86 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPOETED. 



12358. NicoTiAXA sANDERAE. Flowering tobacco. 



From New York, N. Y. Retviveil tlini ,1. M. Tlioilmrii ()c Co., iH-ffJuber J4, 

 Ul()4. 



Cariinne-Jioiiu'red. "This variety i.s the result of crossing the dwarf purple-flowered 

 N. forgrtia'na, from Brazil, with A', (tffinis, tiie well-known, fragrant white-flowered 

 garden annual." {Scolder <(• Souk. ) 



12359. Latiiyri's oDOKATus. Sweet pea. 



From (Movent (iarden, W. C, London, England. Received thru Watkins & 

 Simpson, 12 Tavistock street, December 9, 1904. 



Gladys^ TJmrin. 



12360. Afzelia quanzensts. 



From Cape Town, Cape Colonj^, Africa. Received thru Dr. Peter MacOwan, 

 government botanist, November 28, 1904. 



12361. Lathyrus sylvestris. Flat pea. 



From New York, N. Y. Received thru J. M. Thorl)urn i*c Co., November 21, 

 1904. 



12362 and 12363. 



From Bangkok, Siam. Presented by His F^xcellency Phya Akharaj Varadhara, 

 the Siamese minister, to Dr. B. T. ( Jalloway. Received December 2, 1904. 



Plants used extensively in Bangkok as a condiment. 



12362. 12363. 



Krawan. (No name given. ) 



12364. LiLIUM GIGANTEUM. Lily. 

 From New York, N. Y. Received thru Henry & Lee, December 13, 1904. 



12365. Panicum maximum. G-uinea grass. 



From Mayaguez, P. R. Received thru the Agricultural Experiment Station, 

 December 21, 1904. 



12366. Sechium euule. Chayote. 



From New Orleans, La. Received thru the .7. Steckler Seed Companv, Decem- 

 ber 16, 1904. 



12367. Dahlia sp. Dahlia. 



From "La Trinidad," Guerrero, Mexico. Received thru >Ir. Federico Chisolm, 

 December 13, 1904. 



12368. Gladiolus gandavensis. G-ladiolus. 



From Philadelphia, Pa. Received thrvi Henry A. Dreer, Incorporated, Decem- 

 ber 1(), 1904. 



White Lady. 



12369. Pachyrhizus sp. 



From Santa Maria del Rio, Mexico. Received thru Dr. F^dward Palmer, Decem- 

 ber 21, 1904. 



"There are two forms of this Pachyrhizus, one called Agua (water) and the other 

 Leche (milk ) . These two forms have "been long recognized, l)ut not as separate species. 

 At Santa Maria del Rio I saw several fields of this plant cultivated on ridges so that 

 the plants might be irrigated. I was informed that both forms were grown in the 

 same patch and could not be distinguished either by their foliage or flowers, and that 



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