148 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



13359 to 13556— Continued. 



13553. Atkiplex bracteosa. 



From Phoenix, Ariz. Collected by Dr. D. Griffith:-, October Ki, 1903. 

 (Agrost. 182-1.) 



13554. Atkiplex bracteosa. 



From Tucson, Ariz. Collected by Dr. D. Griffiths, October 11, 1903. 



(Agrost. 1825.) 



. 13555. Atkiplex bracteosa. 



From San Rita Mountains, Arizona. Collected by Dr. I). < Griffiths, October 

 10, 1903. (Agrost. 1826.) 



13556. Atriplex confertifolia. 



Collected bv Dr. D. Griffiths, 1903. From vallev <.f the Little Colorado, 

 Arizona. (Agrost. 1828.) 



13557. Atriplex bracteosa. 



From Santa Rita Mountains, Arizona. Collected l)v Dr. D. Grithths, May 

 23, 1903. (Agrost. 1827.) 



13558. Melilotus silcata. 



From Algeria, October, 1903. (Agrost. 1161.) 



13559. Melilotus speciosa. 



From Shao-king, Chehkiang Province, China. Received Fel)ruary 12, 1904. 

 Presented by Mr. Cyril E. Bomfield. 



"The Chinese mainly use its heavy, rank growth fiir fertilizing the soil pre- 

 vious to sowing rice." ( Agrost. 1866. ) 



13560. Trifolium loxgipes. Mountain clover. 



From Wenache Mountains, Washington, at altitude of 5,000 feet. Collected 

 by Mr. J. S. Cotton, October, 1904. (Agrost. 2108.) 



13561. Medicago s.\tiva. Alfalfa. 



From A. LeCoq & Co., Darmstadt, Germany, 31arch 28, 1903. 

 TxirTceMan. (Agrost. 2208.) 



13562. HORDEUM bulbosum. 

 Received June 28, 1904. (Agrost. 263.) 



13563. Panicum ma.ximu.m. Guinea grass. 

 From Barbados, West Indies. 



13564. ]\Iedic.vgo s.\tiva. Alfalfa. 



From Mollendo, Peru. Collected bv Mr. Enrique Meier in 1903. (Agrost. 



2168.) 



13565. AxDROPOGOX sorgium. Milo maize. 



Purchased from Mr. W. W. Hutchens, Chillicothe, Tex., in the autumn of 

 1904. (Agrost. 2090.) 



13566. BouTELoiA curtipexdula. Side oats. 



Keceived from Mr. James K. Metcalfe, Silver City, X. 3Iex., February 26, 

 1904. (Agrost. 1889.) 



13567. Olea europaea. Olive. 



From Tmiis, North Africa. Received from Mr. Louis Fi<lelle, thru ^Ir. T. H. 

 Kearney, April 20, 1905. 



ChemlaU. "This is an olive with very small fruit, very rich in oil, and a heavy 

 yielder, adapted to the driest, hottest region known in which olive culture flourishes, 

 the rainfall at Sfax, in southern Tunis, where it is tlie only variety grown extensively, 

 averaging about 10 inches yearly, and sometimes falling to 5 or 6 inches as the aver- 

 age for several successive years. Notwithstanding this small rainfall, the orchards 

 are never irrigated at Sfax except during the first two or three summers after plant- 



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