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18000. LoLiUM ITALICUM. Italian rye-grass. 



From New Yoik City, N. Y. Received through Henry Nuiigesscr .\c Co., March 

 17, 1906. 



18001 to 18118. Trifolium pratense. Red clover. 



Kereived througii Mr. Charles J. Brand of this Department aii<l di.'^trihute«l by 

 him in connectioii with hi.s work on life hi.story, seed prodiution, and change 

 of seed. A series of red clovers of different regional origin, being the first 

 generation from seed of the crop of UtO:5 which wa.H .sown in 1904 and harvesteti 

 in KtOo. 



18001 to 18021. 



From Shirley, 111. Received through Mr. Eugene D. Funk, March, 1906. 

 18022 to 18037. 



From Rushville, Ind. Received through Mr. Theodore IT. Reed, March, 



190fi. 



18038 to 18054. 



From Favetteville, N. Y. Receiveil through Mr. A. T. Armstrong, March, 

 1906. 



18055 to 18068. 



From Mansion, Wis. Received through Mr. J. B. McNown, .March, 1906. 



18069 to 18082. 



From \Vai)ak()neta, Oliio. Received through Mr. .Jolin A. Ritchie, .March, 

 1906. 



18083 to 18100. 



From Fargo, N. Dak. Received through Prof. J. II. Shepperd, March, 1906. 

 18101 to 18118. 



F'rom Carlton, Oreg. Received through Mr. F. J. Canfield, April 21, 1906. 



18119. Beta vulgaris. Sugar beet. 



From Aschersleben, Germany. Received through the Owosso Sugar Company, 

 Owosso, Mich., March 17, 1906. 



Jaensch Viclrix. Grown by Mr. Gustav Jaensch. 



18120. Persea (jratissima. Avocado. 



From Bayamon, P. R. Presented bv Mr. A. B. Mitchell. Received March 19, 

 1906. 



MUchell. "A very superior variety. Size, large; color of flesh, dark yellow; flavor, 

 excellent. Base, usually slender. Seed, medium to large." {Burretl.) 



18121. CucuRBiTA PEPO. Pumpkin. 



From Australia. Presented bv Mr. M. Levek, of Washington, D. C. Received 

 Maich 18, 1906. 



Thought by Mr. Levek to be a variety known as Turk's Crown. 



18122. RiciNUS COMMUNIS. Castor oil plant. 



From Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba. Received through Prof. C. F. Baker, March 

 19, 1906. 



A large-seeded variety. 



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