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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



12854. HoEDEUM YUT.GARE. Barley. 

 From Geneva, Idaho. Received thru Mr. F. W. Boehiue, March 15, 1905. 



12855. Secale cereale. Rye. 



From Geneva, Idaho. Received thru INIr. F. W. Boehme, ^larch 15, 1905. 



12856 to 12861. 



From Vomero, Naples. Presented by Dr. Carl Sprenger thru Mr. F. A. Bessey. 

 Received January, 1905. 



12856. RiCINUS ZANZIBARIENSIS. 



Package of mixed varieties. 



12857. SeSBANIA TRIPETII. 



"Gne of the finest flowering shrubs." 



12858. RUAMXIS ALATEKXLS CALABRKA. 



12859. MoRus ALBA. "White mulberry. 



CJdna. 



12860. SiDERITIS MASSOXIAXA. 12861. PiCRASMA AILANTHOIDES. 



Castor-oil plant. 

 Red acacia. 



12862 to 12864. 



From Pari.';, France. Received thru Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co., February 10, 

 1905. 



12862. Cynara scolymus. Artichoke. 

 Lar<j;e fiat Brittany. 



12863. CucuMis SATivus. Cucumber. 



12864. Sanvitalia procumbens flore pleno. 



12865 to 12871. Oryza sativa. Rice. 



From Calcutta, India. Presented by I. H. Burkill, esq., M. A., otiiciating 

 reporter on economic products to the government of India, Indian Mu.seum, 1 

 Sudder street. Received February 9, 1905. 



12865. Masiua ghaiya. From Bengal Province. 



12866. Bhndai ghaiya, red. From Bengal Province. * 



12867. Tho.^ar Bhadai ghaiya, white. From Bengal Province. 



12868. Pakhasali Bliadai. From Bengal Province. 



12869. Aiigua Bhadai. From Bengal Province. 



12870. Small red variety. From Bengal Province. 



12871. Takmaroo ghaiya. From Bengal Province. 

 This paddy was grown by the Lepchas and Bhootias. 



12872. Chrysanthemum anethifolium. 



From Merrifield, N. Dak. 

 ruarv, 1905. 



Chrysanthemum. 



Presented bv Mrs. H. E. Bancroft. Received Feb- 



]\Irs. Bancroft writes that this is a perennial there, but blossoms early the first year 

 from seed. The largest blossoms are the early ones, being three times as large as 

 those sent, which were gathered on November 13, 1904. 



12873. Eschscholtzia californica. California poppy. 



-^ From Merrifield, N. Dak. Presented by Mrs. H. E. Bancroft. Received Feb- 

 ruary, 1905. 



^Irs. Bancroft writes that by constant selection she has developed a strain of Cali- 

 fornia poppy witli fiowers much larger than the ordinary, which continue in bloom 

 much later than the common kind. 



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