DECEMBER, 11)03, TO DECEMBER, 1905. 105 



12708. MrsA textilis. Manila hemp. 



From Manila, 1'. I. (irown from need received by Mr. (i. W. Oliver, from 

 Prof. W. S. Lyon, Insular Bureau of Agriculture, January 29, 1904. 



12709. lIoKDEUM TETRASTicHUM. Four-row barley. 



From IJozeman, Mont. Received thru Prof. F. B. Lintield, Agricultural 

 Experiment Station, January 12, 1905. 



Hull-less. 



12710. Cyperus papyrus. Papyrus. 



From Paris, France. Received thru Vilmorin-Andrieux &. Co., January 14, liKla. 



12711 to 12715. Oryza sativa. Rice. 



From Yokohama, Japan. Presente.l by the Yokohama Nursery Company. 

 Received January 12, 1905. 



12711. liaii.'^hiu honha. Produce of lliogo Ken. 



12712. Kairio. From 8hin-no-yen, Kasia Gun, llarima, 80 miles west of 



Kobe. 

 This " Kairio" seed quality is reported to be very strong against any diseases 

 and endures injurious attacks. Produce of Hiogo Ken. 



12713. Fntafushi wase. Produce of Kanagawa Ken. 



12714. Makuno uchi. Produce of Kanagawa Ken. 



12715. KokeJH. Produce of Kanagawa Ken. 



All of the above-named rices require only the ordinary rice cultivation prac- 

 ticed in Japan. They must have plenty (^f water from time of sowing till the 

 ears are well formed. 



12716. P.siDiUM MOLLE (0- auayabiUo. 



From Guadalajara, Mexico. Received thru Mr. Federico Chisolm, January 14, 

 1905. 

 Packet of mixed seeds of strawberry and fig-flavored sorts collected at "La Trini- 

 dad," Guerrero, Mexico. 



12717 to 12732. 



A collection of vegetable seeds secured from various seedsmen for special testing 



purposes. 



12733. Begonia sp. Begonia. 



From Mount Vernon, N. Y. Received thru Mr. H. E. Le Page (representing 

 Hubert & Co., Guernsey and Jersey, England), January 17, 1905. 



Tuberous rooted. 



12734. Rhamnus purshiana. Cascara sagrada. 



From Olympia, Wash. Received thru Mr. A. W. McMurray, January 16, 1905. 

 Seedlings for cooperative work being conducted by the Office of Drug Plant 

 Investigations. 



12735. Atriplex semibaccata (?). Saltbush. 

 From Tulare, Cal. Received thru Prof. A. V. Stubenrauch, January 17, 1905. 



12736. Phaseolus vulgaris. Bean. 



From New York, N. Y. Received thru Peter Henderson & Co., January 18, 1905. 

 Bush Bountiful (green-podded). 

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