If, \M» PLANTS IMPORTED. 



25276. Ti:u OUT M 81 w EOl I NS Willd. 



in. Procured by Prof. N. E. Hansen, of the Agricul- 

 tural i rimenl Station, Brookings, S. Dak., in 1 0<»s, while traveling as an 

 expl< Department of Agriculture. Received April L2, 



25277 to 25279. Medicago sativa L. Alfalfa. 



in Turkestan. Procured from Mr. II. W. Durrschmidt, Tashkent, Turkestan, 

 1>\ Pro]'. V E. Hansen, of tin- Agricultural Experiment Station, Brookings, 

 8. Dak., in L908, while traveling as an agricultural explorer for the Depart- 

 menl of Agriculture. Received February 23, L909. 



25277. Aulieata. 



25278. Khiva. Polished by machine. 



25279. Vernoe. 



Vote. \ previous shipment of alfalfa (No. 23203), received under the name 

 I '. noi , <>r Tschilik, is presumably the same variety ami from the same location 

 as tin- above. 

 •'The Aulieata is from Aulieata, Semireehensk, north of Tashkent. The Vernoe 

 is from Vernoe. Semirechensk, 600 versts northeast of Tashkent." (Hansen.) 



52280. Pisum aiiv knse L. Field pea. 



From Nephi, Utah. Presented by Mr. F. D. Farrell, assistant agronomist, Agri- 

 cultural Experiment Station, Logan, Utah. Received April 19, 1909. 



were grown in 1908, from seed obtained from Colorado. Variety not 

 known. Best yielding variety in 1908." (Farrell.) 



25281. Caesalpinia coriaria (Jacq.) Willd. Divi-divi. 



From Rio Hacha, Colombia. Presented by Sr. Jose Bolivar Nunez. Received 



April 17, 1909. 

 e No. 23335 for description. 



Distribution. — A tree found in the southern part of Mexico, in the vicinity of 

 Tehauntepec, and in Venezuela and the islands of Jamaica, Trinidad, and Haiti. 



25309. Amygdalus persica L. Peach. 



From Yokohama, Japan. Purchased from the Yokohama Nursery Company. 

 Received April 21, 1909. 



•• Tenshin blood peach." 

 25315. Zinzibeb officinale Rose. Ginger. 



From Sibpur, Calcutta, India. Presented by Prof. A. T. <iage, superintendent, 

 Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta. Received April 23, 1909. 



Procured for Dr. R. H. True's experiment-. 



25316. PlNTJS GERABDIANA Wall. 



From Fort Sandeman, Baluchistan. Procured from Lieut. Col. G. C. Trench, 

 I. A., political agent in Zhob. Received April 22, 1909. 



See Xo. 21819 for description. 

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