40 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPOETED. 



17499 to 17504— Continued. 



tied 'The Races of Tobacco.' Imported for breeding experiments in connection 

 with a search for a disease-resistant strain in North Carolina." {Fairchild.) 



17499. Nicotian A tabacum fruticosa. 

 Karchiaku. 



17500. Nicotian A tabacum fruticosa. 

 Doniahi. 



17501. Nicotian A a lata persica. 

 Schiraz. 



17502. Nicotiana rustica texana. 

 Calcutta. 



17503. NlCOTIANA rustica BRASILIA. 



Dzjouchin Rhau. 



17504. NlCOTIANA rustica BRASILIA. 



Veilchen. 



17505 and 17506. Citrus aurantium. Orange. 



From Shanghai, China. Presented by Rev. J. M. W. Farnham, D. D. Received 



February 8, 1906. 



Orange seeds, as follows : 



17505. From Swatow, China. "Avery fine loose-skinned variety ; lobes 

 separate easily. ' ' ( Farnham. ) 



17506. From Canton, China. "A better variety of orange than 1 have ever 

 eaten in the United States or Europe. Close skin, and lobes not separable." 

 {Farnham.) 



17507. Citrus aurantium. Orange. 



From Algiers, Algeria. Presented by Dr. L. Trabut, government botanist. 

 Received February 8, 1906. 



" Seeds of the famous orange Blida, which, according to Doctor Trabut' s label, is an 

 early variety, having large, sweet fruits and reproducing by seeds. The Blida orange 

 is one of the best grown in northern Algeria and, as I understand, these seeds are 

 from selected fruits of this variety." {Sivingle.) 



17508. Trifolium pratense. Red clover. 



From Lausanne, Switzerland. Presented by Prof. G. Martinet, director, Etab- 

 lissement Federal D'Essais et de Controls de Semences a Lausanne. Received 

 February 12, 1906. 



Selection with yellow grains. 



17509. Beta vulgaris. Sugar beet. 



From Fairfield, Wash. Received through Mr. E. H. Morrison. Crop of 1905. 

 Kleinwanzleben. 



17510. Quercus cuspidata. 



From Yokohama, Japan. Received through Mr. F. N. Meyer from the Yokohama 

 Nursery Company, February 15, 1906. 



This is an evergreen oak much used in Japan for hedges, for which it seems 

 admirably suited. Its acorns, although of small size, are of very sweet taste when 

 baked like chestnuts, and when boiled or roasted are regularly sold in Japan for 

 food; not hardy in the northern States. 



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