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1363. Gossypium. Cotton. 



From Peru. Received through Hon. Victor Eguiguren, Peruvian minister to 

 the United States, October 19, 1898. 



Piura or Peruvian cotton (tawny) from Piura River, Peru. It is sometimes known 

 as vegetable wool, and has attracted considerable attention in Liverpool. " Pos- 

 sibly Gossypium religiosum L." 



1364. Cynara scolymus. Artichoke. 



From Paris. Received through W. T. Swingle, November 3, 1898. (100 packages.) 

 " Large Laon or Paris." 



1365. Cynara scolymus. Artichoke. 



From Paris. Received through W. T. Swingle, November 3, 1898. (10 packages.) 

 " Green Provence or Globe." 



1366. Cynara scolymus. Artichoke. 



From Paris. Received through W. T. Swingle, November 3, 1898. (10 packages. ) 

 Variety "Gros camus de Bretagne" (large flat Britanny). 



1367. Oynara scolymus. Artichoke. 



From Paris. Received through W. T. Swingle, November 3, 1898. (10 packages. ) 

 Variety "Violet hatif" (early purple). 



1368. Yeast. 



From Geisenheim on the Rhein, Germany. Received direct from Dr. Julius 

 Wortmann, November 4, 1898. " Steinberg, 1893." 



1369. Yeast. 



From Geisenheim on the Rhein, Germany. Received direct from Dr. Julius 

 Wortmann, November 4, 1898. "Zeltinger, 1895." 



1370. Taccinium. Cranberry. 



From the neighborhood of Sitka, Alaska. Received through Prof. C. C. 

 Georgeson, October 20, 1898. 



Plants growing in moss. 



1371. Yaccinium. Cranberry. 



From the neighborhood of Sitka, Alaska. Received through Prof. C. C. 

 Georgeson, October 20, 1898. 



1372. Viburnum pauciflorum. High-bush cranberry. 



From Upper Cook Inlet region, Alaska. Received through Prof. C. C. Georgeson, 

 November 18, 1898. (8 packages.) 



"It is abundant everywhere on the high ground in open woods. It is generally 

 associated with poplar and birch, and in many places forms thickets of underbrush 

 among tbese. The berry is red, very acid, the size of a large red currant, and con- 

 tains a single flat seed. It ripens in the latter part of August and beginning of 

 September. While it is not palatable raw because of its acidity, it can be made 

 into a palatable dish when cooked or made into jelly, but it can scarcely be recom- 

 mended for culture. The bush is often 8 to 10 feet high, with slender branches, 

 long internodes, and opposite leaves." 



1373. Pyrus sambucifolia. Mountain ash. 



From Sitka, Alaska. Received through Prof. C. C. Georgeson, November 18, 1898. 

 (4 packages.) 



u A highly ornamental tree when loaded with berries in fall and winter. It is not 

 abundant. These berries were gathered from trees which had been transplanted 

 from the woods to a yard for ornament.' 7 



