DECEMBER, 1!)0;J, TO DECEMBER, 1!K)5. 205 



15745. Physalis sp. Ground cherry. 



From Lima, Pi'iu. KecoivtMl tliru W. K. Grace & Co., S('])tt'iiilifr II, l!H)."). 

 Cajrxli. 



15746. LiLiiAi LO\(;iFLORUM EXIMP^UM. Easter lily. 



From Tarrvtown, N. Y. Receivf(l tlirii F. 11. Pierson tt Co., September 11, 

 , IVfOri. 



15747 to 15749. Tiieohhoma cacao. Cacao. 



From Triiiji lad, IWitisIi West Iiulies. Receiveil tlirn I'mf. .1. 11. I lart, Trinidad 

 Botanical (ianlens, SeptemV)er 11, 1905. 



15747. OtlahanUo. 15749. CYiollo. 



15748. Foraxiero. 



15750. PisiM sp. Pea. 



From (lyanfitse, Tibet. Received from Captain O'C'onnor, of tlie Ilritisli Indian 

 army, thru Mr. M. A. Carleton, cerealist, Septem])er K, lt)05. 



15751. BEyCHOUNEUIA bkacteata. 



From Nice, France. Received thru Mr. A. Robertson-l'roschowsky, Septendjer- 

 15, 1905. 



15752. 



From Richmond, Va. Received thru T. W. Wood & Sons, Septend)er 15, 1905. 



Woo(ffs Grain Pasture Mixture, said to be a mixture of wheat, barley, rye, winter 

 turf oats, and liairy vetch. 



15753 to 15758. 



From Shan>;hai, Cliina. Received thru Rev. .T. M. W. Farnliam, Septendjer 15, 

 1905. 



Seeds obtained 150 miles southwest of Shanghai, except 15753. 



15753. Amygdalus persica. Peach.. 



15754. Amygdalus persica. Peach. 



15755. CucuMis MELo. Muskmelon. 



15756. CucuMis MELO. Muskmelon. 



15757. CucuMis MELO. Muskmelon. 



15758. CiTKiLLis vuLGARLs. Watermelon. 



15759 to 15761. Oryza sativa. Rice. 



From Kol)e, Japan. Presented Ijy Mr. Thomas F. McGrath, of the China and 

 Japan Trading Company, of Kobe, Japan, thru Dr. W. H. McCirath, Delaware 

 avenue and INIarket street, Camden, N. J., and ^Ir. T. F. Townsend, United 

 States Weather Bureau, Philadelphia, Pa. Received August 1, 1905. 



15759. Early glutinous rice. "Tastes better than ordinary rice." {Mc- 



Grath. ) 



15760. Later glutinous rice. 15761. Early ordinary rice. 



15762 and 15763. 



From the greenhouses of the Department of Agriculture. Received September 

 18, 1905. 



15762. HOMALOMENA WALLISI. 15763. DiEFFENBACHIA Sp. 



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