182 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



14974 and 14975. 



From Sao Paulo, Brazil. Presented by Dr. H. 31. Lane, July 25, 1905. 



14974. Phaseolus lunatus. Lima bean. 



Grown in Batataes. Doctor Lane says that these are the most wonderfully 

 prolific pole beans he ever saw. 



14975. NicoTiANA TABACUM. Tobacco. 



Seed from Goyaz. Doctor Lane is afraid it is a mixt lot, as the friend who 

 sent it wrote: "It contains the best varieties grown in the State. Tlie Wliile, 

 Yellow, and Giant can easily be distinguished in the plants." 



14976 to 14979. Nicotiana tabacum. Tobacco. 



from Cachoeira, Bahia, Brazil. Received from Mr. W. A. Waddell, July 28, 

 1905. Sent at the request of Dr. H. M. Lane, of Sao Paulo.- 



14976. Seed from Santa Estevao. 14978. Seeil from Cabe^as de 



14977. Seed from Outeiro Red- Murityba. 



endo. 14979. Seed from Cruz das 



Almas. 



14980 to 14983. Opuntia .spp. Prickly pear. 



From Tunis, North Africa. Received thru the director of the Tunisian Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture and Commerce, July 28, 1905. 



14980. Opuntia ficus-indica. 14982. Opixtia ficus - ixdica 



14981. Opuntia tuna. inermis. 



14983. Opuntia robusta. 



14984 to 14989. 



From Cape Town, South Africa. Received thru the Smithsonian Institution, 

 from .Mr. H. J. Chalvin, superintendent of the Municipal Gardens, July 29, 1905. 



14984. Asparagus crispus. 14987. Sparaxis purpurea. 



14985. Freesia refracta alba. 14988. Synnotia bicolor. 



14986. Sparaxis bulbifera. 14989. Tritonia fenestrata. 



14990 and 14991. 



From Paris, France. Received thru Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co., August 10, 1905. 



14990. ViciA viLLOSA. Hairy vetch. 



14991. Hedysarum coronarium. Sulla. 



14992. Zea mays. Popcorn. 



From Amboina, Dutch East Indies. Presented by Mr. Roskott. Received 

 August 9, 1905. 



14993. Citrus australasica. Finger lime. 



From Queensland, Australia. Presented to Prof. W. M. Hays, St. Anthony Park, 

 Minn., bv Mr. James Pink, of Wellington Point, near Brisbane. Received 

 August 11, 1905, 



"It is a fruit which I think capable of great improvement. Nothing has ever 

 been attempted with it here, and I send you a few dried fruits which, I have no doul)t, 

 contain good seeds. The plant is a large shrub, very limited in its distribution. 



"The fruit when well grown is from 3 to 4 inches long, of a bright orange-crimson 

 color, and of excellent flavor." {Pink. ) 



14994. Trifolium incarnatum. Crimson clover. 



From New York, N. Y. Received thru Henry Nungesser A Co., August 11, 1905. 

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