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by Mr. William W. Canada, American consul, Vera Cruz, from 

 Guatemala city, Guatemala, presented by Mr. George A. Bucklin, 

 Jr., American consul-general, and of another from Guatemala 

 City, presented by Mr. S. Billow, "said to be the largest and 

 most delicious flavored variety that is grown in Guatemala, 

 in season in February." For distribution later. 



PERSEA LINGUE. (Lauraceae.) 32694. Seeds from the state 

 of Puebla, Mexico. Presented by Mr. William W. Canada, 

 American consul, Vera Cruz. A Chilean tree introduced in tne 

 effort to secure all species of this genus for breeding pur- 

 poses. For distribution later. 



PERSEA MEXICANA. (Lauraceae.) 32692. Seeds from the state 

 of Paebla, Mexico. Presented by Mr. William W. Canada, Ameri- 

 can consul, Vera Cruz. Introduced for the same purposes as 

 the preceding. For distribution later. 



PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA. ( Phoenicaceae . ) 32713-725. Suck- 

 ers of dates from Egypt. Procured through Mr. A. Aaronsohn, 

 managing director, Jewish agricultural experiment station, 

 Haifa, Palestine, from the Department of Agriculture at Cairo. 

 Suckers of thirteen varieties of dates, five of them drying 

 dates from Upper Egypt, all selected by Mr. Aaronsohn during 

 his investigations of the Egyptian date industry in September 

 and October of last year. For distribution later. 



PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA. (Phoenicaceae.; 32845-859. Seeds 

 of dates from Gourara, Algeria. Presented by Dr. L. Trabut , 

 Algiers, at the request of Mr. W. T. Swingle, of this Deprt- 

 ment . Fifteen varieties. For distribution later. 



PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA. .Phoenicaceae.) 32894-900. Seeds 

 of seven varieties of dates from Siwa Oasis. Procured by Mr. 

 George J. Salem, Cairo, Egypt. For distribution later. 



PISTACIA VERA. Anacardiaceae . ) 32827-828. Seeds of 



the pistache from Russian Turkestan. Purchased from Mr. 



Vladimir F. Gnesin, Tashkent. From the northernmost range of 

 this valuable nut tree. For distribution later. 



PRUNUS SPP. (Amygdalacea?. ) 32757-759. Seeds of plums 

 from Souchodole, Tula government, Russia. Three wild plums, 

 all from the Ussuri district, Eastern Siberia, obtained from 

 Mr. D. D. Kashgaroff at Souchodole. (Meyer's introduction.) 

 For distribution later. 



PYRUS COMMUNIS. (Malaceae.) 32733-747. Cuttings of 



