106 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



12737. Sechium edule. Chayote. 



From Dallas, Tex. Received thru Texas Seed and Floral Company, January 18, 

 1905. 



12738. Dahlia merckii. Dahlia. 



From Edinburgh, Scotland. Received thru Prof. Bayley Balfour, regius keeper. 

 Royal Botanic Garden, January 18, 1905. 



This species is hardy at Edinburgh. 



12739 to 12742. Saccharum officinarum. Sugar cane. 



From Kingston, Jamaica. Received thru Mr. William Fawcett, director of 

 Hope Gardens, January 16, 1905. 



12739. Bourbon. 12741. D. 99. 



12740. B. 306. 12742. D. 115. 



12743. Phaseolus vulgaris. Bean. 

 From Columbus, Ohio. Received thru the Livingston Seed Company, January 



is; 1905. 



Kenney's Rustless Golden Wax. 



12744. Beta vulgaris. Sugar beet. 



From Santa Clara, Cal. Received thru C. C. Morse & Co., January 19, 1905. 



"Grown on C. C. Morse & Co.'s farm at Gilroy, Cal., for the general trade. Not 

 the product of chemically analyzed roots, but rather from roots selected according to 

 shape, size, etc., judged by their external appearance." (J. E. W. Tracy.) 



12745. Beta vulgaris. Sugar beet. 



From Fairfield, Wash. Received thru Mr. E. H. Morrison, January, 1905. Crop 

 of 1904. 

 "Grown on E. H. Morrison's farm at Fairfield, Wash., for the general trade, from 

 roots selected according to shape, size, etc., judged for their external appearance 

 only." (J. E. W. Tracy.) 



12746. PiSTACiA VERA. Pistachc. 



From Tashkend, Russian Central Asia. Received thru Mr. H. W. Diirrschmidt, 

 January 20, 1905. 



12747. Medicago sativa. Alfalfa. 



From Billings, Mont. Received thru Mr. I. D. O'Donnell, January 19, 1905. 



12748. Medicago sativa. Alfalfa. 



From Paris, France. Received thru Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co., January 20, 1905. 



Seed grown in the state of Hesse, Germany, and is known as Eifeler Luzerne in 

 the Rhine Province. 



12749 and 12750. Cucurbita sp. Squash. 



From Garrett Park, Md. Received thru Mr. D'. S. Bliss, January 21, 1905. 

 Grown from S. P. I. No. 9481 during the season of 1904. 



12749. Large cylindrical sort. 12750. Crook-neck. 



"The seeds of the large sort are from the first fruit that formed before any 

 blossoms showed on any other vines, and, so far as 1 know, there were no other 

 vines nearer than half a mile. The seeds of the smaller fruits are from a 

 dozen mixed." {Bliss.) 

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