158 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



13859. Allium cepa. Onion. 



From Paris, France. Presented bv Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co. Received IMay 

 6, 1905. 



tSainte Marie. "This onion is remarkable for its great earliness. It is flat in shape, 

 with a very tine neck, and produces, as quickly as the White Queen onion, marketable 

 l)ul])s of a larger size than those of the latter. It seems to us that it might be a desir- 

 al)le variety for truck farmers in the Southern States." ( Vilmorin-Andrie^u: ct- Co.) 



13860. Stipa tenacissima. Esparto grass. 



From Office of Grass and Forage Plant Investigations. Received Mav 9, 1905. 

 Originally from J. M. Thorburn & Co., New York, N. Y. (Agrost. No. 2216.) 



13861. Nephelium mutabile. Kapoelasan. 



From Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by Doctor Treub. Received May 12, 1905. 



13862. Clitoria ternatea ( i) Butterfly pea. 



From Porto Rico. Grown from seed presented by the Governor. Plants num- 

 bered May 6, 1905. 



13863. Clematis davidiana. Clematis. 



From Philadelphia, Pa. Received thru Henry A. Dreer, Incorporated, May 6, 

 1905. 



13864. Hydrastis canadensis. Golden-seal. 



From Mantua, Ohio. Received thru Mr. A. W. Russel, at the request of ]\Ir. 

 W. W. Stockberger, May 15, 1905. Seed for use in connection with experi- 

 ments being carried on by Dr. R. H. True. 



13865 to 13924. 



From Pretoria, South Africa. Presented by INIr. G. Baylis, Division of Botany, 

 Transvaal Department of Agriculture, thru Prof. ^^'. J. Spillman. Received 

 May 1, 1905. 



A collection of native grass seeds as follows (the numbers in parentheses are 

 Mr. Baylis's): 



13875. Eraorostis sp. 

 (250/05.) 



13876. Eragrostis sp. 



(251/05.) 



-13877. AcROSTissp. (252/05.) 



13878. CaPRIOLA D ACTYLO N 



(253/05.) 



13879. ARiSTiDAsp. (2.54/05.) 



13880. Andropogon sp. 



(255/05.) 



13881. Elionurus argentenus. 



(256/05.) 



13882. Andropogon sp. 



(257/05.) 



13883. Eragrostis plana. 



(258/05.) 



13884. Eragrostis lappula di- 

 va ricula. (259/05.) 



13885. Eragrostis sp. 

 (260/05. ) 



