8] 2 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



9862. Andropogon sorghum. Sorghum. 



From the Sudan, Africa. Presented by Dr. L. Trabut, Government Botanist, 7 

 Rue des Fontaines, Mustapha, Algiers, Algeria. Received September 14, 1903. 



A few seeds of a strain originated in the Sudan. Recommended by Doctor Tra- 

 but as of extraordinary size and quality. 



9863. Pyrus malus. Apple. 



From Stockhohu, Sweden. Presented by Mr. Axel Pihl, secretary of the Swed- 

 ish Pomological Society, through Messrs. Lathrop and Fairchild. Received 

 September 22, 1903. 



Salems. "A newly-discovered variety, promising because of its hardiness and abil- 

 ity to live on poor soils." {Fairchild. ) 



9864. Trifolium pannonicum. 



J'rom Erfurt, Germany. Received through Haage & Schmidt September 26, 

 1903. 



9865. Secale cereale. Rye. 



From Stockholm, Sweden. Received through Mr. J. E. "W. Tracy, of this 

 Department, August 17, 1903. 



Wasa. Three small samples, from different seed houses. As the bags containing 

 two of the samples were broken and the seed mixed, it was decided to give but one 

 number to the three samples. (1 sample from Sellberg & Co., Stockholm; 1 sample 

 from Ohmans, Soner & Co., Stockholm; 1 sample from another seed house.) 



9866. Euphorbia pulcherrima var. plenissima. Poinsettia. 



From Hope Gardens, Kingston, Jamaica. Presented by Prof. William Fawcett, 

 director, through Messrs. Lathrop and Fairchild. Received October 8, 1903. 



"In 1898 Mr. Barbour Lathrop noticed a single plant of this variety growing in 

 the Hope Botanic Gardens, of Kingston, Jamaica. Although he had seen the double 

 variety of this plant in many places in the Tropics and in greenhouses, nowhere had 

 he observed a plant with such unusually full whorls of colored bracts. The plant in 

 its full glory was a perfect blaze of color, forming one of the handsomest decorative 

 shrubs for landscape purposes that we have ever seen. The writer is inclined to 

 believe that this is a strain from the ordinary double poinsettia, and that it can be 

 propagated from cuttings. Its special beauty may possibly have been, however, pro- 

 duced by specially favorable soil conditions in Jamaica. If the former presumption 

 is true, this will probably prove a very valuable strain for park use in those regions 

 of the South where it will grow, and it may even prove superior to the ordinary 

 type for greenhouse culture. It is w'orthy of a serious trial, both out of doors and 

 under glass. Under notes L. and F., No. 56, in 1898, the Department's attention was 

 called to this variety." [Fairchild.) 



9867. Prunus lauro-cerasus. Cherry laurel. 



From Trebizond, Turkey. Presented bv Mrs. Julia F. Parmelee. Received 

 October 9, 1903. 



Kara yemish. Five plants brought by Mrs. Parmelee from Trebizond to Dunkirk, 

 N. Y. Given to the Department through Mr. W. A. Taylor, pomologist in charge 

 of field investigations. 



9868. OCIMUM VIRIDE. 



From Kew, England. Presented by the director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, 



Kew. Received October 9, 1903. 

 Obtained at the request of Dr. L. O. Howard, Entomologist of this Department, 



for experiments on the effect of this plant upon mosquitoes. 



