104 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



12684 to 12692 — Continued. 



12689. Citrus aurantium. Orange. 



Multaise (No. 3). Seedling. 



12690. Citrus aurantium. Orange. 

 Blood, native variety. 



12691. Citrus bigaradia. - Bergamot orange. 

 K smooth-skinned bigarade (bergamot?), said to l)e the best variety for 



making preserves. 



12692. Citrus aurantium. Orange. 

 Trabelsi (TripoU). The most abundant orange of Tunis. 



12693. Garcinia morella. G-amboge. 



From Kingston, Jamaica. Received thru Prof. WilHam Fawcett, January 11, 

 1905. 

 "Seeds of the tree producing the true gamboge of commerce, which is procured 

 principally from Siam and is used as a pigment for dyeing silks and other fabrics. 

 The rind of the fruit is also used for tanning purposes. Introduced for the purpose 

 of testing as a stock upon which to graft the mangosteen {G. mangostana) . The 

 gamboge has a hardier root system and is a very vigorous growing tree, and for this 

 reason may prove of value as a stock. " {Fa ircMld. ) 



12694 to 12696. Medicago sativa. Alfalfa. 



From Paris, France. Received thru Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co., January 7, 1905. 



12694. Grown in Provence. 12696. Grown in Italy. 



12695. Grown in Poitou. 



12697. Zea mays. Sweet corn. 

 From Philadelphia, Pa. Received thru Henry F. Michell Company, January 11, 



1905. 

 Sugar Loaf. 



12698. PisuM sativum. Pea. 



From New York, X. Y. Received thru J. T^I. Thorburn & Co., January 12, 1905. 

 Thomas Laxton. 



12699 to 12701. 



From New York, N. Y. Received thru J. M. Thorburn & Co., January 13, 1905. 

 Drug and medicinal seeds ordered for the cooperative work conducted by the 

 Office of Drug Plant Investigations. 



12699. Digitalis purpurea. 12701. Pimpinella anisum. 



12700. foeniculum dulce. 



12702. Medicago sativa. Alfalfa. 



From Sherman, Tex. Received thru Mrs. R. E. Smith, January 13, 1905. 



12703. Allium fistulosum. Welsh onion. 



From Santa Clara, Cal. Received thru C. C. Morse & Co., January 14, 1905. 

 Forcing. GrowTi from S. P. I. No. 9301. 



12704 to 12707. 



A collection of vegetable seeds for special tests. 

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