DECEMBER, 1905, TO JULY, I'JOG. 



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18689 to 18691. CuENoroDiUM (^uinoa. Quinoa. 



Kruiii l.a I'a/, I'xilivia. Recvived thruii','li Sefior M. V. I'.all<>\ ian, Ministerii) dc 

 Colonial y Agricultnra, Juni' 14, UUXi. 



18689. Common. 18691. Kiuiuijnu. 



18690. Ro!i<t/. 



(See Nof*. 18586 and 18537.) 



18692. ruiKOLU M itEPENS. White clover. 



From i.odi, Italy. Re(eiv<'d thronjirh Prof. Carlo. Hesaiia, June Iti, llioii. Intro- 

 duced l)y Mr. Edgar Brown, of tiu' liiireau of Plant Industry. 



Lodino. 



18693 to 18698. Phoemx dactylifeua. 



Date. 



1' rem .M'Zal), in the Algerian Sahara. Received through Mr. Yahia ben Ka.sseni, 

 .lune U), 19()(). 



According to Mr. Yahia ben Kassem this lot includes the varieties Tinzizaorde. and 

 Jieiil Khala. I'pon examination of the off.shoots, however, Mr. Swingle found a 

 label, written in Arabic, upon each of the plants, which he succeedetl in deciphering 

 as Timjoohert, which is described in his letter as follows: 



Timjfiohert. A soft date from the M'Zab region of the Algerian Sahara; fruit of a 

 rich, retl-brown color when ripe, H to IJ inches long, three-fourths to .«even-eighths 

 inch wide; flesh without fiber, very sweet, and of e.Kceedingly good thn or, considered 

 by some to be superior to tlie Deglel imor. It is a sticky date and its sirupy juice 

 exudes from the ripening fruit in such abundance as to drip from the tree. It will 

 require a process of curing to get rid of this sirup, but this variety is of such good 

 quality that it may, nevertheless, prove profitable in commercial culture, especially 

 in regions where the Ih'ijlft noor can not mature. It may furnish a good second-class 

 date which can be sold in competition with the selected Oriental dates which now 

 reach our markets from Basra and Muscat. 



18699 and 18700. 



From Darmstadt, Germany. Received through A. Le Coq & Co., June 16, 1906. 



18699. Melilotcs .alba. Sweet clover. 

 Bokhara. 



18700. Vi(i.\ viLLOs.A. Hairy vetch. 



18701 to 18703. 



From Reading, England. Received through Sutton & Sons, June 15, 1906. 



18701. Cra.mbe .MARiTiMA. Sea kale. 



18702. CvN'ARA scoLY.MU.s. Artlchoke. 

 Purplr (I'lohe. 



18703. CvNARA scoi-YMi's. Artichoke. 

 Selected Large Green. 



18704. Chrysophyllum sp. 



From Piracicaba, Brazil. Presented by Dr. J. W. Hart, director of the Agricul- 

 tural College. Received June 7, 1906. 



18705. Panicum laevifolicm. 



From Pretoria, Transvaal. Presented by Prof. J. Burtt Davy, of the Transvaal 

 Department of Agriculture. Received June 18, 1906. 



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