DECEMBKH, 1003. TO DECEMBEIJ^ 1'JOj. \)H 



12453 to 12547 -( "ontiniuHl. 



12519 to 12520. ,v Rice. 



I'nmi Italy. I'li-.st'iiti'd by Mt's^sis. Dawiinaiin it Co., Saii (iiovainii a 

 TnluLTio, near Naples. Keoeived October ."!, H>04. 



12519. llfi/inii. No special iiaiiit' •rivt'ii. 



12520. lldlinii. Nil special iiaiiic ^'ivcii; prohablv the same kind as 



12ol!t. 



12521. Thrssuh/. Rice. 



From Greece. Presented Ijy .Mr. S. Xantliopaido, Station .\<rricol(', 

 I'atras. Received in Anjrust, 1904. 



12522. Rice. 



From llrazil. J'resented ItvCoiisid l.,ouis II. .\vmc, I'ara. Kcceived in 

 Anjrust, 1904. 



Kice paddy, like that <.^ro\vn in the (hstricts of (iuama ami Irituba, in the 

 State of Maranhac, Iha/.il, in a i>lack loam, either overlying or mixt with 

 sandy gravel and sandstone. The rice is called I'ciroliiKi. 



12523 and 12524. Rice. 



From German Fast .Vfrica. I'resented by ^Mr. IMo von Katti-. F'lantage 

 Kigome, Bezirk Tanga. Received Octol)er 5, 1904. 



12523. \oiulru pad.ly. 12524. Klhnxhi paddy. 



12525 to 12547. Rice. 



From Java. Pre.'^ented by Mr. Charles A. Franc. Soerabaya, .Tava, Dntch 

 Fast Indies. Received November 17, 1904. 



12525 to 12540. Ampenan 12544. .svVo -.I " paddy. 



V^^}'^y- 12545. ,sv>/r, •'/,'" paddv. 



12541. }ro;,el.m paddy. ^25^^ DjemberiMddy^ 



12542. Malon;,an paddy. ^254^ D/Vm/.er paddy. 



12543. I'ebilonyan paddy. 



12548. Crataegus sj). {() 



From Citv of Mexico, ^lexico. Received from Mr. < I. Clark, llini ^Ir. ( \. Onder- 

 douk, of Nursery, Tex., Decend)er 31, 1904. 



This species of ( 'ralnetpix is used in different parts of ^Mexico as a stock upon which 

 the Furopean and American type of j)ears are grafted. In a letter of May 30, 1904, 

 'Slv. Onderdonk describes the use of this stock as follows: " While there is to be 

 found an occasional young tijornte growing in a cultivated lot with intention of being 

 made a stock for pears by grafting where it stands, yet no nurseries of it exist. It 

 grows wild in the most forbidiling situations. The earliest fruits begin to ripen 

 about the last of July, while the largest number mature about Octol)eror November. 

 I saw many line old pear trees in different parts of JNIexico on (ijocate stock, and for 

 the European and American type of pears there can be no better stock than tijocate." 



12549. Medicago sativa. Alfalfa. 



From Buenos Aires, Argentina. Received thru ]Mr. Ronal<lo Tidlilom, August 

 12, 1905. 



12550. PoA PRATENSis. Kentucky bluegrass. 



From Winchester, Ky. Received thru Mr. D. S. (Tay, December 2, 1904. 



12551. (Undeterniiiied.) 



From Central Africa. Presented by Mrs. Anita N. McCee, 1G20 P street, Wash- 

 ington, I). C. Received thru Mr. David Fairchild, December Ml, 1904. 



A single plant, said to be the first of its kind ever brought to America ami to 

 belong to the order Scitamineae. The i)lant was introduced by Mr. Vernon, who 

 brought the Pigmies to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. (Fairfhild.) 



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