X12 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



12819. LiPPIA REPENS. 



From Santa Barbara, Cal. Received thru Dr. F. Franceschi, February 10, 1905. 



12820. Medicago sativa. Alfalfa. 



From Clearwater, Nebr. Received thru Mr. G. E. Miller, February 7, 190.5. 



12821. PsiDiuM MOLLE. " GuayabiUo." 



From Guadalajara, Mexico. Received thru Mr. Federico Chisohn, February 

 4, 1905. 



12822 to 12831. Amygdalus communis. Almond. 



From Girgenti, Sicily. Received thru IMr. T. H. Kearney, February 6, 1905. 

 Varieties of almond cuttings selected by Mr. Casd from his collection of 25 varieties. 



12822. Sweet; big fruit. 12828. Tender, sweet; good for 



, ., table. 



12823. Sweet; long fruit. 



, r -^ J ^ 1 12829. Pkrlv flowering, sweet, 



12824. Sweet; fruit dark red. hard-shelled. 



12825. Sweet; fruit double. 12830. Not frost resistant. 



12826. Bitter. 12831. Late flowering; resistant 



12827. Sweet, with "a point at to frost. 



one side" (end). 



12832 to 12842. 



From Catania, Sicily. Received thru Mr. T. H. Kearney, February 8, 1905. 

 12832 to 12835. 

 Received from Salvatore Leanza, nurseryman, Catania, Sicily. 



12832. Eriobotrya japonica. Loquat. 



"A valuable and distinct, semiseedless grafted variety, which may be 

 especially recommended. Fruit especially large, pear-shaped, with a 

 fleshy, juicy, sugary pulp; with a few small seeds, which are in some 

 cases extremely small according to the modification produced by their 

 surroundings, whether in pots or in open ground with a ball of earth." 

 {Kearney.) 

 12833 and 12834. Cokylus avellana. Filbert. 



Castiglione. 



12835. Pistacia vera. Pistachc. 

 Bronte. 



12836 to 12842. Oplxtia spp. " Prickly peer. 



Presented by Doctor Cavara, of the Catania Botanical Gardens, Sicily. 



12836. Opuxtia tomentosa. 



A varietv of opuntia that holds its fruit all winter. (Doctor Cavara' s 

 No. 5.) 



12837. Opuxtia ficis ixdica. 



" Fructu albo, vulgo ' Zuccherina.' " (Doctor Cavara's No. 2.) 



12838. OprxTiA ficis indica. 



" Fructu albo, vulgo 'Sipala.' " (Doctor Cavara's No. 1. ) 



12839. Opuntia ficus indica. 



"Fructu flavo, vulgo 'Figu d'India.' " (Doctor Cavara's No. 4.) 



12840. Opuntia fkis indica. 



" Fructu rubro, vulgo ' Sanguigua.' " (Doctor Cavara's No. 3.) 

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