DECEMBER, 1903, TO DECEMBER, 1905. 109 



12780 and 12781— Continued. 



12780. Frus sp. 



" Fruiii southern Rhodesia. Well worth enltivatiiifi; very larpe tree; suit- 

 able for southern California, Florida, and Louigiana." {I>ari/.) 



12781. Acacia sp. 



"From southern Rhodesia. Well worth enltivation in southern California 

 and southern Florida." ( rkvi/. ) 



12782 and 12783. Pistacia vera. Pistache. 



From Bronte, Sicily, t^ollected bv Mr. Thonia.s H. Kearney. Received January 

 m, 1!>05. 



12782. Staniinatc cnttinss. 12783. Carpfllate cnUing.M. 



12784. :Medicago sativa. Alfalfa. 



From Ogden, Utah. Received thru the C. A. Sninrthwaite Produce Company, 

 Jamiary .30 and March 9, 1905. 



ThiH seed was raised in Emery County, I'tah, on land that is irrigated. The land 

 has been cropt for forage for fifteen yeaVs, and in 1904 it was croi)t for seed for the 

 first time. This seed was taken from second growth. 



12785. Papaver rhoeas. Shirley poppy. 

 From Santa Clara, Cal. Received thru C. C. Morse & Co., January 30, 1905. 



Santa Rosa, a new variety originated by C. C. Morse & Co. 



12786 to 12789. Saccharum officinari m. Sugar cane. 



From Trinidad, British We.«t Indies. Received thru .Mr. J. 11. Hart, superin- 

 tendent of the Botanical Gardens, January 29, 1905. 



12786. T. 105. 12788. T. 223. 



12787. T. J15. 12789. T. 230. 



12790 to 12800. 



From New South Wales, Australia. Received thru Mr. 11. W. Potts, principal 

 of the Hawkesbury Agricultural College, February 1, 1905. 



A collection of seeds as follows: 



12790. Acacia baileyana. Cootamundr a wattle. 



12791. Ac.vcia ELONGATA. " Sally" Wattle. 

 Tall shrub or small tree. 



12792. Acacia linearis. "Wattle. 



12793. Acacia lunata. " Golden Glory" wattle. 



A liandsome shrub with dense masses of golden-yellow flowers rising 4 to 5 

 feet. 



12794. Acacia TRiNERVATA. ^ Mountain wattle. 



12795. BOSSIAEA RHOMBIFOLIA. 



A native, rigid, small shrub, the pods characteristically attacked by an 

 Aecidium. 



12796. Casuarina suberosa. 



A tree pinelike in appearance, with leafless, jointed branches. 



12797. DODONAEA viscosa. 



A shrub rising to from 4 to 6 feet. 

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