DECEMBER, 1903, TO DECEMBER, 1905. 



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16495 to 16505. 



From the Wliite House Propagating Gardens, Washington, D. C. Eeceived 

 December 5, 1905. 



A collection of ornamentals. 



16495. Cai.atiiea oknata ma.ies- 



TUA. 



16496. Xantuosoma mndeni. 



16497. Cai-athea imlchei-la. 



16498. Cai-athea v a n d e x - 



IIECKEl. 



16499. Cai.atiiea intekmeoia. 



16500. C'ai.atheawakscewiczii. 



16501. ISCHNOSIPHON niKSUTA. 



16502. Makanta wai.i.isi. 



16503. Maranta amamii.is. 



16504. IIomalomena wai.i.isi. 



16505. Calathea (?) si). 



16506. Akalia cokdata. Udo. 



From Waseda, Tokyo, Japan. Keceived thru J. Ikeda it Co.. Decemher 5, 1905. 



16507. Pamcum sp. 



From Pretoria, South Africa. Received thru Prof. J. Burtt Davy, of the Trans- 

 vaal Department of Agriculture, December 5, 1905. 



16508. Medicago sativa. Alfalfa. 



From Aniasia, Turkey. Received thru .Mr. II. Caramanian, November 25, 1905. 



16509 to 16540. 



From Xancy, France. Received thru Victor Lemoine & Son, December 4, 1905. 



16509. Anemone .taponica. 16512. Deutzia vilmorinae. 



16510. Anemone .lAPoNiCA. 16513. Philadelphus lemoinei. 



16511. Deutzia MviUAXTnA. 



16514 to 16540. Phlox decussata. Perennial phlox. 



Named varieties. 



16541 to 16762. Paeonia spp. Peony. 



From Chenonceaux (Indre-et-Loire), France. Received thru Monsieur A. Des- 

 sert, December 2, 1905. 



16541 to 16642. Named varieties of the Chinese herbaceous section. 

 16643 to 16659. Named varieties of the European herbaceous section. 



16662. Paeonia tenujfolia 



FLORE PLENO. 



16661. Paeonia tenuifolia. 



16663 to 16759. Paeonia moutan. Named double varieties. 



16760 to 16762. Paeonia moutan. Named single varieties. 



16660. Paeonila anomala (or 

 Smouthii). 



16763 and 16764. 



From the Office of Gardens and Grounds, Department of Agriculture. Received 

 December 8, 1905. 

 16763. Calathea sp. 16764. Maranta sp. 



Rough-pubescent petiole basal; Near Maranta arundmacea, but 



green thruout. 



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with side shoots on culms. 



