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9626. ( r( I iJMiTA MELANOsrEi.'MA. Squash. 



Kroiii San Antonio, Malta. Kcreivol tliruuf.'li Meswrs. I.;itliinii ami KaiivliiM 

 (No. 1159, December 27, Ut02), May H, 190S. 



"Dr. Giovanni Borg, director of the gardens at San Antonio, railed our attention to 

 this squash as the best one for soups and as a vegetable wliich he had ever tested on 

 the island. The plant also grows luxuriantly in Madeira, when' it is highly prized 

 as a vegetable. Doctor (irabhani, of Funihal, remarked that it formed one of the 

 principal foods of the native poor people. It should be given a good test by seeds- 

 men." {FairchUd.) 



9627. LlPINUS ALBUS (?). 



From Tripoli or Tunis. Received through Messrs. Lathrop and Fairchild (No. 

 116(1, December VM)2), May 6, 1908. 



"A few peculiar lupines picked up either in Tunis or Tripoli. They may be of 

 interest to those experimenting with this plant as a green manure crop." ( Fdirrhil'L) 



9628 to 9631. Ornamentals. 



From Cape Town, South Africa. Received through Messrs. Lathrop and Fair- 

 child (Nos. 1162 to 1165, March 16. 1903), May H, 1903. 



Seed of several ornamentals presented by ]Mr. H. J. Chalvin, sni)crintcndent of the 

 municipal gardens at Cape Town, as follows: 



9628. Cotyledon sp. 9630. G.\steria cRorcnERi. 



Various species. Mixed seed. (No. 1164. ) 



(No. 1162.) 



9631. Mon.\E.\ p.wonia. 

 (No. 1165.) 



9629. AsPAR.^Gus pi.r^fosrs. 

 (No. 1163.) 



9632 and 9633. 



From Port Elizabeth district, South Africa. Received through Messrs. Lathrop 

 and Fairchild, May 6, 1903. 



9632. EiprioHHiA coronata. 

 .\ tow seeds. 



9633. LEiCAnEXDRON ARGEXTEiM. Sllver tree. 



"Planted in a pot closely and all<iwed to grow up thickly, the silver tree 

 is said to form a very pretty pot plant. Difficult to transplant." (Fulrrhild.) 



9634. Ananas sattvus. Pineapple. 



From Trapps Yallev, South Africa. Received through Messrs. Lathi(ji) and 

 Fairchild (No. 1156, March 16, 1903), May 15, 1903. 



Xatal. "These are probably in no way different from No. 9606, and were intended 

 to be shipped with them, but arrived too late. Secured through the kindness of Prof. 

 C. P. Lounsbury, entomologist of the Cape department of agriculture, from a planta- 

 tion near Trapps Valley. 



9635 to 9660. Gossypium barbadense. Egyptian cotton. 



From Egypt. Received through Mr. Thomas H. Kearney, May 16, 1903. 



9635. 



Extra Fine Mil Afifi. Purchased from Robin Carver, Kafr-el-Zayat. 



9636. 



Ashmuni, Purchased from Carver Brothers & Co., Beni-Suef. 



