HICOTIAHA :-. (Solnnaceae. ) 34820. Seeds of 



tobacco from . otarsburg, Rasaia. ad "by the 



Director of Agriculture. Seeds of severe! strains of this 

 apeoios hare Been secured f >r the use of various tobacco 

 growers interested in producing the beet nicotine-yielding 

 strains for the zinnuf actwre of oommero^ el nicotine. For 

 distribution let^r. 



I OPG.) . 3AOC 



Cnttines of avocados from iLerida, Mexico. rr^sonted by 

 Mr. O.'H. Collins, of this Bureau. From troee rnporte* 

 to be of unusttf.. r distrib ticri 1 



(Fabrceae.) . Seeds of 



beans ^erida, tfe"ico. . . llins 



of this 'hnrer-u who proour x in the Iferlda markets. 



irteen species and varieties of satire beans. J*or dj s- 

 trib tion later. 



SOLAHUW S?. 34' - bers of potato 



from : , . ' 



Wight, of this Bureau. 



Guitrache, Argentina, where there has been pr 10 



rein sine* last ;'ny. It is sajfl the Indians hen raw 



and e the taste is a^r3^ablF onon^h *tt - irst I can't 



ay the taste later is particularly frbod." (Wlp't.) "or 

 distribution late 



A. (Sterauliaoeae.) 3 . Seeds 

 fro Australia. eaented by lir. James Pint, Wellington 



nt , near ^risbnxie, Quecnslax n umbrageous tree pro- 



ducing its seeds in large pods which when ripe are a "brilliant 

 crimson color cor-^inl-r black floods *hioh are sometimes eaten 

 by children. Wfcen rip^ the pod a burst open and ht 



crimson color contrasting with th black seada jriv^s the tree 

 a rerj handfeoxe tnd striding . Ink. ) for dis- 



tribution later. 



. 



(Astoraca&e. ) . - Seeds from 

 cf.., iraragu^ . .sonted by Sr Corlba ^ibnuz. 

 w This raraguayfc jullar inters at because of the 



very large saccharin cc , in the leaves. A tiny fr; 

 ment olaced on the tongue seems as sweet as a 1 )f sugar 

 of similar else. Sever \TB agD the discovery that this 

 plant, then culled ned c substance many 



times sweeter than sugar, was heralded by the presr and exci- 

 ted the keen interest of sugar planters all over the world. 



