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24956 to 24997— Continued. 



24985 to 24989. Red kafir. 



24985. (G. I. No. 34.) 24988. (G. I. Xo. 212.) 



24986. (G. I. No. 68.) 24989. (G. I. No. 215. 



24987. (G. I. No. 69.) 



Selected since 1905 for dwarf stature, productiveness, and other desirable 

 characteristics by Messrs. A. H. Leidigh and Carleton R. Ball. 



24990 to 24995. Brown kowliang. 



24990. (G. I. No. 122.) Improved by selection for dwarf stature, 

 productiveness, etc., from S. P. I. No. 17922 by Mr. Carleton R. Ball. 



24991. (G. I. No. 123.) Improved by selection for dwarf stature, 

 productiveness, etc., from S. P. I. No. 17923 by Mr. Carleton R. Ball. 



24992. (G. I. No. 171A.) 24994. (G. I. No. 171C.) 



24993. (G. I. No. 171B.) 



Improved by selection for dwarf stature, productiveness, etc., from 

 S. P. I. No. 18518 by Mr. Carleton R. Ball. 



24995. (G. I. No. 261.) Improved by selection for dwarf stature, pro- 

 ductiveness, etc., from S. P. I. No. 20610 by Mr. Carleton R. Ball. 



24996 and 24997. White durra. 



24996. (G. I. No. 27.) Originally from Algeria, through France. 

 Improved by Mr. Carleton R. Ball through selection for erect heads, 

 seed-holding power, etc. 



24997. (G. I. No. 81.) Seed supposedly from Egypt; received from 

 Austria. Improved by Mr. Carleton R. Ball through selection for 

 erect heads, seed-holding power, etc. 



24998 and 24999. 



From Para, Brazil. Presented by Mr. George H. Pickerell, United States con- 

 sul. Received February 23, 1909. 



The following seeds : 



24998. Virola surixamexsis (Rol.) Warb. 



Distribution. — A native of the Amazon Valley in Brazil, of Guiana, and of the 

 West India Islands. 



24999. Sapixdus sapoxaria L. 



Distribution. — A small tree found on the Florida keys, in Jamaica, and in 

 Brazil. Cultivated in southern Florida and southern California. 



25000. Cajax indicum Spreng. 



From Mexico. Presented by Mr. Elmer Stearns, botanist, School of Agriculture, 

 C. Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico. Received March 17, 1909. 



" This plant grows to about 20 feet high here in Mexico in the warmer regions; it 

 might do all right in southern California or the warmer belts farther north. ' ' (Stearns. ) 

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