin Arboretum, Les 

 Barres, Xogent sur Vernisson, France. "This plant has a rather dwarfy habit, 

 is apparently evergreen in a climate not too cold, and may serve as a stock for 

 loquats, besides being also ornamental. The plant will probably not be hardy 

 in Washington, D. C." (Meyer.) 



Distribution. — A native of the southeastern provinces of the Chinese Empire 

 and of Formosa, and widely distributed in Japan. 



26134. Allium cepa L. Onion. 



From Denia, Spain. Procured from Senor Don Luis Tono, American consular 

 agent, through Mr. Robert Frazer, jr., American consul, Valencia, Spain. 

 Received October 20, 1909. 



"Seed of the onion that is commercially grown on an extensive scale in Denia. 

 These onions come upon the American market in a peculiar type of package and are 

 the large yellow or straw-colored onions which are sold under the name of Spanish 

 onions. The closest American representative of this type is the Prizetaker, which I 

 understand is an American sport from this variety. It is probably the largest of the 

 onions which are grown extensively for market, has the thinnest skin, is the mildest 

 in flavor, and altogether is the best onion produced in the world. From imported seed 

 we have succeeded in producing some very fine specimens in parts of Texas, and we 

 hope that from this small beginning a very considerable industry will be built up. 

 The probabilities are that we shall always need to import the seed direct from Spain 

 in order to maintain the high quality in the American-grown product. " (L. C. Corbet t.) 



26135. Trifolium suaveolens Willd. Shaftal, or schabdar. 



From Tashkend, Turkestan. Purchased from Dr. Richard Schroder, director 

 Chief Agricultural Experiment Station, at the suggestion of Prof. N. E. Hansen, 

 Agricultural Experiment Station, Brookings, S. Dak. Received October 23, 

 1909. 

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