96 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPOETED. 



18627 and 18628. Medicago sattva. Alfalfa. 



From JiasHorah, Arabia. Received from IVIr. Herbert W. Poulter, through Mr. 

 • David Fairchild, June 12, 1906. 



Arabian alfalfa or Jet. 



18627. Seed from irrigated plants. 



18628. Seed from unirrigated plants. 



18629. Medicago sativa. Alfalfa. 



From Buffalo, N. Y. Received through the Harvey Seed Companv, June 13, 

 1906. 



Canadian grown alfalfa. 



18630. Phoenix dactylifeka. Date. 



From Morocco. Received through McCaig, Gilchrist & Co., (ilasgow, Scot- 

 land, May 28, 1906. 



Tafilalt. "Groves of this date occur in the oases of the region of Tafilalt, and this 

 IS supposed to be the largest variety grown there. It is in any case that variety 

 which is most largely exported from Morocco, especially to the English market." 

 ( Fairchild. ) 



18631. Ipomoea BATATA8. S-weet potato. 



From Paoli, Ind. Presented by Braxtan Brothers. Received June 1, 1906. 



This variety is of a peculiar and unusual shape, resembling a muskmelon. "Raised 

 from a sweet jiotato plant and bought by us in a lot of sweet potatoes last December 

 and kept since lying around the store with no care whatever as to its preservation, 

 while our sweet potatoes rotted right along." {Braxtan. ) 



18632. Cannabis sativa. Hemp. 



From Shinmintong District, ]\lanchuria. Received through the Yokohama 

 Nursery Company, Yokohama, Japan, May 29, 1906. 



"Manchurian hemp seeds produced in the district of Shinmintong, some 200 miles 

 southwest of Kirin Province." ( Yokohama Nursery Company.) 



18633. Andropogon sorghum. Sorghum. 



From Turks Island, West Indies. Presented by Mr. J. A. Howells, United States 

 consul. Received June 4, 1906. 



"Guinea corn, the principal crop on this island for grain and fodder." {Hoicells.) 



18634. Xanthosoma sp. Yautia. 



From Chiapas, southern jMexico. Presented by Mr. Lawrence Harmon, of Chi- 

 cago, 111. Received April 26, 1906. Additional roots were received Juiie 1-4, 

 1906. 



Roots of a semiwild yautia found growing wild in Chiapas; said to be eaten by 

 the natives, but not cultivated by them. 



"These were shipped from the city of San Juan Bautista, Tabasco, Mexico, and it 

 is supposed that they were brought into that city by the peons, who gathered them 

 in that immediate vicinity. It is further understood tliat there is no systematic 

 attempt made to cultivate them, and that they practically grow wild under varying 

 circumstances, which might in some measure account for variations found in them." 

 {Harmon. ) 



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