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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



18824 to 18826. Oryza sativa. 



Rice. 



From Persia. Presented l)y Mr. John Tyler, TTnited States vice-consul-general, 

 Teheran, Persia. Received July 6, 1906. 



Three samples of unhulled rice from the region south of the Caspian Sea. These 

 samples of rice were given to Mr. Tyler by a friend whose ofheial title is "The 

 Sepahdor" (Commander), who owns large areas where rice of the best sorts are 

 grown. The samples received are of three kinds and from three separate districts, 

 but no labels accompanied them to indicate which was which. 



18824. Long slender grain, light hull. 



18825. Long slender grain, light hull. 



18826. Short flat grain, darker hull. 



18827. Medicago sativa. Alfalfa. 



From Chicago, 111. Received through the A. Dickinson Company, July 9, 1906. 



18828. Carica papaya. Papaw. 



•F>om Columbia, Isle of Pines, West Indies. Presented by Dr. F. R. Ramsdell. 

 Received July 10, 1906. 



18829 and 18830. Andropogon sorghum. 



From Channing, Tex. Received through Mr. J. J. Edgerton, July 13, 1906. 



18829. Kafir corn. 



Black- Hulled White. 



18830. Milo. 



Dwarf. 



18831 to 18834. Cynara scolymus. 



Artichoke. 



From Milan, Italy. Received through Fratelli Ingegnoli, July 16, 1906. 



18831. (irosso d' Italian. 18833. Sensa Spine di Venezia. 



18832. VIoletto di Proienza. 18834. Palla di Roma. 



18835 to 18912. Ficus carica. Fig. 



From Niles, Cal. Received through the California Nursery Company at the 

 Plant Introduction Garden, Chico, Cal., in March, 1906. 



Nos. 18835 to 18898, inclusive, are from the Chiswick collection. A description of 

 these varieties will be found in Bulletin No. 9, Division of Pomology, 1901. 



