• JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1908. 



21758 to 21767, Rheum spp. 



13 

 Rhubarb. 



From St. Petersburg, Russia. Presented by Dr. A. Fischer von Waldheim, 

 director, Imperial Botanic Garden. Received January 6, 1908. 



21758. Rheum rhaponticum L. 

 Queen Victoria. 



21759. Rheum undulatum L. 



21760. Rheum rhaponticum L. 



21761. Rheum palmatum tanguticum Maxim. 



21762. Rheum palmatum L. 

 Red flowered. 



21763. Rheum australe Don. 



21764. Rheum compactum L. 



21765. Rheum palmatum atropurpureum. 



21766. Rheum moorcroftiaxi m Royle. 



21767. Rheum acuminatum Hook. f. & Thomas. 



21768 and 21769. Medic ago sativa L. Alfalfa* 



From Bassorah, Persian Gulf. Purchased from Mr. H. P. Chalk, agent for 

 the Hills Brothers Company, New York. Received January 7, 1908. 



Arabian alfalfa or Jet. 



21768. Seed from unirrigated plants. 



21769. Seed from irrigated plants. 



21770 to 21778. 



From French Guinea. Presented by M. Aug. Chevalier, 03 Rue de Buffon, 

 Paris. France. Received January 10, 1908. 



21770. IPOMOEA BATATAS (L.) Poil\ 



21771. Ipomoea batatas (L.) Poir. 



21772. Ipomoea batatas (L.) Poir. 



21773. Ctusus sp. 



21774. Coleus sp. 



21775. Dioscorea bulbieera L. 



21776. Musa sp. Banana. 



21777. Xanthosoma sagittaefolium (L.) Schott. Yautia. 

 White. 



21778. Xanthosoma sagittaefolium (L.) Schott. Yautia. 

 Rose. 



21779. Citrus xobilis X vulgaris. 



From Algiers, Algeria. Presented by Dr. L. Trabut, government botanist. 



Sweet potato. 

 Sweet potato. 

 Sweet potato. 



Received January 9, 1908. 

 " Fruit large, mediocre, colored. 



21780 to 21782. 



(Trabut.) 



From Ichang, Hupeh. China. Secured by Mr. E. H. Wilson, of the Arnold 

 Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, Mass., in cooperation with this Department. 

 Received January, 1908. 



