Inventory 51, Seeds and Plants Imported. 



Plate IV. 



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A Young Tree of the Barcelona Filbert. 



(Corylus azellana L., S. P. I. No. 4460S.) 



Felix Gillette, of Nevada City, Calif., was a pioneer in the introduction of the filbert into the 

 Pacific coast region. His collection of varieties, to which the Bureau of Plant Industry con- 

 tributed, was maintained for some time after his death. From it, Prof. A. A. Quarnberg, of 

 Vancouver, Wash., obtained some of the first plants of his filbert collection, which is now 

 the most extensive one in this country. The increasing interest in filbert growing in the 

 State of Washington makes this historical photograph of the beginning of the industry worth 

 publishing. (Photographed by David Fairchild, at Nevada City, Calif., 1904; PIJQSFS.') 



